Behold! My 2011 manifesto.
After much pondering & plodding & cheat sheet preparation, I banged this out in 15 minutes over a (styrofoam) cup of caramel-flavored gas station coffee. When it’s time, it’s time.
I AM
A neon-green VOLTAIC avenger.
Strumpet nerd. Disco monk.
A lovable scamp. A LASER-BEAM lover.
I DELIVER
Head-turning WIT. Traffic-stopping charm.
Pummeled and poured into words that WOO.
Strategies that soar. And MAGNETIC moments.
I’M ALIVE
To remind YOU (and you. and you.)
How earth-quakingly, core-shakingly
hardcore-oh-hell-yeah-STUNNING you are.
That there’s a PINNACLE.
And you can reach it.
That the rules rarely apply.
And when they do?
Ha. Just, ha.
I WILL
Underpromise. Overdeliver.
And act like it’s normal.
I WANT
Spacious, mystical, clarified days.
Rapt attention. Audible gasps.
To roll with world-shakers & game-changers.
Modern-day Platos & Rumis. Mellowed-out Rands.
I BELIEVE
Webcopy can be poetry.
A pitch letter can delight.
And one great tagline can change the world.
AND!
You are not your work.
But, you’re here to work.
So if you don’t LOVE your work…
Why. Are. You. Here?
AND!
REVOLUTIONS don’t trickle from the top
Or bubble from the bottom
But RADIATE from the core
Of me. And you. And yo momma, too.
YOU’RE INVITED
To join the rave inside my brain.
To spin your story with substance & style.
To start a righteous vocational riot.
To be so gorgeous it hurts.
2011 is the year of HIGH-VOLTAGE VISION. Bring it. Beam it. Be it.
FLASHBACK :: My 2010 Mission Statement is here. Dunno the artist who designed the Polaroid background. Found it on Pixel Girl Presents a million years ago. If you know the source, holla back.
You are my favorite. I love this. Thank you!
Way to start off the new year rockin your you-ness. I dig. Mucho grande dig-a-licious!
Alexandra – this f’cking rocks. Love the soul and power that comes through with the wink and the grin. Looking forward to a magical and momentous 2011 for you and your work and me and mine!
In truth,
Natanya
I LOVE this! Poetry, revolution, and style. You’re speaking my language Alex! A year of high-voltage vision, you say? Bring it!!
Sweet. I love this manifesto/a. I haven’t written one in a while. You are inspiring me.
ha! you are one audaciously adorable animal!!!
loved this post!!
U inspired me today!
see here, http://alifeunrehearsed2.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-2011-manifesto.html
Yes this does rock :) Glad to see it!
I. LOVE. THIS. Thanks for the inspiration!
wow, zesty! I can’t believe you got this out of the cheat sheet…I’m definitely looking up to your sillz.
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Love this. Taking it as a challenge to declare my intent to the universe with more verve, feist and gusto.
This is the best damn year ending, space clearing, intentions setting manifesto I’ve read (know it’s last years!)
Loved your interview with Molly as well for Joy Council.
Mwah x