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Maria Angela Ciurleo
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I will keep working on Lifebook and make it a tool and a guide for building my new reality

Continuerò a lavorare su Lifebook e ne farò uno strumento e una guida per costruire la mia nuova realtà

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Maria, a passionate musician, discovered that following her heart wasn't enough without economic strategy. Through Lifebook, she learned to set boundaries, plan financially, and understand that sharing goals with a partner strengthens relationships rather than diminishing spontaneity.

Translated from Italian by AI. Maria wrote this story in Italian.

I decided to follow this program to put my life in order. I have always worked on myself to improve, but I had never undertaken a path that made me reflect on all 12 areas of life. I have a nice job, one that I love, because being a musician has truly been my dream since I was a child, but I believe that precisely because I like this job, over the years I ended up being penalized by it, because I let myself get carried away and didn't set the right boundaries that could have brought me more organization in my private life and greater financial stability. I didn't know how to value what I have always offered, with great passion and love, and this backfired on me. Thanks to this program I understood that learning to say "no" too, through certain choices, for the sake of a greater benefit for ourselves and the people we love, would have led to more satisfying results. If you undersell your work, even with good intentions, giving your time away to others, every effort to reach the next level becomes futile! Jon, in the video that dealt with the topic of career, said: choose a career you like, work out a financial strategy and go! I followed my heart from the very start in my work, I teach, I write music and I am in close contact with others, also bringing them benefit, but what I never did was think about a financial strategy. I can say that over the years this has proven to be a real disaster! Thanks to the program I set myself financial goals to reach, I analyzed the areas I need to improve and I tried to curb as much as possible the activities that take my time away and act as an obstacle to reaching my goals. I still have work to do, but what I'm already trying to put into practice is a good starting point. In the area of relationships too, I always believed it was essential to maintain one's own individuality and personal development, but what I learned from the program is this wonderful sharing that Jon and Missy maintain. Sharing your goals, expressing your ideas and a common choice of life path, I believe can truly be the keystone for a successful relationship. I would never have thought that planning your path could be a winning solution, because in my life I have always faced everything on instinct, but after twenty years of a relationship that unfortunately ended up fading out, I realize that planning doesn't make you lose the freshness of a relationship, but that once again, open dialogue with your partner and planning together instead strengthen the bond and protect it from the difficulties you may encounter along the way, the level of understanding and communion you reach becomes a strength and deepens your involvement with your partner. Preserving moments of intimacy is also essential in a couple! I often hear the idea that mystery ignites passion, but from my experience I can say that this idea is wrong. In today's hectic life, sooner or later, especially if there are children, you find yourself overwhelmed and tired and having to face new situations, and precisely in those moments, if you don't preserve the moments of exchange and dialogue and the moments of intimacy, you will end up building walls. Helping the couple grow well and bringing your family to success is like steering your own boat. You must always be at the helm and not be caught off guard by the arrival of the storm, because it's normal that in the course of life you may run into one, and together you can face them. I will keep working on Lifebook and make it a tool and a guide for building my new reality. I chose not to continue with the program only because I planned to invest that money in another Mindvalley path that I need in order to work on another aspect of my life. This too, for me, represents a responsible choice given the times. However, I thank Jon and Missy from the bottom of my heart for this magnificent work! I still hope mine is a See you soon!


Maria Angela Ciurleo

Musicista

San Colombano al Lambro, Italy

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Written 12 August 2020 From our original stories site Translated from Italian by Mindvalley

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