About - Manifesting Serenity

Heya I’m Serenity,

I left and quit the societal expectations/checklist and set off to discover myself and this beautiful world around US!

So far I’ve found that I’m a whimsical, free spirited, multi-passionate, and fun-loving girl who likes a balance of both playing in the dirt out in the middle of nowhere OR living a luxurious lifestyle sitting on the beach in a cabana sipping a fresh smoothie. Well, life’s about balance, right?

I just do things a little different here; tattoos, short hair, wearing whatever’s comfy (you’ll probably never see me in a dress), always snacking, and snort laughing.

Often times you’ll catch me traveling slowly and sustainably to take everything in and enjoy the journey along the way, because it’s only when we slow down, we begin to see what so many overlook.♡

It’s time to open our eyes to this beautiful world around us, but remember it doesn’t have to be the same way others do, but it doesn’t have to be alone. So, let’s go together!

So, I write this blog to help liberate and inspire people to know that there is a whole world out there full of beautiful people, places that fill you with happy tears, and opportunities everywhere.

“Manifesting; thinking it, seeing it, saying it and making it happen!”

SO, WHAT IS MY PERSONAL STORY YOU ASK?

So let’s start with when I was first in my own personal discovery.

My biggest discovery happened while I was in my late teens to early ’20s. I was going to high school, college, and worked a part-time job all at the same time! I got my Associates Degree at 18 years old, explored the career and worked in it for about 7 years on and off. I had become obsessed with shopping as soon as I started making money, never really taking the time for travel.

December 2016: My family and I took our first family vacation to Puerto Vallarta. I was completely astonished by the rolling tongues in the language, flavors in food, welcoming people, soft beige sand between my toes, and the acoustic music had me wanting more.

The year after, I had gotten married. Daydreaming about my career, marriage, and traveling. Unfortunately later I had encountered a couple tragedies. While discovering I was combatting major anxiety (panic attacks), seasonal depression (also referred to as SAD), and Complex PTSD; I was shaken, and had a bit of a wake-up call.

I looked forward to our Honeymoon in Hawaii more than ever! Hawaii was full of fresh salty sea air, pure blissful sunshine, juice dripping fruits, pungently sweet flowers, and sea turtles swimming freely. I cried for hours of pure joy and amazement. It was just the beginning for me. I loved it and was hooked. Later I officially decided I wanted to go on all sorts of adventures and travel even more. He however did not.

Needless to say the marriage ended, we decided we wanted different futures and liked doing different things, we had grown apart. Also, the career path I chose lacked growth and was destroying my body. I had to find change in more ways than one.

It was one life shift after another. Turning inward to do the healing; I came to a few realizations at that time.

A big house, luxurious car, a huge closet of clothes, tons of shoes, and having an excess of that “material” stuff just isn’t the life for me, it just brings me anxiety.
While I was working so hard and devoting myself to a relationship, I wasn’t doing any exploring, traveling, or going outside much anymore.
I had no idea who I was and had a lacking sense of self.
I associated my identity with my belongings, marriage, trauma, disorder, and job.
I had never lived on my own.

So here I am; creating myself, getting to know myself and the world around me, all while chasing sunshine!

I’ve now moved to another state (all by myself and knew nobody), liv(ed) in a van, been on numerous road trips, traveled to many states. Alongside many other crazy amazing adventures; rock climbing, parasailing, snorkeling, zip-lining, backpacking a rainforest to a glacier, backpacking a desert canyon, foraging over 80 pounds of mushrooms, attending festivals, flying in private airplanes, swimming in more hot springs than I can count, going jet skiing, and way more than I can think of. I’ve now gained more strength, more resilience, more passion, and more courage than ever before.

I have many plans, ideas, and desires for more.

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list” -Paulo

Have you ever heard the term “Work hard, play hard”, well let me go ahead and say I choose to live it just a little more like “Work hard, but play harder.”

I write this blog to spark inspiration to go beyond comforts, cross new paths, and experience things that we had never dreamt of before. Let’s open up to the world around us!

WHAT INSPIRED THE START OF THE BLOG?

Well, what kept me up at night was what inspired me to do what I do.

The thoughts of feeling stuck and thinking, “Is this all there is?”.

I began to grow in my awareness that we often believe we are “stuck”.

Ways we may feel stuck:

That crappy relationship
A toxic home environment
Those dead-end jobs

and more…

WE ARE NOT STUCK! THERE IS SO MUCH MORE FOR US OUT THERE!

WHY SUSTAINABILITY?

Have you ever watched those environmental documentaries?

Whelp, those completely opened my eyes to what the cycle is like outside my daily circle.

Throughout those documentaries, I saw animals suffer, oceans being polluted, drinking water contaminated, villages being dumped on with garbage because they couldn’t fend for themselves.

I decided to stand up and say that I will do my best to not be a part of the problem, but apart of the solution!

After, continuing to make efforts on my own to change my diet to vegan, reduce my waste, avoid waste, and to educate others.

After working as a manager at an eco-boutique and specialty recycling center, I had seen just how many people wanted to learn and to do better. It inspired me even more to become apart of a bigger picture and to try to share with even more people!

Although, there are different levels of sustainability, I’ve chosen the path of doing it imperfectly, but to still make efforts in my daily practice and to help show others that it is acheivable!

Take my hand; Let us go together!

Get To Know Serenity

Favorite Travel Spot: Near any waterfall in the PNW

Can’t Live Without: Definitely Smoothies

Must Have Accessory: A pair of hoops and my handmade wire-wrapped stone necklace

Best Advice: Don’t let anyone hold you back, surround yourself with support and inspiration

Describe yourself in one Word: Resilient

Secret Talent: I give long & heartfelt hugs

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My Personal Mantra

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“Take the trip, leave the situation, move, apply, love, enjoy; Do all the things you think you can’t because these years fly by and life is short”