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Co-founder @altrinc, Business Leader, Marketing Guru, Mom, Visionary, Mentor, Prof, Keynote Speaker, Writer, Adventurer, “Gypsea” -nicolegallucci.com

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These are Runes.⁠
I took a Runes course several months ago.⁠
They are an alphabetical system developed by the Norse and other Germanic cultures.⁠
They are also used as a divination tool to predict the future.⁠
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Many people use them and there is a protocol however I have developed my own way of using them (not a surprise to anyone who knows me!).⁠
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Each morning just before I leave my room to enter into family and work life I do a chime clearing and then choose a Rune randomly from inside my burlap bag.⁠
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I read the learnings that uniquely accompany each Rune and use this as a mindfulness and self reflection moment before heading into my day.⁠
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As I write this explanation I reflect on the role of religion and faith. Ultimately I think the true essence of an honourable belief system is to pause for reflection, gratitude, affirmation, intention and prayer. These moments or awareness are fundamental and necessary for our humanity.⁠
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I close this moment of reflection with a prayer of my own creation. I bless my loved ones and wish them love and light.⁠
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I wish us all love and light.

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Focus Forward! Focus Forward! Focus Forward.....for "Fs" sake!!!⁠
I keep telling myself this.⁠
I am packing up my daughter for a work exchange in Ireland. My oldest is in Vancouver and my youngest is being beckoned by an opportunity that may have him move out of the city.⁠
I want to turn back time!⁠
I routinely burst into tears. I am beyond proud but my heart is hurting.⁠
I want to curl up and stay in bed.⁠
I know I am beyond blessed to have happy, healthy, productive children - I just never thought they would grow up into adults and move away from home and I am truly in foreign territory.⁠
I am trying to figure out where to from here.⁠
I have never feared or wanted to push away the future til now. Now all I want to do is go back....⁠
I want to re-live and do-over some of the events in our life. I want all of us around the dinner table or hustling to a hockey practice or doing homework or, or, or...⁠
I am holding on and letting go.⁠
I am focusing forward and I am telling myself there are many blessings ahead - perhaps more than I realize.⁠
I am holding on for dear life, having more faith than I have ever had and I am focusing forward.⁠
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#liveyourlegacy #focusforward #cherishthemoments #somuchlove #singlemom #singleparenthood #nowwhat #wheretofromhere #whenkidsgrowup #adultkids #timeflies #doover⁠
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Kind of a reflective face but its been quite the few days/weeks/months/years...OMG its been crazy so I am very much in a reflective mindset.⁠
My focus for decades now has been raising my children and ensuring that they experienced as many things as possible. ⁠
And now as I watch them all leave the proverbial nest (I want to turn back time!) I am trying to figure out where to from here. ⁠
Everything is shifting - its the most massive change I have ever experienced.⁠
Its forcing me out of my comfort zone more than ever before.⁠
I think many in their 50s are going through this.⁠
We are refining, reinventing and in some cases starting over. I feel as though I am in the midst of all of those sentiments.⁠
I have completely re done my vision board. I have further refined my mission/purpose and my objectives and the ensuing strategies are very different than any I have written before.⁠
Its a new decade and I am heading into it with a very different agenda and mindset than I one a decade ago.⁠
And because I have come to realize that I am not alone in trying to manage through all of this I have created a workshop. I am putting the finishing touches on everything and will be releasing details soon so stay tuned. And in the meantime, plant some seeds. (I just planted some in this last paragraph).⁠
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#liveyourlegacy #change #redefine #refine #reinvent #startover #beginagain #plantseeds #neverstopgrowing #thenew50 #morebloomstocome #thechangeneverends #thegrowthneverends #keepmovinginthedirectionofyourdreams

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Decide you are worthy...⁠
This is a very important note to self because honestly I struggle with feeling worthy.⁠
This is perhaps one of my greatest challenges and I am sharing with great vulnerability.⁠
I love greatly and deeply and I work tirelessly so when relationships or work take an unexpected or unwanted turn the impact is significant and sometimes shattering.⁠
I've done and continue to do "the work" but still there is always this sense inside that inspite of everything I am not good enough, that I am unworthy.⁠
At 54 not a battle I expected to still face or continue to"work on".⁠
Of recent this has risen to the surface more than normal - perhaps its midlife. Perhaps its the volume of change. Perhaps its a natural human struggle.⁠
Regardless I am pushing through with determination.⁠
I know I make a difference.⁠
I know I have had and will continue to have an impact⁠
And, I know deep deep deep deep down I am worthy.⁠
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#liveyourlegacy #youareworthy #iamworthy #acceptance #perfectlyimperfect #thisislife #affirmation #weareallworthy #wearehereforareason #giveitallyouvegot #staythecourse⁠
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I was raised on stories and fairytales. I loved stories so much as a kid that by the age of two I was repeating them back to my parents.
I subscribed to the whole whimsy of these magical stories.

Who wouldn't?!
There were good & wicked witches, dragons & tin men, princesses & princes. There were yellow brick roads & scary twists and magical turns but in the end everyone lived "happily ever after". I still subscribe to fairytales but now with a different "spin"...a more realistic spin.

I do believe that there are "proverbial" witches & warlords, dragons to be slayed & twists and turns that can be life altering. I also believe that on a more realistic level we can create our own version of happily ever after. We can envision our life, our potential, our goals,...and then create the plan to achieve them.

There will still be bumps along the way but we will have a path that will allow us to navigate the rough waters and blissfully savour the calm ones.

A few years ago I set out to write how to create your fairytale - hence the book I have been talking about "DIY Princess." My intent was to publish it this year actually.
However, I was thrown a curve ball when a few male friends commented that they loved & wanted the content but everything was skewed very female - no surprise as the book was not 'initially' intended for men.
They asked if I would consider broadening the book for a greater audience - and so, I have been busy altering the content!

So much so in fact that I have actually created a strategic framework for charting the path to your "happily ever after" (aka achieving your dreams) & am rolling it into a workshop & more.

So stay tuned for that & when I post it in the next few days please share it with any interested parties.

I am still journeying along the path of my own fairytale and admittedly the yellow brick road has gotten washed out a few times but I am keeping the faith & when in doubt I remind myself that "this too shall pass" & I don my proverbial crown & move on in the direction of the dreams I am committed to achieving.
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#liveyourlegacy #makeyourdreamshappen #diy #personalstrategicplans #makeithappen #dreamthenplan #believe #commit

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I feel like I need to permanently stick this note to my forehead.⁠
I live outside of my comfort zone.⁠
Thanks to that philosophy my kids and I have travelled and experienced things we never thought possible.⁠
But also thanks to that philosophy I have caused myself and others some huge stress.⁠
There is good stress and there is bad stress and I am sure I have caused a degree of both. ⁠
Underpinning all of this has been the belief that life is precious - all we have is now so make the most of it...hence the reminder to stay brave and strong.⁠
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#liveyourlegacy #believeinyourself #bebrave #bestrong #trust #liveoutsideyourcomforzone #neverstop #keepthefaith #lifeisshort #cherisheverymoment #nowisallwehave #momentsmatter #makemomentsmatter

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This is the stack of books beside my bed. In the span of hours I added more - the stack is now 10 deep!⁠
And I ask myself...⁠
1. Do I need more books?⁠
2. Do need to stack them on my nightstand?⁠
3. Will I read them all?⁠
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And to all of the above I respond Yes.⁠
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I do need them - they inspire me to learn, to be better, to look deeper,...I could go on and on.⁠
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I stack them on my nightstand because these are the books that speak to what I am currently working through.⁠
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I won't read every page in every book but I will review every page. ⁠
Having them on my night table means that I will pick them up and review them almost daily and a page will jump out and provide a much needed learning. ⁠
I swear that books once they enter my home, take on a life and the right words and pages reveal themselves when I need them.⁠
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I am a bookaholic - books are my addiction. In moments of doubt, in moments of happiness, in moments of peace, in the good time and in the bad you can find me in a bookstore.⁠
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Books are my safe place.⁠
They come without judgment.⁠
They are filled with pages of knowledge, sweat and tears, courageously put out there by the author. ⁠
Its humbling and it reminds me that these are real people sharing pieces of themselves. These are my profs, my coaches, my mentors.⁠
And the little pig with wings and the crown on top - well they are the whimsical reminder to write my own book.⁠
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#liveyourlegacy #books #booksforlife #lovebooks #booksasteachers #booksasreminderswecandoanything #booksforlife #positivereinforcement #magicalpages #words #readtolearn #readtogrow #readeveryday #booksasmentors #bookstores #booklover #bookshelpexplain⁠

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It's so easy to fall off course.⁠
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We start and then we stop because a priority pulls us in another direction.⁠
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So I have daily reminders of goal and objectives around my room, on my phone and in my journal/daytimer.⁠
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And yes, I need them in all these places because with 3 kids moving in different career directions, work of my own and life I easily put someone else's priorities ahead of my own.⁠
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Add to that that I then question that if I drop these priorities does it mean they are unworthy?!?!??! ⁠
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I second guess myself which is soooooo wrong. ⁠
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Hence my "Note to self" this morning to "Stay the course". It will remind me that when I veer to get back on track!⁠
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Stay the course....its the only way to overcome the twists and turns that will surely pull you off track but then allow you to pivot or readjust and get back on track.⁠
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#liveyourlegacy #staythecourse #keepgoing #twistsandturns #upsanddowns #startagain #pivot #iterate #dontstop #havefaith

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