Love Letter To Another Blog

Wero Zel
Feb 19
4 min read

Love letter to another blog aka how others can support and motivate you without even knowing about it.

Picture from Kristi's Instagram profile - @kristinespinasse

Sometimes we get so lucky to meet inspiring and supporting people in our lives without even realizing they are here, having our back, pushing us forward.

That's the case here, although to meet might be somewhat of an overstatement, as despite talking on Instagram about having a proper rendez-vous IRL, we haven't met yet. We do not even talk, tbh. However, Kristi Espinasse of www.french-word-a-day.com blog (because it is her I am talking about) became a very valuable part of my life.

I came across her Instagram profile browsing through some random pictures of a town where I live and that's how I discovered her blog. She is a fantastic woman who managed to adapt her Anglo-Saxon spirit into the French way of living (which, as we all immigrants know, can be a challenge). He opens up her world to the audience sharing all the bliss of everyday life, but also struggles, weaknesses and her own journeys. Her writing is witty and sharp, her home is a dream-come-true and her smile is to die for.

Kristin Espinasse on the back cover of her book

Picture from latest Kristi's blog post

I could go on and on and on, but in the spirit of not risking restraining order from Kristi, I will drop mi a quick letter in response to her latest blog post. Why?

I am lazy and I really do not want to write once again about what's in there already and what's so important to me
I am even lazier and I can't be bothered to produce an extra text explaining the power of Kristi's words. My humble letter in poor English will explain that in best manner I can.

Let's jump right into it then, shall we?

💌💌💌

Oh I will for sure buy your book!

But let's back to the beginning...

Hi and hello! 😉

I am always reading your blog posts with some delay, purely because I procrastinate even what I really enjoy doing. This is how fun I am. Yeah.

In the spirit of procrastination, I am also delaying the realization of my dream, which is creating my own jewelry brand.

For years I have been telling myself that I am not talented enough, not smart enough, not hard working enough, I am not your enough, I am not wealthy enough, simply I am just not enough. Not only to pursue my dream, but also to have such a bold vision for myself! I kept on telling myself that for such a long time that I started believing it. And that is the greatest act auto-sabotage one can make.

However, recently I have remembered by old method of dealing with what’s unpleasant. Method, that I put in motion every time something bad happened in my life or I did something that I knew would get me in trouble. And as a strong-opinionated kid raised in an abusive environment I was facing such difficulties more often than not.

The beauty of my method is the anarchy nature of it. Just close your eyes and fucking do it! You will deal with consequences later!

Voila!

And so I am closing my eyes just enough to still see what am I doing, but being able to disconnect from my fears and self-doubt. Like Diana Nyad I will dive deep into my dark waters full of dangerous administrative sharks, poisonous jellyfish haters and endless depths of self-doubt. I will swim across my lake, my sea, my ocean, doesn’t matter how many attempts it takes to reach the shore and no matter how bad of a swimmer I am. I will get better with every meter I swim, every mouthful of sea water I drink, every move I make. Because if I won’t try, I will be living the life that I never wanted, that was never mine. And that can only happen if I try every possible way to reach my shores.

Thank you for being a great reminder of what we can achieve if we close our eyes to what is holding us back and open our minds to what can happen for us. No matter the time in life, no matter the age, no matter our capacities and weaknesses we start with.

Bises!

Wero

Procrastinating never felt better than today, as tomorrow I am having an important call with potential sub-contractor. Fingers crossed the stress won’t eat me before that happens!

PS2

Kudos to me for not procrastinating with this letter, although this is simply because I am stuck at work, in front of the computer and this feels way better than excel marathon.

PS3

Goddam I am using this text for my own blog! It’s already written so it would be wasteful not to!