What I’m taking with me: A new year

As this time spent at home has become almost endless, I’ve been starting to reflect on how can I continue from here. What do I want to work on in this new year—26. What do I want to cultivate more of in my life? Where do I want my career to be in a year? How do I want to feel? Are just some of the very questions rolling through my mind.

Something I do know is: I don’t claim to be an expert in anything.

Cue Oprah. But what I know for sure is… I’m a decent writer. A good cook. I can hold a note. And when it comes to design (whether arranging flowers or picking out the perfect throw pillow) I’m your guy. To put is simply, I’m creative.

Creativity is my soul’s language. It’s innate. It’s something I have never given up on. It is how I associate in this world—how I show up. Whether I am writing marketing copy, cooking a nourishing meal, rearranging my bookshelves, or belting a Broadway tune—creativity is who I am.

And when I look back at my life, for those moments where I’ve felt the most me. The ones where I fearlessly created, was when I was healing. My rawest, most powerful words have come to me in healing. I guess I could say I’ve been creatively healing myself for most of my life. And when I’m not diving into some sort of project. I’m lost. I feel like something is missing. I find my soul aching.

Creativity is the promise I make to myself—in everything that I do. It is how I radically accept all that I am. There would be no Marko without it.

So, this year, I am taking more creativity with me. I am giving myself permission to create. And really, I don’t claim to be an expert in any of this, honestly who can?

What I know for sure is: I’m an expert in self. I know me. I know what I need to be the most beautifully brilliant being possible. I know where I feel aligned—where my body, mind, and soul meet to break bread and dance with each other. It’s in the midst of all creativity. That’s me. That is Marko—an expert in self.

May we all find that place, the home in ourselves.

May we all feel aligned with who we are.

May we all live to be our most brilliant selves as ever possible. 

I love you. 

XOXO,
Marko