who do you admire? - by Nix 🕊 - starting from nix

The pace this week has been dizzying. I’m standing on the edge of a tall ski slope. One side of the mountain overlooks Reno, Nevada: a wide expanse of dry plains, a patchwork of red and ochre fields. The other side is covered in snow tipped peaks, blue sky, powder, air, snow spilling over into a turquoise lake. I’m exhausted from snowboarding. I want to sit down and not move for 48 hours. I blink and the weekend is gone. The car is warm and idling on the bridge. The lights splay long and golden across the water. We approach San Francisco at dusk. On the drive home, I tell J I’ve always been someone who admired outlier traits in others. Growing up, I picked different role models and mentors for each sphere of my life (spirituality, business, elegance, eloquence etc). It was essential to be a little satellite in orbit back then. Witnessing. Channeling. Cultivating who I wanted to be. I discovered my preferences rapidly: I like spiky, authentic people. People who operate with devotion. Wi

The pace this week has been dizzying. I’m standing on the edge of a tall ski slope. One side of the mountain overlooks Reno, Nevada: a wide expanse of dry plains, a patchwork of red and ochre fields. The other side is covered in snow tipped peaks, blue sky, powder, air, snow spilling over into a turquoise lake. I’m exhausted from snowboarding. I want to sit down and not move for 48 hours. I blink and the weekend is gone. The car is warm and idling on the bridge. The lights splay long and golden across the water. We approach San Francisco at dusk. On the drive home, I tell J I’ve always been so