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corinne behnke's avatar

so much yes with this one. especially when one's lived experience isn't filled with people supporting them to trust their gut, it can be so tough to deprogram and tap back into your inner voice!

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Thank you for reading!!! <3

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Jean Tay's avatar

how do i trust my gut feeling enough without being chained down by the thoughts and norms of others?

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Practice practice practice listening to your own intuition. When someone tells you what you SHOULD do and you feel a gut feeling disagreeing, that’s a sign

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Florlyn Veral's avatar

I worked on my dream small coffee space here at home, for 5 months. Brand identity, palette, icons and more. I did all by my own. Now, I'm gonna start it little. Do you think I can make it?

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Absolutely!! Cause it looks like you know how to take action towards bringing it to life. Good luck! 💓💓💓

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Florlyn Veral's avatar

Thank you, I love you girl!

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Renée Michaela's avatar

This was a captivating read. I loved your philosophy “You owe yourself a life well lived.” And especially resonated with if you feel called to do something, you should do it. I am grappling with that currently. Feeling called to do something but making excuses, it leaves me feeling disgruntled and itchy, like I am wearing an uncomfortable sweater.

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

I’m so glad it resonates!

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Courtney Bowers's avatar

I couldn't agree more! When I was moving to Paris for a year to be an au pair, I had soo many friends say how jealous they were and how much they wished they could do it. I said, you can! And they'd always, inevitably, say something like "well no I can't I just go this promotion/new apartment/gym membership" and I'd think well that's the reason why then, you're in your own way. Or they just genuinely didn't want it either which is totally fine. But this is such a good reminder to just go after what you want

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Thank you!! 🥹

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Devon Russell's avatar

that first notion that we're the only ones living our lives hit me like a bus, one of those thoughts that seems so obvious once it has been unveiled - thank you for shining the light that made me open my eyes to this

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

thank you for reading!!

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liv's avatar

Wow so you're the one who made that breathtaking short film! I can see how much love and care you pour into your passions, be it writing and filming. Thank you for sharing the reminder that we owe ourselves a life well lived. 💟

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

😭 thank you so much, made my day!

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Emma Schneck's avatar

This is exactly the little push I needed to hear today, thank you for sharing!! I'm also a photographer interested in film and your absolutely beautiful video is really inspiring me to follow my own video passion !

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Thank you so much!! 🥺

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Bahar's avatar

Loved it!

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

🤍🤍🤍

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Hayley's avatar

I’ve had this realisation lately, not that I’ve never know this before, but it’s really hit me recently that I truely am the only person living my own life and with that the only person who can change my life into something I love. You phrased it so perfectly, thank you!!

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Thank you so much 🫶🫶

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Lily's avatar

As an upcoming senior trying to figure out which path is right for me, this is precisely what I needed to read. Thank you so much for sharing this!!

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Thank you for reading, so glad it resonated!

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Lily's avatar

Of course!!💕

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Warm Crumbs's avatar

I really needed this, thank you for your amazing words! I feel quite lost right now in my life and have no clue what I should do next but your article gave me some hope 💌

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Thank you for letting me know & thanks for reading! I’m so glad it helped! 🩵

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catherine emmanuella's avatar

you mention being physically drawn to somewhere/something/someone; this was literally how and why i moved to nyc. there was a physical sensation, a pull, to be there—no logical reason whatsoever—and by responding to that visceral feeling, i made the best decision of my life. what you say in your article is true !

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

💓💓💓 thank you for sharing!! I’m so glad

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Second Glance's avatar

When thinking of persuing creativity, we oftentimes think of the black and white, "all or nothing", even if this is not necessairily a complete depiction of reality. Your two principles help to make that clear and open the view to what is possible, well done!

PS: Your video was pretty cool, it came on my feed and I‘ve seen it before I‘ve discovered your post :)

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Thank you so much!

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augustine 𐙚⋆°.'s avatar

thank you so much for writing this beautiful piece of work and encouraging us (me first of all) to follow our inner voice and passion to reinvent ourselves and try new things 💌 it meant a lot 🩶

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

Thank you so much for reading and good luck!!! 💙

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fida's avatar

I just want to print this out and stick it near my desk wow

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Erifili Gounari's avatar

🥹🥹🥹

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