Hola Madrid!

Hello again dear readers!

This Friday I am officially back and with very exciting news for you!

Summer is over and now I have officially moved to Madrid for good, after finishing my 3 year International Business bachelor at Maastricht University. I am going to start an amazing internship where I will learn more about marketing and finally experience what it's like working in a company. I will be doing this at Sushita Café, one of the best sushi restaurants in Madrid (actually there's 7 different ones). It was founded by an amazing woman: Sandra Segimon who I've known for many years and whom I'm so grateful for giving me this first practical experience in the real world. I am so excited to help and contribute to the marketing team and do a lot of new and exciting stuff and learn, learn, learn. I want to add my little stone to this magical place that holds so many good memories for me and is objectively the most unique restaurant in Madrid.

Anyways, now that it's September I'll be back on the grind and will serve you one article per week on this blog. I hope you subscribe to the newsletter to never miss out and keep coming to discover the best version of yourself with me. I am so excited to embark on this new journey with you. Life is about taking risks, starting fresh, and that's what we're doing. Say bye bye to your past self cause we're about to reach full potential.

Let's create a life we dream of and deserve, there are no limits to what we can achieve if we believe in ourselves and keep pushing forward, through the ups and downs of life. Let's start again, be a new person, live in a new city, meet new people.

And to end, as always, I leave you with a quote:

"Never feel guilty for starting again" -Rupi Kaur

xoxo

-Pablo

Do you guys ever think about dying?

Hello guys,

As you can see, today is gonna be a very unusual article and something I never really talk about with anyone. But these days I have been obsessively thinking about death and I want it to stop. This is why I thought it was a good idea to let go of my thoughts... on my blog. Because this is a safe place where I can talk honestly, open up and be transparent.

Since I was a kid, I don't know about you but I never really thought about death. Except when I faced it, like in movies or when someone died, and then I would panic a lot, and fear it. I still fear it in a way, but it's different. I have worked on my fear of death in therapy, and basically, my therapist told me it's ok to have anxiety attacks about death, but we shouldn't try to stop them or distract ourselves. You just have to let it pass and it becomes easier. By being exposed to it repeatedly, it diminishes the fear or importance you give it over time. And I've been doing that ever since, but now I find myself thinking about it constantly. And I think it comes to a point where it's unhealthy. It's good sometimes to remind yourself you have one life to put things into perspective and know what really matters.

Nevertheless, death is not something that should constantly be on your mind, because it's like you're not living in the moment if you're thinking about it. And after all, I think the most important thing in life is to live in the present and enjoy now cause it's all we have. I do believe in God and that is also something helping me on my path to accept death. Life is a cycle and it's gonna end whether we like it or not. In fact, we won't even have time to notice when it does end. So let's just live one day at a time and enjoy everything we have and all the moments we share with our loved ones. Cause when it's all said and done, we will be able to look back without regrets, knowing we enjoyed every moment life (in my case, God) gave us. I think to value it we have to give it meaning and realize each of us was chosen to be here to do something. Death is out of control so let's just focus on what we can control: what we do with the time we have on this earth. If I learned one thing during the pandemic is that I should just accept anything that is out of my control.

So never take another day for granted, practice being present, do what you love, do good for others, and spend time with positive people. I know it's not easy but it'll make everything so much more special and beautiful. I'm happy I shared this with you cause I feel less alone, and we all go through this. I'm doing my best every day to enjoy my life at this very moment, as it is. I still got a lot of work to do, but I'm proud of how far I've come already. I hope this helped you in any way face your fear of death and put it into perspective.

And as per usual, I leave you with a quote:

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln"

I love you so much, and you deserve to live the life of your dreams and enjoy it to the fullest, cause you only live once <3

xx -Pablo

getoveryourself is live!

Hello everyone,

Pablo here reporting live from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I am pleased to welcome you to getoveryourself !

I have started this blog to do something I'd never thought I'd be doing: writing. I actually never thought I was the kind of person who could write. But life has its ways, and if this blog is about one thing, it's letting go of the old version of yourself and their limiting beliefs. It's about getting over that person who thought they weren't capable of doing certain things or face certain situations. It's about believing you can achieve anything you want, because the only limit is you.

I have been struggling a lot these past years because I was limiting myself, looking to be validated by others instead of recognising my own value. But today, I can say therapy truly has changed my life and my mindset. Now I am recognising my own value and respecting myself by loving myself and making the most of my alone time. I am happy with myself and I do not need a partner by any means. I'm not limiting myself anymore, I let go of people who were not adding to my life, I am constantly reflecting, evolving and working to improve myself everyday. It really feels like a whole new beginning and honestly it was about damn time as Lizzo would say!

Through this blog I want to inspire you to upgrade yourself while sharing the real me. Life is not easy, we all struggle to create the life we really want. But that's why I'm here, to show you that we all go through the same things, but if we open up and support each other we can move forward and create the best versions of ourselves and the life we deserve and dream of.

If you are struggling right now, I just want to tell you, it's OK, and you will get through it. There is a way to get to the other side, but only you have the power to decide to change!

Change is scary, but there's nothing scarier than staying the same and not evolving. And with that, I leave you with this quote:

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” -Socrates

Let's build our new life together,

Lots of love,

Xx -Pablo