BleuPrint Diaries

Tag: #BleuInTheBreakroom

  • Bleuprint in the Making — Journal Entry 006

    Bleuprint in the Making — Journal Entry 006

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    Journal Entry 006: The Boldness I Didn’t Announce I used to think being bold meant being loud.That it had to be some capital-M Moment. But today, boldness looked like saying:“That doesn’t work for me.” And then… not following it with a 3-paragraph apology. The revolution doesn’t always look like fire.Sometimes it’s just one womanreclaiming her…

  • Journal Entry 005: When a Whisper Becomes a Wall

    Journal Entry 005: When a Whisper Becomes a Wall

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    I used to think boundaries had to sound bold —“No!” with fists on hips. But lately, my no is a whisper.A breath.A slow blink before I don’t respond. And it’s still valid. Boundaries don’t need to be loud to be real. Sometimes the most powerful thing you do all weekis not explain yourself. 🖋 Question:…

  • Bleuprint in the Making – Journal Entry 004

    Bleuprint in the Making – Journal Entry 004

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    Journal Entry 004: I Am Still Worthy If I’m Not Funny Today I used to think humor made me palatable. That if I made them laugh, they wouldn’t notice how tired I was. That my softness could be toleratedas long as I packaged it in a punchline. But today, I didn’t feel like being funny.…

  • BLEUPRINT IN THE MAKING — JOURNAL ENTRY 003

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    Journal Entry 003: I Am Not a Calendar Entry I once said yes to a back-to-back daybecause I thought being full meant being valuable. But now I feel it in my spine —I am not a calendar entry.I am not a placeholder between bullet points.I am not here to be optimized. Today I cried.Not because…

  • Bleuprint in the Making

    Bleuprint in the Making

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    Entry 001: The Question That Keeps Returning Somewhere between the paycheck and the panic attacks,I started asking: What is all this performing costing me? Not just in hours.In wholeness. Bleuprint, unfinished:Maybe success doesn’t have to look like applause.Maybe it can look like sleep. Like joy. Like presence. 🖋 Question?:What part of you is tired of…

  • Bleu in the Breakroom

    Bleu in the Breakroom

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    Volume 001: The Day I Didn’t Want to Be Ambitious I closed the tab that said “10 Ways to Scale Your Personal Brand.”Not because I disagreed.Because I didn’t care. Today, I didn’t want to be impressive.I didn’t want to scale.I wanted to soften. I wanted to sit in the bathroom stall for five minutes and…