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Life blogger advice on life, clarity, and the things you deserve

This is me giving and advice and telling you that you deserve a better quality of life.

So you might find this topic random but let me assure you that you are not alone, in fact, I’m actually sure that this might not make sense at all but I just want to blurt it out anyway.

Those who know me know that I enjoy photography very well, although I can’t say I’m good at it, I know the basic and try at times but not as serious as the others so let’s just say that I enjoy photography in a critic way. When I see a photo, whether it’s in an exhibit or online, I always appreciate it and think about how it was taken (the setting, the lens that was used, angle, and camera). I sometimes zoom in and out and try to see it both in the big and little picture. I appreciate the perfect imperfections of the background noise and texture, the amount of light, its exposure. I enjoy it in an artistic way.

You know what, I’ll let you in a little secret. My phone has been broken almost a year ago, it has dents- more dents than a phone actually. But I can’t seem to replace it for two reasons, 1) I’m saving to get a more durable phone that I can use for years because I think electronic waste is a big no-no; and 2) I’m still not decided on what brand and model to get. If I’m being honest I could have bought a new phone months ago but my dilemma is what kind of phone to get. I’m looking for a phone with a great camera because it is something that I need especially that I want to convey stories. I want it to capture the things I want people to see.

In the other hand, when people recommend a film or TV series that they have, my first question will always be ‘How’s the quality?’ I don’t mean it to sound bitchy or something, it’s just how I am. I just think that watching a work of art is something that should be done in high definition. Of course, it doesn’t apply to all. Sometimes I let it slide especially in comedy films because what the film offers is its humor.

Maybe it’s the Mass Communication major in me and the way we were taught back in college that makes me crave for HD and I think nothing is wrong with that. It’s because I know how hard filmmakers do those - from the production and post-production stage. They are their babies and they should be seen the best way possible.

You don’t have any idea how frustrating it is to shoot a clip only to find out after that the focus is not good! Or how hard it is to stabilize a moving shot without a stabilizer, and if you have it’s not easy to use it because it’s heavy!
It will be a disgrace for the filmmakers to watch their work just on a good level.
I now have backlogs of blog posts that I haven’t posted because of the scarcity of photos. I can’t choose what photos to pick!

What I’m trying to say in this post is that like all the films out there we are all deserving of a High-Definition life. We are entitled to have the best things in life and what we need to do is to reach for it. Sure, life can be shaky or too dark like some films but remember that sometimes it is how the film should be. Sometimes it is the filmmaker’s artistic way, it is their perfect imperfections.

So yes, you deserve a High Definition life with the Creator’s artistic doing.


Written by Life blogger Teresa Gueco from Tarlac, Philippines


Have a break.
- I know that perseverance and determination will be the key to success, but every successful person needs and takes a break once in their lives. Even robots needed to recharge and so do you. You deserve it. Pausing doesn’t mean you are stopping. Pausing means taking your time and gathering all the momentum you need to accomplish your goal.

Listen to the voice inside you.
-Sometimes it’s hard to hear that little voice inside you because you are too hurt and numb about the things that happened in your life. You feel like the things people say about you is what defines you but you are more than just a rumor, you are more than just an issue. So let me be that voice for now.

I am here telling you that everything is gonna be fine. You are enough but you can do more, you can be more. If things are not going according to your plan then make another plan. Whatever happens, good or bad, just remember that someone is rooting for you and you don’t get to give up on that someone. When things are getting rough remember a hopeful and younger version of yourself, don’t let her/him down.
If you can’t see your future ahead, if you can’t see the worth of your present self, then look back and get hope and strength from your younger self who believes in you.

Choose to be happy.
-Life is ugly but there’s beauty in it. It gave us the chance to make it better and to help people have a better disposition. Choose happiness over hatred, choose forgiveness over pain, choose love. Make it a habit to make someone smile every day. Let’s help make the world more bearable.

Choose your battle.
-When you are faced with challenges and difficulties always try to choose wisely. Not all battles should be won because not all battles are yours for you to win. Only meddle with things that really involves you, things that have effects on you.
Some battles are there for you to teach you some lessons but it doesn’t necessarily mean that it should be your own battle. You can learn from others, don’t go chasing wars just for the sake of being into wars.

Science taught us the action-reaction
-When in a situation where you have to choose between being brave or mature, always choose to be mature. Leave if you must because leaving doesn’t necessarily mean losing, it only means you are brave enough to know that some things are not working out. You can be matured by being brave and leave but you can never be brave by being immature.

Make people laugh at you.
-One of the things that get us nervous is when we make a fool out of ourselves in front of many people. It was instilled in us that we have to deliver that speech perfectly, we have to execute all the steps properly, and we have to hit proper notes when singing. We were so afraid that people will laugh at us, at our mistakes and faults. But who cares? Make people laugh at you because it only shows that you are trying to do something. You are being brave to let yourself be seen and do the things that you have to do in order to gain knowledge.

Go on and make people laugh at you because in the end, you’ll laugh with them while remembering how scared you were and how brave you’ve been since then.

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Life blogger Teresa Gueco advice people about their dream


Please remind me of my now forgotten dreams, the light after the tunnel, the goal after the strike, the fruit of a hard harvest.

Growing up, I was a dreamer. Was.

I didn’t choose it. It was never my choice to forget all my dreams, to stay inside that dark tunnel, to freeze before I even manage to whip a strike, to give up planting before I can even harvest.

Life is tough. It shatters a dream, hope, and confidence. It kills people without taking their lives. Living without actually living is harder. Maybe that’s why people chose to end their agony, maybe that’s the reason why some people cut themselves, maybe being numb and feeling void is another kind of pain that we are not aware of. A pain that is deeper than cuts and more shattering than a million shattered glasses.

Have you thought about it though? How numbness and voidness can be painful when you technically can’t feel anything? Funny how painful it is, right? But it’s valid. The pain is valid and it is real.

Because of that pain I got scared. I chickened out. I limited my dreams- if there’s still any left of them- and I ended up being a log. A royal log. (Vanessa Hudgen’s pun)

I know I got potential and I’m not even trying to be cocky or what, I just know that I can do something. But as I live the life I’m currently living I realized something was dying, something was missing, and I’m being in pain and getting numb at the same time.

I wanted to write, to inspire, to be worth-knowing, to influence, and be a person with essence. I wanted to be the person my 14-year old self aspires to be and now look at me now. I don’t even remember what I wanted. I forgot what I wanted to be and the things that I wanted to achieve not because I got forgetful but I think it is more because my brain wanted me to forget those things that can no longer give me happiness and hope.

They say that a person’s brain who went on a traumatic experience rewires itself to forget the things that bring them pain. Maybe that’s the reason I can no longer remember what my dreams are, maybe it’s because it brings me pain knowing I fail it. I failed myself. I failed my 14-year-old self and forgetting it is much easier than feeling the pain.

But please make me remember. Help me remember why it is worth the pain, why I should keep remembering those dreams despite the pain, being numb, and void.

Please remind me that no matter how painful it is to achieve my dreams, it’s still going to be worth it. That happiness is worth all the pain.

That the light is always better than the dark, that the goal is to not win but to make yourself do that strike, that it is not always about the harvest but also the part where you get to grow as well.


Tito Boy Abunda said that in in answering pageants’ Q&As you should sound right and finish strong.
Catriona did that and won the Miss Universe 2018.

I think I sounded right here but I can’t seem to finish it strong enough for me and the universe to believe these words. But maybe, just like Catriona, I will be given more time and opportunity to prove myself in some ways. Maybe if I can’t remember, but I can make a new one.

I can dream. I have to. I want to.

I got this.
 


Marcelo Santos III advice on life
Photo courtesy of Marcelo Santos, Jr.



Sa totoo lang walang kinalaman ang title sa first half ng post na ito pero basahin mo pa din, nandito ka na eh.

Siguro isa ito sa mga kakaibang uri ng blog post ko hindi lang dahil sa ito ay nasusulat sa lenggwaheng Filipino pero dahil na din sa pagiging espesyal ng motibasyon ko sa pagsulat nito.

Araw ngayon ng sabado at kanina nanggaling ako sa book signing ni Kuya Em. Sa totoo lang hindi ito ang naka-schedule kong event sa araw na ito dahil noong nakalipas na buwan ay meron na akong seminar/workshop na dapat pupuntahan pero pagka-message pa lang ni Ate Karla ay agad ko nang napagdesisyunan na si Kuya Em ang pupuntahan. Wala namang pagsisisi, sulit lahat ang ganap sa araw na ito.

Nakakatuwa na sa tagal ng hindi naming pagkikita nila Ate Karla, Ate Criselda, at Kuya Em ay nandoon pa din yung familiarity. Natuwa ako na kahit hindi ako naging aktibo sa pagdalo ng mga events ay nandoon pa din yung pagtanggap at bond. Ang pinaka na-enjoy ko ay yung pag-uusap namin nila Ate Karla, ako, at Kuya Em sa holding area nya dahil sa pagdala sa amin doon ni Daddy Em.

Natuwa ako na makita na si Kuya Em pa din sya. Siya pa din ang taong hinangaan ko at minahal. Natuwa akong makita ulit sya at makakwentuhan hanggang sa puntong hindi na nga namin naalalang magpa-picture sa kanya doon kahit pwedeng-pwede naman naming abusuhin ang kanyang oras. Ewan ko, pero mas natuwa ako na wala kaming ginawa doon kung hindi ang magkwentuhan hanggang dumating ang oras na kailangan na nyang maghanda para sa mismong event.

Hindi sya artista ng mga sandaling iyon. Hindi sya iyong ‘best-selling author’ na ipinapakilala nila Kuya Jepoy, hindi sya yung King of Hugot, hindi siya yung vlogger.

Siya si Kuya Em.

Pagkauwi ko binasa ko kaagad yung isang libro na binili ko, at natapos ko ng isang upuan, dahil ibibigay ko iyon sa kaibigan ko na fan din ni Kuya Em at ang dahilan kung bakit ako finollow ni Kuya sa Twitter noong October 29, 2013. Paraan ko na din nang pag-give back sa kanya.

Sa librong iyong may isang linya at ang sabi doon ‘iba ang kinakaya sa sanay na’.

Marahil iyong linya na iyon ay parte ng isang tula na patungkol sa pag-ibig pero na-relate ko iyon sa buhay. Minsan sa buhay bibigyan ka ng mga problema na paulit-ulit at marahil akala ng iba sadyang malakas ka lang kasi kinakaya mo, lagi mong kinakaya at nalalampasan pero sa totoo pala ay nasanay ka na lang.

Nasanay ka na lang kasi wala ka namang choice. Minsan talaga mawawalan tayo ng choice sa buhay pero hindi ibig sabihin lagi mo na lang sasanayin ang sarili mo ha? Minsan i-assess mo din yung nangyayari sayo kasi kung masyado ka nang sanay na sobra na yung cycle ng pagiging sanay mo aba baka tama lang na itigil na yang paulit-ulit na gawain na yan.

Iba pa din kasi yung may growth ka. Iba pa din yung aalis ka sa comfort zone mo.

Isipin mo ang sarili mo at tignan mo kung sanay ka na pero may growth pa din o sanay ka na kaya nagse-settle ka na lang sa less?



Life blogger from Tarlac advice to be kind on yourself




Why does it is hard to be kind to yourself? Why do you keep on lifting other people but can’t even look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself you are worth it? Why do you hate yourself too much? Why do you have to be so hard on yourself? Why are you doubting every step and decision you take when you keep on encouraging other people? Why are you so good and cruel at the same time?

I know you can’t see it, I know you are in pain, I know you are trying, and I know you are failing but don’t be too hard on yourself.

Yes, you’ve been through a lot, faced countless demons, heard unsolicited thoughts inside your head, but you are worth every trust and love you keep on giving other people. You deserve the love you keep on giving; you are worth it.

This is me telling you how worthy you are.

You can do it. I believe in you. I’m here for you. You are worthy. You deserve the things you have right now.

You will figure it out. There’s nothing you can’t do, at least right now.

When Ellen says “When I say be kind to one another, I don’t mean only the people that think the same way you do. I mean be kind to everyone. Doesn’t matter.”

Ellen is right but I think I can twitch it a little more. “When I say be kind to one another, I don’t mean only the people that think the same way you do. I mean be kind to everyone, yourself included.”

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