Friday, June 17, 2011

Steer Clear



you'll never know what you are capable of, if you let fear fog up your vision. -nina


I am learning how to play the guitar and attempting to find my singing voice! I have the best teacher (my husband), but sometimes I get so frustrated and give up. I woke up today more determined to succeed at my music; my quote happened to flow out of my mouth as I sprung out of bed! I was thinking that fear has a lot to do with frustration, at least for me, I feel as though I am scared of failure. I have so much passion to learn that I do not want to defraud myself from what I know I am capable of doing. It's hard but, I want to stop being scared of the "what ifs", What if I make a fool of myself? What if I'm not as good as I think? What if I fail? PERO, como dicen mis papas, el hubiera no existe!! Lets live in the present, even for the little things like singing and learning a new instrument; you can't get better without practice! And trying isn't failing, it is improving and achieving! 




ps- winner of the rad Frida Kahlo cuff (by Des of Mano y Metal) was announced on twitter this morning

28 comments :

  1. Your husband is your teacher? That is awesome! Dont give up. Quitting lasts forever. Frustration and embarrassment are temporary. El hubiera no existe! Your parents say that? I thought it was Maria Daniela haha. Do you know that song?

    Sophia
    http://lasophialasophia.blogspot.com

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  2. Oh my God, I am so so happy for the Frida Khalo bracelet, I just cannot say it in words... Thank U so so much, I have sent U my address in email, my email is bhrgina@gmail.com :)
    Have such a wonderful day as I do my darling... Kisses, Gina

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  3. YEY! Thank you Nina for being the awesome coordinator of the GIVEAWAY!
    Gina, I'll just need your mailing address and I'll ship it! :D
    manoymetal@gmail.com

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    NINA! I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE your new LOGO! LOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE you sitting on the moon! HOW AWESOME & AMAZING! LOOOVE your creativity! :D

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  4. the new banner is cool! And I love that quote :)

    xx
    absofuckinglutely

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  5. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU... U JUST HAVE TO SEE FEAR AS BEING BLIND IN THAT MOMENT... ''JUST USE YOUR HEART'' AND YOULL ''SEE'' THROUGH!

    LOVE THIS POST!!

    GREAT BLOG

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  6. loving your blog babe :) x

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  7. uhh have fun learning it ! :)
    I love playing it, but i'm really bad (i never learned it ;D )

    http://elsewhere-alive.blogspot.com/

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  8. good luck at learning guitar, it is so hard!

    <3 steffy
    Steffys Pros and Cons

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  9. hey hun! groovy blog header- did you do it, it's goood!! My bf heard a this quote somewhere-and its always stuck with me-- "failure is merely preparation for the future"-- how uplifting and encouraging is that? As a society we look down on failure, never once did I think to see failure as a positive!

    xo Carlina
    AllergicToVanilla.com

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  10. Thank you for the lovely comment on my blog!!
    I ended up with having purple ombre hair :D and it looks interesting...you should try it too!
    anyways, I really like your blog! :)
    and im following you from now!! :)

    come and visit my blog again, someday...and maybe follow? :)

    http://thefashionfairytaleblog.blogspot.com/

    have a nice day,
    xxEvaa

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  11. thank you very much for the lovely comment!
    I'm following you and I hope you will follow me back
    love
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  12. Good luck with learning how to play the guitar, I'm so you'll be great at it if you persevere with it. It's such a great instrument to play, and trying is definitely not failing :-).

    Sarah
    x

    www.almostdelightful.com

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  13. hey, good luck in learning guitar. i've tried but i think it was so hard for me so i stopped learning
    your husband is your teacher? how sweet
    anyway thanks for your lovely comment on my page :)

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  14. thanks for the inspiration! x
    im following u :)

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    From Catwalk to Classroom.

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  15. You're so lucky that your teacher is your husband! :)
    To answer your question, I don't know exactly what the food is, but it's kind of porridge mixes with some nuts!

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  16. This is very insightful! And it's true, you'll never know if you don't try... in saying that I should probably pick up my guitar again, I was trying to teach myself - you're lucky you have your husband to teach you!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog love :)

    theeffspot.blogspot.com

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  17. I love Kurt! haha thanks for your lovely comment :)
    follow you ok?
    gretting from spain ^^

    caravinvonvan.blosgspot.com ♥

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  18. Hi darling ! thanks for your comment on my blog !
    Checking out your blog and LOVE much too so I'm following and hope you can follow back !

    Kisses
    www.mydailyglamour.com

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  19. lets learn together i'm also self teaching guitar

    Thanks for your comment , Haha followed u

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  20. Remember, never give up, honey! ;) I love Curt <3 so handsome... By the way great blog, I'm following of course, hope you follow me back ;)
    Kisses from Poland;*
    http://hit-myself.blogspot.com

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  21. Hi, thank you for your comment!!1 I like your blog so much, and I decide to follow you, hope you'll follow me back!!
    Come back soon, I'll be waiting for you!!

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  22. Surely I have time to check out your blog! :)
    nice one btw, love your banner, how did you do that?! :)
    thanks for your comment, and tomorrow revealing the answers, so stay tuned

    fashion-is-forever.blogspot.com

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  23. I Like your Blog!!! it's Amazing!

    Namaste!

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  24. This is a beautiful post! So inspiring. I needed it today, and I hope your music goes well! <3

    xoxo
    Meera

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  25. I love love love your quote :) You always have amazing insights, and I love the new banner! So perfect :)

    www.themoptop.com

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  26. that quote is just amazing. I want to put it up on my wall!!! lovely post :)
    francesca
    http://www.frankvinyl.com

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  27. I LOVE your quote... it's awesome! Thanks so much for checking out my blog. I love yours and am your newest follower ;)

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Thanks for leaving the positive vibes! Many besos,bendiciones and buenas vibras. I will be sure to send them back!xo