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5-minute Friday.
I want to start this episode with a Turkish proverb. No road is long with good company. Now, I've
had a long long road to finding an amazing partner. The partner that I have right now with my lady Jeanette and we met after
15 years of
me just being in relationships and never truly figuring out the type of
when I wanted to be with I kind of always just started dating people that I like that I was interested in but I wasn't really thoughtful about the type of partner. I wanted to have long-term. I was more
just kind of choosing off of
traction or off of
interest and us going on a couple dates and kind of following
down a road of hanging out more and more and then just kind of being in a relationship and this happened for many relationships over the past 15 years, and I want to do a full episode on this at another time if you're interested in me.
Talking about this and figuring out how I found an amazing
partner. So if you want that
from me, let me know. Send me a message on social media or email and let me know and we'll do a full episode on this but it was a long road and finding my girlfriend Jeanette and we're both excited about creating memories and Adventures and life together. But we also both know that we can be okay alone if we're not together it's going to be okay also, and I think that's the first time that's
Really been like wow. Yes. I want to be with this person. But I know that if it doesn't work out I'll be okay and she knows it. She'll be okay and that grounding gives us such peace and less pressure.
We started dating after a breakup. I
went through the last relationship. I went through
it was amazing because it was just different from the start because I did this
process of getting clear on exactly. What I wanted in. This process was a huge game-changer for me.
We decided to live together in the last six
months.
Moved
in right before covid and I tell you what, it was a
crazy time because I knew that would be hard
moving in with someone and living together by itself.
Then Co it hit and man it was quickly trying to figure out is this
going to work and are these challenges going to make us break up at some point or actually get a bring us together
a couple of weeks ago. She went
home to see her family to hang out with her sisters and her mom and and I was alone.
For the first time in six
months and since being alone for a couple of weeks, I started reflecting on my
time with Jeanette and our relationship what I've learned what I've learned about spending time alone, and I'll tell you
what I'm a simple guy, but I'm also a
complex guy. I love being around people. I love being around lots of people and interacting. I love spending time with my girlfriend, but I also love being alone and I enjoy both experiences. So for me, it's
Something that I've learned about myself
that 15 years ago would have not been happy alone. I would have not been comfortable because I was very insecure and I needed to be around people and I stayed in relationships because I was afraid to be alone and that's why a lot of the times I didn't work out because I was being in them for the wrong reasons and my insecurities led the way as opposed to my vision for the relationships. I wanted to create and what I've learned is that when you are clear on exactly what you
Your relationship and your when you are clear on if that lines up with the vision you have for your life for your own dreams with your family with your health with your identity with your lifestyle with your sleeping patterns everything it all plays in based on the person you choose to be with and spend a majority of your time with and the last six months of us spending time together. We went through a lot of difficulty from her moving from another country.
re and speaking a different language to having a different culture different expectations on what a relationship looks like and us having to just deal with that challenge then we also had to deal with things at home for her in Mexico where she was just going through a lot of personal challenges and deaths close to the family and struggles with the home that
she was building and just challenges in general that were happening
and she was in LA and it wasn't able to
Leave
and do anything and she didn't know anyone and so there was a challenge there figure out how we're going to communicate during that time. There was just a lot of
different challenges than Kobe
Bryant died, unfortunately and sadly and that really affected me when that happened and then coronavirus and then
me figuring out what's the next moves for my business and her supporting me at all of it was just like wow. Okay, we're going to figure out in this six months.
Are we going to work out or was this a nice year experience of dating each other and
You know, we're not the right fit and I'm so grateful because I remember telling her before she moved in with me. I said, you know, we're going to find out within 6 months whether this is going to work or not. And I didn't know all this stuff was going to happen when I was saying this but I was just like we are to find out within 6 months if this is going to work or not.
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And for me, I feel like the love is stronger
than you know, we had our challenges we had arguments. We had stressful nights all these things but it made us stronger because we both were willing to set our egos aside and focus on what do we want? What is our vision? How can we come together with our vision with our
differences from culture with our differences from language
with our differences from
expectations? Do we love each other enough to stay together to be
together to thrive together to grow together or is it not worth it?
So far, we've found that it's very worth it. We have a stronger connection more than ever because of the challenges we face and I almost hope that every relationship goes through some type of adversity early on where you get to figure out. Okay. Is this a person I really want to be with you get to see how they handle adversity how they emotionally adapt to tough times and I don't know a tougher time than people dying in your life and stress in your finances and stress in your health and a pandemic. I don't know.
No more challenging an adverse time in the last 20 years where it all has come at once in many different areas of life for us to see like okay, we got through this in a pretty strong way and I'm very very grateful
and I also think that space is
important. I know we've had different episodes on relationships during quarantine how to have space so that you don't, you know get at each other's throats every day and I think having space for me to reflect and be alone for a couple of weeks while she's with her family.
Mexico has been beautiful for me and for her because it makes us appreciate each other and it really allows us to continue to focus on what we want to create together for the future. So this is just some thoughts. I want to share with you. If you want me to do a full episode on how we met and the whole process of what I've learned about finding a partner based on values based on a vision and based on a process not being too analytical but as I look back at it, I truly did things differently then and
an old pattern I was repeating for 15 years and I really looked within to ask myself. You know, what are the things that I'm doing wrong to attract someone that that isn't the right fit and what can I do to shift and change moving forward? So if you're interested in that feel free to message me on Instagram or Twitter or anywhere on social media or send us an email at our support email and let me know what you think if you enjoyed this episode if you enjoyed any of our recent episodes, we've had some amazing guest recently and we've got a big guest
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Zero and I started with a Turkish proverb, but I'll say goodbye with a Swedish proverb shared Joy is a double Joy shared sorrow is a half star. Oh, if no one has reminded you you matter you are loved and you are worth it. And as always, you know what time it is. It's time to go out there and do something great.
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