As of today, I know who you are, and I will...

Yesterday, I closed a chapter in my life and opened another one. Yesterday I tried to remember all of the good things that happened to me, and leave behind the burdens.

Today, I think to myself that I am not an over thinker. I think and I act, I’m impulsive, and I’m thankful that I have been that way because being that way has gotten me into the craziest most fun and daring adventures. No regrets, no “what ifs”, just plain actions.

I’m starting with a clean slate, a really awesome clean slate with just me in it, and a pretty nice invitation for most people to get in for the ride.

Sadly not everyone’s invited. Goodbye to all of those “friends” that weren’t able to feel the weight of the good things and focused only on the bad, even when the good certainly were a lot more and significant. Goodbye to the non-believers and the ones that didn’t have faith in me. Goodbye to all who instead of saying something nice said something hurtful. Goodbye to all who thought of themselves as superior. Goodbye to the people that didn’t brought much to the table and just took as much as they could get. Goodbye to the mediocre that settled for crap instead of aiming high. Goodbye to the abusive ones that saw weakness in me and instead of a hug, gave me a non-constructive speech. Goodbye to the really unimportant ones. Goodbye to the ones I mistaken for friends, gave a lot of trust and they turned their backs on me. I can compare you guys to that psycho naked dude that ate the poor man's face in Miami. But too bad for you, you failed at your attempt, I'm still looking fabulous and have all my body together. I can assure you I will not waste another second of my precious time with your counterproductive contribution in my life and I wish you the best of luck in yours. I recently reached the conclusion that you have to earn someones friendship and you do so by being nice, forgiving, and reciprocating the generocity of others. I can give someone my friendship and it is not up to them to finish it or change it, it's up to me. The matter is not up for discussion.

I am so glad I got to meet you all. Thanks for the awesome lessons you taught me. I’m not being sarcastic, I’m actually grateful.

As for the ones that didn’t fit into the previous description, Welcome!

As of today, I want you guys to keep on being the friends I know you are. I am convinced that to be friends you don’t need to hang out, be together, talk on the phone every day or always be nice to each other. I am convinced that you guys are allowed to question my actions, give good advice to me and be totally opposed to what I do and my beliefs. You are the guys that have your own awesome life apart from mine, and have chosen even in the worst of times to keep me on your good friends list. That whenever we meet again, even if our lives have changed like way too much, we are able to enjoy each other's company and that even when we have so little time to catch up, we still appreciate one another because we know that the other person's backbone is made of our fine wood, tailored by hard and enduring experiences that only the strong and the brave survive. You are the guys that appreciate me for being the tall, book-eater, strong-minded, stubborn, basketball and dance lover, with an AIESECer’s spirit, who wants to change the world, find true love and do all of that while listening to reggaeton music and drinking a nice cold Heineken every once and then. 

You know that I care for you, and that’s why I’m tough. You know that I feel obliged to tell the truth to you, and I will not keep my mouth shut. You know that I don’t settle and that I have taken bad decisions but I’ve learned from them. You know that whenever I’m going through a rough patch, my face says it all. But you also know that all that I need to solve that problem is a proper hug, for me, the biggest sign of support and fondness. Afterwards, I’ll smile. That whenever you need that hug from me, God knew and gave me long very generous arms to hug you. That I am genuinely and extremely overjoyed by any of your small or big achievements, and I will congratulate you! You are that I don’t have to really give it a thought on whether you are or not my friends, because that would just be silly.

I have flaws, plenty actually, and I know that you are the people that will encourage and empower me overcome them. Meanwhile you are able to see that I also have many good traits, and if you haven’t seen them yet, it is because it’s too soon, stay tuned.

Summer started and with the atrociously immense heat it brought, heated up as well my desire to be greater and healthier, more relaxed and calm, wiser and stronger, more fun and the very most important of them all, happier.

I set myself some awesome goals: measurable, realistic, ambitious, and for my own good. Hop in if you want to help. If you do want to be in that clean slate, I will guarantee you are in for the ride of your life! I am committed to make of myself a better person, free from futile engagements, and filled with worthy and valuable ones. This is my new decision, I really needed the fresh start and because of irrelevant distractions I just couldn’t see that my determination was the only ingredient I was missing for it. But I am not only determined, I have my heart, soul and guts in this matter,

I FEEL SOOOO FIRED UP AND READY TO GO! 

IT IS INEFFABLE!