What If You’re Only 1% Away from the Life You Actually Want?

Have you ever had that feeling of unsettledness in your body after you’ve eaten but you still feel hungry? 

This has been happening to me non-stop, back-to-back for over a week now. And I know that it’s coming from something psychological. 

Mezclada is undergoing a big transformation this year. And I think that my body is anxiously awaiting for it to be over. It’s uncomfortable and at the same time, exhilarating knowing that, for the first time in a while, I can afford to bring on professionals to support me in my work and help take things to the next level.

The last time that I published to the blog, I had just wrapped up some annual planning. I’m sure most people feel like all plans flew out the window at the beginning of 2025, and that we’d just need to take things one day at a time. I’m right there with you.

I’ve been doing my best to be present, but I’ve also been thinking critically about the lifestyle that I want to lead, how I want my physical home space to support me, and the kinds of relationships I want to surround myself with on a regular basis. Carefully curating those things takes time, patience, and effort. Something I’m not afraid of at all. Unfortunately, it’s become clear that many of those things on my list are WAY out of alignment right now, and it’s probably one of the reasons why I found myself crying myself to sleep for several weeks in a row when I relocated to San Miguel de Allende.

I’ve never actually experienced so much doubt, self-blame, and sleeplessness all at once. It was quite uncomfortable, and while I still feel like I’m recovering from the transition, things are getting easier. There have been so many hard lessons learned from this, but probably the biggest one is to never live in the downtown of a city if I can help it.

As I pulled several tarot cards over the weekend, it was so clear to me that what I was being asked to do was develop trust – in myself, in this city, and in the people that are around me. I have to let go of thinking that I can keep pulling myself together without asking for help. Without revealing some of those vulnerabilities that make me human and relatable.

Reflecting on the goals that I had set for the first quarter of the year, I am proud to say that I completed the AMPLIFY podcasting accelerator program with flying colors. It was the most magical container of family, community, and support, and gave me the umph I was looking for to help me take my podcasting work more seriously and treat it as a business, not just a hobby. I ended the program by giving a presentation about my Podcast Monetization Strategy, which to this day has me pretty stoked!

I also laugh as I write this because this is a refrain I hear a lot in the farming space – stop treating your farming as a side hustle. Treat it like a real business and things will start to shift for you. 

Items on the back burner that have been pushed into Q2: 1. Finding a new home (as I definitely don’t feel like what I have now represents that for me.) It’s a challenge every day to sleep and to stay focused with all the sounds outside. I’ve learned that my spirit prefers open spaces, open sky, and quiet. 2. New car, dual citizenship. Technically I’ve claimed my Mexican nationality, but because of national elections, I have to wait until June to get what’s called an INE, the equivalent of a social security number here in Mexico. This will allow me to open a bank account, purchase a vehicle in my name, and so much more. As a result of having my USDA contract terminated unexpectedly, I wasn’t able to bring on a new member to my team as I had planned. The extra resources just weren’t there. 

Wins worth celebrating

Because of the extra time I had on my hands due to my largest contract disappearing overnight, I decided to host some workshops in March, April, and May in both English and Spanish helping farmers leverage AI tools to help streamline their funding/resource search for their farm. WHOA! What crazy fun results we saw. This was so powerful that I’ve decided to turn this concept into a membership community. 

As I move into the end of this quarter, things that are on track:

• Making friends, staying active and healthy. Dancing regularly has been a real gift. So has swimming, spinning classes, crossfit, and continuing my yoga practice.
• Continuing my diploma in traditional Mexican medicine
• Weekend excursions to explore the region
• Requesting support by investing in myself, building my team. I’m investing in business coaching, assistance in streamlining all of my workflows leveraging any and all AI tools out there, and hiring others to bring my content to the next level of quality.

 

While my priorities may have shifted, ultimately I know that I’m right on time, I’m right on track, and I’m learning the lessons that I’m supposed to learn.

Priorities that I have for the next few months:

• Hiring a video editor to turn my piloted courses into on-demand courses
• Launching my membership community
• Scaling down my consulting/screen time by turning over one of my long-standing contracts to someone else. This is a big leap of faith and trust that something even better is on the other side of this.
• Hosting a series of 5 in-person workshops at a local library designed to help people write their first book
• Continuing to record and publish content for the From Field to Freelance YouTube series (designed to show people how in real-time, I’m writing, designing, marketing, and selling my first e-book) in both English and Spanish
• Finish writing my e-book, How to Become a Digital Nomad
• Facilitating a couple of workshops to help a small school design and manage their school garden, working with kids to teach them about growing
• Spending time with my boo in person without breaking the bank. Ideally, manifesting the resources so that we can meet up somewhere in the world. Long distance is hard. But he’s worth it.

 

I think it’s important to never stop dreaming, so I’m going to throw some ideas out there that have been on my mind. In a crazy wonderful perfect world, my best year yet would look like:

• Having my content become a wild success and launching with hundreds of farmers out the gate for my membership community, providing me with a solid monthly income that allows me to step away from my other screen-related projects
• Leveraging this new influx of $ to invest in purchasing property/farmland that allows me to launch into my next phase of my farming career
• A surprise opportunity that pays for me to visit Australia to mix business and family – speaking at a conference?! Press trip?! OR taking a sister trip to somewhere new that we’ve never been before.
• Moving somewhere that feels completely aligned with my values/spirit – ideally this will coincide with my romantic partnership…but only the Universe knows how/if/when that’s supposed to unfold. I trust in divine timing.
• Publishing my oracle deck and having it become an international best seller
• Generating enough money to pay my fixed monthly expenses through the sale of my newly published e-book
• Being in the best physical shape of my life and finally getting the sculpted abs that I’ve always wanted. 🙂 Girls’ gotta dream, right?!

 

Without getting too far ahead of myself, here’s what I know is missing in my current reality that I’ve decided I’m going to take responsibility for creating and and committing to by sharing this publicly:

• More hugs and physical touch
• More joy. Less seriousness over all. Just fun. Thinking about how to gamify my work/life in every aspect.
• More hands in the dirt and plants around me every day. 
• More in-person connection and less screen time. 
• Water! Swimming laps twice a week is great but it’s not cutting it for me. I’m talking waterfalls, cool caves, thermal pools, ocean, crystal clear lakes. I want all of it. 

 

Now it’s your turn. What’s on YOUR dream list if this year were your best year yet?! What would you do differently today if you knew you couldn’t fail? And as an added bonus, who would be on your team to help you make it happen?

I think a lot of us get paralyzed out of fear – of rejection, judgement, that we’ll make a mistake – which keeps us from living more authentically and true to ourselves. 

My best advice is to try to be real with yourself just one percent more today. And tomorrow, do the same thing. By getting just 1% closer to your dream every day, you’ll become unstoppable. And a year from now, you won’t even recognize yourself. I say so because I’ve done it. I’m doing it. 

Sometimes I don’t even know who I’m looking at in the mirror. In the best kind of way.