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I just got back from a trip to LA.
I've been traveling a lot lately, and while it's been fun, I'm very happy to be home.
While I was there, I met up with a new creator friend, Megan Tan, in person for the first time ever.
It was such an adventure, and I think we had an even better time than we thought we would.
Today I want to talk about the one mindset shift that completely changed my 20s.
For the past several years I've had this personal motto that goes say yes now, figure it out later.
I've talked about it once on here before, and it is a motto that I hold very close to my heart and has been responsible for many events in my life.
It's my little tattoo on my wrist.
And I cannot believe it's already been two years since I got this thing.
That's crazy.
A lot has changed since then, and I always find it very interesting to revisit themes at different phases in my life and see if it's still relevant, if things have changed or if it's reinforced.
And for this in particular, there have been a few things that have reminded me of that.
When I had first come up with the phrase figure it out.
Later it was after I had dropped out of college and was slowly finding my way in the world.
I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but I wasn't great at putting myself out there.
I cared way too much about what people thought.
I was way too in my head about some things, and I struggled to really find my voice.
And throughout this time, Figure It Out was my anchor.
It was a way of reminding myself to just make a decision and I will figure it out when I get there.
Sort of having this trust in yourself while taking these leaps of faith.
And periodically, it will pop in and out of my life.
I think we inherently know when we connect with the idea of something.
It feels exciting and terrifying all at once.
But before we even have the chance to pursue it, we often hold ourselves back because we don't know how it will turn out.
When Megan asked me to go on a trip to the west coast, there was a moment where I felt hesitant to go.
It had been a while since I've done anything like that.
We had only just begun to know each other, and I was considering saying no.
But you never know what an opportunity will lead to, and you never know how impactful something will be till after you've done it.
There could be a million different things that could make it the wrong choice, but you only need a few good reasons for it to be right.
When it comes to these giant leaps of faith, quitting your job, taking the trip, meeting someone for the first time it always leads back to this four-letter word risk.
Beautiful outside.
There was a period of my life where I was feeling very stagnant.
I wasn't meeting new people or experiencing new things, but I was also not putting myself out there at the same time.
It's so easy to be comfortable in your bubble, but I think it's also important not to take it too far.
And it's not about saying yes to everything, but it's important to know when something will be a healthy push.
It can be intimidating to open yourself up, to show the world who you are and not know how it's going to be received.
But we're never going to know what's on the other side unless we're willing to take that first step and see where that tells us where to go next.
The beauty of putting yourself out there is that it also forces you to be adaptable and creative in ways you may have not expected.
It opens you up to seeing things in a different way, learning from different people and maybe even finding things you weren't even looking for.
There will always be some level of risk involved when it comes to doing something completely out of the ordinary from what we're used to.
But honestly, I think that's just the name of the game.
And depending on what season of life we're in, it's either going to be a yes or no.
And I think both answers are valid.
It depends just where you're at in life.
And if it's a yes, then sometimes it'll work and sometimes it won't.
But either way, you'll learn something from it.
My creative journey so far has been full of moments where I had to try different things and experiment, whether it was collaborating with new people, exploring different styles or diving into new formats.
Many of the ideas that I had this year, including my collab with Megan, have been made possible with the support of Epidemic Sound, who has provided me with so much of my soundtrack over the past year, so a huge thank you to them.
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There's a certain naive confidence you have when you just enter your 20s, unlike any other part of your life.
It's the easiest to lose and the longest to get back.
And if there was one part of that era I could take to the next, I think it probably would be that.
It is quite the claim that this is the mindset that helped me navigate my 20s out of everything else.
But looking back, I can't imagine all the things I would have missed out on and all the things that led to another since then.
It is truly one of the few themes in my life that keep on reoccurring, in between all the years and different contexts and routes.
And each time still holds this universal truth that it starts with what you think you can do, but ends with finding out.
So I hope you enjoyed this video.
It was very fun to revisit a topic and see where I was at with it.
Safe to say, my trip to California with Megan was not a disaster.
In fact, it was the complete opposite.
I guess you got to see a little bit of the behind the scenes in this video, but Megan made a beautiful video while we were on our trip in California.
So if you haven't seen that yet, then please check it out.
As always, thank you for watching.
You can find me on Instagram at lifeofrisa in the meantime, and I will see you in the next one.
Thank you.
