What It's Like To Reach A Milestone

This has been the best week of the year (so far), and yesterday it was one of the best days of my entire life. Are you ready? Because I'm about to tell you why. 

Australia Day is celebrated on January 26th, and I decided to make a video for the Embassy's Facebook page to celebrate it. They told me they wanted a video with photos and text, but they also told me they wanted something different. And I decided to follow those wishes. 

I've worked at the Australian Embassy for six months now, and I've learned so much about the country. I'm totally in love with it! So my goal on this video was to express how I felt about Australia. 

I spent last Sunday working on my ideas and ended up creating something I'm really proud of. My bosses were completely speechless when they saw it and showed it to the whole Embassy staff the very next day. We celebrated Australia Day with drinks at a bar, and it ended up being a celebration of my video. 

Everyone, including the Ambassador, came up to me and said "Congratulations, I loved your video!" They kept saying how talented I was and how big I was gonna be in the future (professionally speaking, of course). I honestly thought that was it, until I found out my video went viral and got more than 45,000 views! People commented on the video, they shared it, and they liked it. There was even another Facebook page who shared it and said the nicest thing about me! I mean, seriously?! That's totally insane!!

I ended my day with dinner and margaritas with two dear friends and three Aussies. And yesterday I went to work feeling the proudest. I've been feeling so amazing that I even shared it on Facebook! And I got more compliments! I still think it's completely insane and ridiculous, like this is just a dream I don't want to wake up from.

I guess the best way to describe how I've been feeling is one of my favorite songs called "Long Live" by Taylor Swift. If you haven't listened to it, please do because it's amazing. Like I said at the beginning, this has been the best week. I have loved every second of this experience, and I can't wait to live more like this one. This is definitely one feeling I don't want to stop having, and I'll do my best to keep creating things that make myself proud. 

When You Surround Yourself With The Right People

One thing I learned last year is how the people in your world can have a big influence in your life. Now, I'm not talking about liking Chinese food because it's your mom's favourite or wanting to go to Italy because it's your best friend's dream. I'm talking about habits and behavior. 

For about five years, I surrounded myself with people who were not so different from each other. You see, they all had one thing in common: they wanted to be great in life, but they didn't want to do anything to achieve greatness. They all had big dreams, but they didn't want to fight for them because of the idea of "we're too young, so we still have plenty of time to do things." Since I was surrounded by them, I started to live the same way. I really enjoyed my time doing nothing and fought to have more of it. Of course I believed it was the right thing to do because everyone in my world was doing it.

During the year 2015, I lost friendships and got a couple of new ones. I also became closer to others. I went through a lot of changes, which led me to creating this blog, getting my first job, and learning things I always wanted to learn. I also got to try new things and prove myself how capable I was of doing things I'm interested in. 

One day I woke up and noticed how changed I was because of all the things I had achieved in just a couple of months. And that's when it hit me. When you surround yourself with the right people, that's when you'll be better. All these parts of me that I got to improve were because I was surrounded by people who motivated me to be better. They taught me to fight for what I want, that change is good, and that I'm actually good at what I do. So, if I'm starting 2016 in the right path it's because the people in the pictures. They are all incredibly important in my life, and I'm the luckiest for having them.

Because Music Has The Spark To Take You To Places

About a month ago, I had two mayor revelations that I didn't see coming at all. Mark Atkins, a very important Australian musician, came to Mexico to give a couple of concerts. I heard a lot about him in the past, and I was so excited to see him live, but I didn't expect to end up feeling so mesmerised.

The first revelation happened when Mark Atkins started playing the didgeridoo, which is an Australian aboriginal instrument made of bamboo. Its sound is so unique, and it's amazing because it takes you to a whole new world. I don't know how to explain it, but the instrument has a very powerful vibe you can't miss. I didn't think it could get better after Mark Atkins did his solo, but then the drums and the piano happened. I was completely speechless, and I couldn't stop moving my body. I couldn't help but smile because of how great I was feeling thanks to Mark Atkins and his wonderful music. I totally recommend listening to him, he's amazing.
The second revelation happened in the middle of the event. I wasn't at the concert just to enjoy it, I was there because of work.  I'm a big fan of videography, and that day I was assigned to film the entire concert. As I mentioned before, I'm a huge fan of Haugen Creative, and this was my first time doing this. To be honest, days before I was doubting if videography was something I wanted to do as a profession or a hobby. I love following videographers' work, but maybe I just enjoyed it was an spectator. I proved myself wrong. I realised I'm passionate about videography. How did I know this? Well, there was a moment when I stopped and said to myself "I love my job", I looked around and realised my cheeks were hurting because I had a big smile on my face the whole time. I thought it was because of the music, and partly it was, but the other reason was videography. And I was sure of it because right when I found out I was smiling, I dropped tears of joy. I just loved how being behind the camera makes you pay more attention to what you're watching. You have to think in advance all the time and be prepared to catch the small details. I just can't wait to make more videography in my life and improve my passion.
I guess you can tell I had a great time at the Mark Atkins concert. You might think the video it's not the best you've seen in your life, but I think it's good for my first time. I decided to upload it and share it with you, so you can join me in this new adventure I'm decided to follow. I promise you, I'll get better, and I'll be sharing new projects with you. I sure can't wait to do that!