<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traductora de profesión; traduzco sentimientos, no solo palabras.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TxHl!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6c546ab-8685-4663-82c2-17c53adf8cb1_500x500.png</url><title>Traductora de la vida ✍🏼</title><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:25:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[es]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[traductoradelavida@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[traductoradelavida@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[traductoradelavida@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[traductoradelavida@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[11. Complaints or gratitude? 🤷🏼‍♀️]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, both...]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/11-complaints-or-gratitude</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/11-complaints-or-gratitude</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:14:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z0Lv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d0f5558-9f69-4107-a22c-e759ced3d6c2_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been complaining &#8220;a bit much.&#8221; About being tired, about not getting everything done, about how hard it is to balance so many things at once, and about certain situations I&#8217;ve been through with not-so-pleasant people... And while these things are uncomfortable, I have to admit that if I&#8217;m in this situation, it&#8217;s for a reason.</p><p><strong>That &#8220;reason&#8221; is that many of the things I complain about today&#8230; were exactly what I wanted in the past.</strong> <em>Having a job, having my own project, having some stability. </em>And yet, here I am, feeling like it&#8217;s not enough or, even worse, that it&#8217;s all too much at the same time.</p><p>I think something happens without us even realizing it: <strong>we get used to it.</strong> What used to be a goal becomes the new normal. What we used to value stops catching our attention. And that&#8217;s where, unintentionally, we start <strong>taking things for granted<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a></strong>. This isn&#8217;t necessarily a lack of gratitude.</p><p><strong>I&#8217;m not saying this from a &#8220;you must be grateful all the time&#8221; perspective.</strong> In fact, sometimes I feel like gratitude just doesn&#8217;t come naturally to me. There are days when I&#8217;m tired, frustrated, and just not feeling it. And that&#8217;s okay. Because being grateful shouldn&#8217;t be just another demand, or another item on the to-do list of things I have to &#8220;do right.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z0Lv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d0f5558-9f69-4107-a22c-e759ced3d6c2_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z0Lv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d0f5558-9f69-4107-a22c-e759ced3d6c2_2560x1440.png 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" 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different: <strong>lowering the mental noise.</strong></p><p>What works for me? Among other alternative therapies, I tried <strong>tapping</strong>, and I liked it. Just as I tried subliminal audios and affirmations&#8212;which I&#8217;ve already mentioned in another post...</p><p>And if it works for me,<em> it doesn&#8217;t have to work for everyone</em>, but it&#8217;s a nice tool to share. In fact, a follower asked me a while ago to write about the famous &#8220;tapping.&#8221; I&#8217;m no expert, far from it, but I can tell you how it helps me.</p><p>Sometimes, when I&#8217;m feeling overwhelmed, it helps me slow down<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a>. It doesn&#8217;t change my reality. It doesn&#8217;t magically give me more time, more energy, or fewer things to do. But it changes, even if just a little, how I experience that moment. The perspective from which I see the situation, and the ideas I choose to fill my head with.</p><h3><strong>What is tapping? &#129330;&#127996;</strong></h3><p>Tapping works like this (and for this definition, I used some information from various specialists on Google):</p><blockquote><p>Tapping, also known as <strong>EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)</strong>, is a technique developed by engineer Gary Craig in the 90s. It consists of lightly tapping with your fingertips on specific points of the body while putting emotions or thoughts into words.</p><p>According to psychologist Dawson Church, <em>this combination of physical stimulation and mental focus can help reduce emotional intensity during moments of stress or burnout.</em></p><p>In practice, <strong>it&#8217;s not just about &#8220;thinking positive,&#8221; but about acknowledging</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a><strong> what you feel and, from there, opening up space for a more regulated response.</strong></p></blockquote><p>For those of you who want to practice your listening skills today, here is a two-minute video from the BBC explaining the science behind EFT or tapping:</p><div id="youtube2-sEzYIbHQUb4" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;sEzYIbHQUb4&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sEzYIbHQUb4?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Gratitude, from the smallest things &#128591;&#127996;</strong></h3><blockquote><p><em>I can be grateful and, at the same time, feel overwhelmed. I can value what I have and still want something better. I can acknowledge the good... without ignoring how difficult it feels.</em></p></blockquote><p><strong>Sometimes, writing helps me with that too. </strong>To organize what&#8217;s in my head. To realize that, in the middle of everything weighing me down, there are also things I chose. And that, in a way, I keep choosing.</p><p><strong>Maybe living from a place of gratitude isn&#8217;t about being positive all the time.</strong> Maybe it&#8217;s about remembering, every now and then, that <strong>nothing in life is guaranteed. </strong>That there are things that are part of your life today&#8230; that used to be just a wish.</p><p>Not so you never complain again. Not to force yourself to feel something you don&#8217;t. <em>Just so you don&#8217;t forget where you came from and how far you&#8217;ve come.</em></p><p>And, in the middle of all that, find tools&#8212;<em>like journaling, slowing down, breathing, tapping, listening to subliminal audios or relaxing music</em>&#8212;that help you get through it<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-5" href="#footnote-5" target="_self">5</a> a little better.</p><p><strong>XOXO, the life translator.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>How do you feel about this?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Knowing you&#8217;re there makes this whole challenge worthwhile. Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/11-complaints-or-gratitude?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/11-complaints-or-gratitude?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Compartir</span></a></p><p></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to fail to appreciate something because you are so used to it. <em>(esp.: dar algo por sentado)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>a shape or a situation that goes round and round and repeats itself. <em>(esp.: un bucle o c&#237;rculo vicioso)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to reduce the speed or intensity of your life or actions. <em>(esp.: frenar / bajar un cambio)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to accept or admit that something is true or exists. <em>(esp.: reconocer)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-5" href="#footnote-anchor-5" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">5</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to manage to survive or finish a difficult situation. <em>(esp.: atravesar / superar algo)</em></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[11. ¿Quejas o agradecimiento? 🤷🏼‍♀️]]></title><description><![CDATA[A veces, ambas...]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/11-quejas-o-agradecimiento</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/11-quejas-o-agradecimiento</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:35:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZ0r!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8b695cc-ef1e-4d77-82d5-512c3be892af_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#218;ltimamente me estoy quejando &#8220;un poco mucho&#8221;. Del cansancio, de no llegar a todo, de lo dif&#237;cil que es sostener ciertas cosas en simult&#225;neo, de ciertas situaciones que estuve atravesando con gente no muy agradable... Y si bien son cosas que me incomodan, tengo que reconocer que si estoy en esta situaci&#243;n, tambi&#233;n es por algo.</p><p>Ese algo es que muchas de las cosas de las que hoy me quejo&#8230; en otro momento fueron exactamente lo que quer&#237;a. Tener trabajo, tener un proyecto propio, tener cierta estabilidad. Y sin embargo, ac&#225; estoy, <strong>sintiendo que no es suficiente o, incluso, que es </strong><em><strong>demasiado al mismo tiempo</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p><p>Creo que hay algo que pasa sin que nos demos cuenta: <strong>nos acostumbramos</strong>. Lo que antes era un objetivo, pasa a ser lo normal. Lo que antes valor&#225;bamos, deja de llamarnos la atenci&#243;n. Y ah&#237; es donde, sin querer, empezamos a &#8220;<em>taking things for granted&#8221;</em> (dar cosas por sentado). Eso no necesariamente es <em>falta de agradecimiento</em>.</p><p><strong>No digo esto desde un lugar de &#8220;ten&#233;s que agradecer todo el tiempo&#8221;</strong>. De hecho, a veces siento que no me sale agradecer. Hay d&#237;as en los que estoy cansada, frustrada, sin ganas. Y est&#225; bien. Porque agradecer no deber&#237;a ser una exigencia m&#225;s, ni otra cosa en la lista de cosas que tengo que hacer bien.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZ0r!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8b695cc-ef1e-4d77-82d5-512c3be892af_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZ0r!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8b695cc-ef1e-4d77-82d5-512c3be892af_2560x1440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZ0r!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8b695cc-ef1e-4d77-82d5-512c3be892af_2560x1440.png 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alternativas, prob&#233; <em><strong>tapping</strong></em> y me gust&#243;. As&#237; como prob&#233; con los audios subliminales y las afirmaciones, y de eso ya les coment&#233; en otro posteo&#8230;</p><p>Y si me funciona a m&#237;, no tiene por qu&#233; funcionarle a todos, pero es una linda herramienta para compartirles. Justamente, una seguidora hace un tiempo me pidi&#243; que escriba sobre el famoso &#8220;<em>tapping</em>&#8221;. No soy experta ni mucho menos, pero les puedo contar para qu&#233; me sirve a m&#237;. </p><p>A veces, cuando estoy muy cargada, me ayuda a frenar un poco. No cambia mi realidad. No hace que m&#225;gicamente tenga m&#225;s tiempo, m&#225;s energ&#237;a o menos cosas por hacer. Pero <strong>cambia, aunque sea un poco, c&#243;mo transito ese momento</strong>. Con qu&#233; perspectiva veo la situaci&#243;n, y con qu&#233; ideas quiero cargar mi cabeza.</p><h3>&#191;Qu&#233; es el tapping? &#129330;&#127996;</h3><p>El tapping funciona as&#237; (<em>y para darles esta definici&#243;n me ayud&#233; un poco con datos que saqu&#233; de Google de distintos especialistas del tema)</em>:</p><blockquote><p>El tapping, tambi&#233;n conocido como EFT (<em>Emotional Freedom Techniques</em>), es una t&#233;cnica desarrollada por el ingeniero Gary Craig en los a&#241;os 90. <strong>Consiste en dar peque&#241;os golpecitos con los dedos en puntos espec&#237;ficos del cuerpo mientras se ponen en palabras emociones o pensamientos.</strong></p><p>Seg&#250;n el psic&#243;logo Dawson Church, <strong>esta combinaci&#243;n de estimulaci&#243;n f&#237;sica y enfoque mental puede ayudar a reducir la intensidad emocional en momentos de estr&#233;s o sobrecarga.</strong></p><p>En la pr&#225;ctica, no se trata solamente de &#8220;pensar positivo&#8221;, sino de reconocer lo que uno siente y, desde ah&#237;, abrir espacio a una respuesta m&#225;s regulada.</p></blockquote><p>A aquellos que quieran practicar ingl&#233;s hoy, les dejo un videito de dos minutos de la  BBC que explica la ciencia detr&#225;s del EFT o<em> tapping:</em></p><div id="youtube2-sEzYIbHQUb4" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;sEzYIbHQUb4&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sEzYIbHQUb4?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h3>Agradecer, desde lo m&#225;s peque&#241;o &#128591;&#127996;</h3><blockquote><p><em>Puedo estar agradecida y, al mismo tiempo, sentirme saturada. Puedo valorar lo que tengo y aun as&#237; querer algo mejor. Puedo reconocer lo bueno&#8230; y no por eso dejar de sentir lo dif&#237;cil.</em></p></blockquote><p>A veces, escribir tambi&#233;n me ayuda a eso. Para ordenar lo que tengo en la cabeza. Para darme cuenta de que, en el medio de todo lo que me pesa, tambi&#233;n hay cosas que eleg&#237;. Y que, de alguna manera, sigo eligiendo.</p><p>Capaz que vivir desde el agradecimiento no es estar todo el tiempo viendo lo positivo. Quiz&#225;s es, de vez en cuando, acordarte de que no todo est&#225; garantizado en la vida. <strong>Que hay cosas que hoy son parte de tu vida&#8230; que antes eran un deseo.</strong></p><p>No para no quejarte nunca m&#225;s. No para exigirte sentir algo que no sent&#237;s. <strong>Solo para no olvidarte de d&#243;nde ven&#237;s y hasta d&#243;nde llegaste.</strong></p><p>Y, en el medio de todo eso, <em>encontrar herramientas</em> &#8212;como escribir en un <em>journal</em>, como frenar, como respirar, como hacer <em>tapping, </em>como<em> </em>escuchar audios subliminales, como escuchar m&#250;sica relajante&#8212; que <strong>te ayuden a atravesarlo un poco mejor.<br><br>XOXO, la que traduce la vida.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>&#191;Te sentiste identificado/a hoy?</strong> Me encantar&#237;a leerte en los comentarios. <em>Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996; es gratis hoy. </em>Si lo disfrutaste, te invito a <strong>suscribirte</strong> para recibir mis reflexiones cada semana. 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Being perfectly imperfect ✅]]></title><description><![CDATA[What path do you choose when you&#8217;re afraid of making mistakes? Being a perfectionist is not always a virtue.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/10-being-perfectly-imperfect</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/10-being-perfectly-imperfect</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:29:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d7l8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb710d263-b594-41e5-8f83-56aa201fa9df_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once, feeling quite afraid of getting it wrong, I started this blog on Substack. And then, with even more fear, I began writing about life in my two favorite languages.</p><p>In my very <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/traductoradelavida/p/1-the-cost-of-doing-nothing-because?r=7a351j&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">first post</a>, <strong>I wrote about </strong><em><strong>taking a leap into the unknown<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a></strong></em><strong> and </strong><em><strong>daring to try even if it&#8217;s not perfect</strong></em>. Now, in this <strong>10th post</strong>, I want to remind myself (and you too) that <em>doing things in an overly meticulous and overplanned way is overrated</em><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a><em>.</em></p><p>How many times have you heard things like:<br>&#8220;But&#8230; think it through carefully,&#8221;<br>&#8220;Don&#8217;t do it without analyzing it first&#8221;&#8230;</p><p>And yes, that advice can be useful for some decisions&#8212;but not for everything that crosses your mind.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d7l8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb710d263-b594-41e5-8f83-56aa201fa9df_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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means exposing yourself</strong>: <em>maybe it won&#8217;t turn out</em><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a><em> the way you expected, maybe people won&#8217;t like it, maybe it won&#8217;t get the response you imagined, maybe you&#8217;ll feel like you could have done better.</em></p></blockquote><p>Talking about this with a psychologist friend, she once told me something that stayed with me: <strong>perfectionism is not just about having high standards&#8230; it&#8217;s often about fear</strong>. Fear of making mistakes, of being judged, of feeling &#8220;not good enough.&#8221; And when you see it that way,<em> it stops looking like a virtue.</em></p><p>If I had stayed in that place when I started this project, I probably would have never started at all. That&#8217;s why, in this post, I also want to remind myself of the courage I had that day when I decided to take the leap&#8212;without really knowing what was on the other side. <strong>Without overthinking it. Without planning every tiny detail.</strong></p><p><strong>There are still things about this project I&#8217;d like to improve.</strong> I haven&#8217;t been able to dedicate as much time to it as I would have liked, but I allow myself to be a beginner. To not have everything figured out<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a> yet.</p><p><em>Today, I like to think of myself as a recovering perfectionist.</em> At least, that&#8217;s what I tell myself. I still want to do things well, to be responsible, to follow through<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-5" href="#footnote-5" target="_self">5</a>&#8212;but I&#8217;m trying to let go of<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-6" href="#footnote-6" target="_self">6</a> the idea that everything has to be perfect.</p><p><em>Even if I don&#8217;t always succeed.</em></p><p><strong>Because when I make mistakes, I still get frustrated sometimes. But now, at least, I don&#8217;t stop myself from doing things because of that.</strong> And learning how to make mistakes is also part of letting go of perfectionism&#8212;letting things flow and take their course, even when it&#8217;s the wrong one.</p><blockquote><p><strong>We learn from mistakes (even more than from successes).</strong></p></blockquote><p>I&#8217;ll leave you with a quote in English (<em>by Mark Zuckerberg</em>) that I hope inspires you to dust off<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-7" href="#footnote-7" target="_self">7</a> those projects you&#8217;ve been putting aside out of fear&#8212;fear that they might not turn out well, fear of the unknown, fear of making mistakes. Because <em>along the way</em><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-8" href="#footnote-8" target="_self">8</a><em>, you&#8217;ll learn valuable lessons</em> (even if things don&#8217;t go as expected):</p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;Done is better than perfect.&#8221;</p></div><p><strong>No one builds anything by avoiding mistakes. You build by making them&#8230; and learning how to tolerate them.</strong></p><p>Starting something&#8212;any personal project&#8212;is not just about daring to act. It&#8217;s also about daring to fail, and learning how to manage your emotions so that failure doesn&#8217;t stop you from moving forward.</p><p>So, as I mentioned in another post where I talked about the fear of speaking in another language: making mistakes is learning. And learning how to make mistakes is hard&#8212;but not impossible.</p><p><strong>XOXO, the life translator.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>How do you feel about this?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Knowing you&#8217;re there makes this whole challenge worthwhile. Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to do something risky or uncertain. (esp.<em>: dar un salto / lanzarse a lo desconocido)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>considered better or more important than it really is. (esp.: <em>sobrevalorado/a</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to result or end in a particular way. (esp.: <em>resultar</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to understand or solve something. (esp.:<em> resolver / entender)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-5" href="#footnote-anchor-5" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">5</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to complete something you started. (esp.: <em>cumplir / llevar a cabo)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-6" href="#footnote-anchor-6" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">6</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to stop holding on to something emotionally or mentally. (esp.: <em>soltar)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-7" href="#footnote-anchor-7" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">7</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to start using or working on something again after a long time. (esp.: <em>retomar algo abandonado)</em></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-8" href="#footnote-anchor-8" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">8</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>during the process or journey. (esp.: en el camino)</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[10. Ser perfectamente imperfecta ✅]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#191;Qu&#233; camino decid&#237;s tomar cuando ten&#233;s temor a equivocarte? Ser perfeccionista no siempre es una virtud.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/10-ser-perfectamente-imperfecta</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/10-ser-perfectamente-imperfecta</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:19:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_iFN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff427a0ab-faf1-4f47-8033-b391b1ab41f7_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Una vez, con mucho temor a equivocarme, abr&#237; este blog en Substack. Y luego, con m&#225;s temor a equivocarme, me puse a escribir sobre la vida en mis dos idiomas favoritos.</p><p>Escrib&#237; sobre &#8220;lanzarse a lo desconocido&#8221; y &#8220;animarse aunque no sea perfecto&#8221; en mi <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/traductoradelavida/p/1-el-costo-de-no-hacer-nada-por-miedo?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web">primera entrada de blog</a>. <strong>En esta entrada, ya la n&#250;mero 10</strong>, me quiero recordar (no solo a m&#237;, a ustedes tambi&#233;n), que <strong>hacer las cosas de manera hipermeticulosa y premeditada est&#225; sobrevalorado.    </strong></p><p><strong>&#191;Cu&#225;ntas veces te dijeron?</strong>: &#8220;<em>Pero&#8230; pensalo bien eh</em>&#8221;, &#8220;<em>no vayas a hacerlo sin analizarlo antes</em>&#8221;&#8230; Y bueno, eso est&#225; bien para tomar algunas decisiones, pero no para cada cosa que te pasa por la cabeza.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 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implica exponerse a que no salga como esperabas</strong>, <em>a que no guste, a que no tenga la respuesta que imaginabas, a sentir que podr&#237;as haberlo hecho mejor.</em></p></blockquote><p>Hablando de esto con una amiga psic&#243;loga, una vez me dijo algo que el perfeccionismo no es solo exigencia&#8230; muchas veces es <strong>miedo</strong>. Miedo al error, a la cr&#237;tica, a la sensaci&#243;n de &#8220;no ser suficiente&#8221;. Y cuando lo ves as&#237;, deja de parecer una virtud.</p><p>Si yo me hubiera quedado en ese lugar al empezar este proyecto, probablemente no lo hubiera empezado nunca. Por eso, en este posteo tambi&#233;n quiero recordarme el coraje que tuve ese d&#237;a en el que decid&#237; lanzarme, sin saber muy bien qu&#233; hab&#237;a del otro lado. <strong>Sin meditar tanto la decisi&#243;n, sin planificar hasta el m&#225;s m&#237;nimo detalle.</strong></p><p><em>A&#250;n hay cosas de este proyecto que me gustar&#237;a mejorar. </em>No me pude dedicar a pleno como me hubiera gustado, pero me permito ser principiante. No tenerlo todo resuelto YA.</p><p><em>Hoy me gusta pensar que soy una perfeccionista en recuperaci&#243;n</em>. Al menos, eso me digo a m&#237; misma. <strong>Sigo queriendo hacer las cosas bien, ser responsable, cumplir, pero intento soltar la idea de que todo tiene que salir perfecto.</strong></p><p><em>Aunque no siempre lo logro</em>. Porque <em>cuando me equivoco, todav&#237;a me frustro un poco</em>. Pero ahora, al menos, no dejo de hacer cosas por eso. Aunque, <strong>aprender a equivocarse </strong>tambi&#233;n es parte de soltar un poco el perfeccionismo. Dejar que las cosas fluyan y sigan su rumbo incluso cuando es el equivocado.</p><p><em>De los errores aprendemos, incluso m&#225;s que de los aciertos.</em></p><p>Los dejo con un <em>dicho en ingl&#233;s (de Mark Zuckerberg)</em> que espero les sirva a modo de inspiraci&#243;n, nuevamente, para que se animen a desempolvar esos proyectos que tienen guardados por miedo a que salgan mal, a lanzarse a lo desconocido con temor a equivocarse pero con certeza de que en el camino aprender&#225;n muchas lecciones valiosas (aunque no todo salga como esperaban):</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>Done is better than perfect</strong></em>&#8221; &#8212;que hace referencia a la idea de &#8220;mejor terminado, antes que perfecto sin empezar&#8221;.</p></blockquote><p><strong>Nadie construye nada evitando equivocarse. Se construye equivoc&#225;ndose&#8230;</strong> y pudiendo tolerarlo. Emprender (o empezar cualquier proyecto personal) no es solo animarse a hacer. Tambi&#233;n es animarse a fallar y poder manejar las emociones para que eso no te sea un impedimento a la hora de avanzar.</p><p>Por eso, y haciendo menci&#243;n a otro de mis posteos donde hablo sobre &#8220;<em><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/traductoradelavida/p/4-el-miedo-de-hablar-en-otro-idioma?r=7a351j&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">el miedo a hablar en otro idioma</a></em>&#8221;, <strong>equivocarse es aprender</strong>; y aprender a equivocarse es dif&#237;cil, pero no imposible.</p><p><strong>XOXO, la que traduce la vida.<br><br></strong><em>(Versi&#243;n en ingl&#233;s disponible pr&#243;ximamente en la <strong>English Section</strong>).</em></p><p><em>P.D.: Gracias <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Doctoreando | La Dotora&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:421321496,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ef0d3931-a451-4402-a45a-f9f75795bcc4_1536x1536.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;0b0966c2-bc1d-48ad-8468-4a7c77940d68&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> que inspir&#243; mis pensamientos en este posteo cuando me coment&#243; que ser&#237;a interesante que escriba sobre &#8220;la tolerancia a la frustraci&#243;n&#8221;. &#128149;</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>&#191;Te sentiste identificado/a hoy?</strong> Me encantar&#237;a leerte en los comentarios. <em>Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996; es gratis hoy. </em>Si lo disfrutaste, te invito a <strong>suscribirte</strong> para recibir mis reflexiones cada semana. Compart&#237; el posteo para que les llegue a m&#225;s personas.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[9. Learning to live more slowly… even when everything pushes you to rush]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are moments when everything seems to move too fast. Not just the world&#8212;our own lives too.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/9-learning-to-live-more-slowly-even</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/9-learning-to-live-more-slowly-even</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:50:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ieJA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F432839bf-6582-45a5-a94f-883d58a4898d_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We live in a culture that confuses <strong>speed with progress.</strong> Where doing more in less time is celebrated, and, at least from where I stand, that creates a kind of generalized <strong>anxiety</strong>.</p><p>The past two weeks have been <em>crazy</em>. Running back and forth<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a>, dealing with personal matters I needed to take care, and not quite finding the time to stop and sit down to write. But I&#8217;d been wanting to share a reflection for a while. So here it is.</p><p><strong>I&#8217;ve been feeling the pressure to speed certain things up.</strong> And with so many things happening at once, my to-do list piles up<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a>, my mind races, and it feels like there&#8217;s always someone else moving forward, producing, achieving more than I am (or at least, that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re shown). In that rhythm, slowing down starts to feel almost impossible. As if going slower meant falling behind.</p><p><em>But behind whom?</em></p><p><strong>Comparison is almost automatic.</strong> We do it without realizing it: we measure our progress against other people&#8217;s standards, our pauses against their pace, our processes against results we don&#8217;t fully see. 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>In English, there&#8217;s a saying:</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Slow and steady wins the race.&#8221;</strong><br>It&#8217;s not about speed, but consistency. It&#8217;s not about finishing first, but about staying the course. Because going slower isn&#8217;t giving up. It&#8217;s not a lack of ambition either. Sometimes, it&#8217;s quite the opposite:</p></blockquote><ul><li><p>It&#8217;s choosing to do things with presence.</p></li><li><p>It&#8217;s sustaining processes without rushing them.</p></li><li><p>It&#8217;s listening when something needs more time, even if everything around you says it should be immediate.</p></li></ul><p>There&#8217;s a very ingrained<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a> idea in today&#8217;s society about progress: <strong>moving faster means moving better. But that&#8217;s not always true.</strong> Sometimes fast is superficial. Sometimes fast is anxiety disguised as productivity.</p><p>Going slower is also a form of care. And in many cases, it&#8217;s the only way to build something that truly lasts and actually means something. Not everything has to be solved or accomplished today. Not everything has to look good to others&#8212;it has to <em>feel</em> right to you.</p><p>I&#8217;ve been noticing how much I compare my progress to the people around me, to the people I see on social media&#8212;and there&#8217;s nothing more frustrating than watching someone move faster than you. Even when you have no idea about their background or how they got to where they are.</p><p><strong>We compare ourselves to someone else&#8217;s outcome without ever asking how they got there.</strong></p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Your pace doesn&#8217;t have to match anyone else&#8217;s.</strong></p></div><p>And even though I don&#8217;t always follow my own advice, today&#8212;after several days of living with my foot on the gas<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a>&#8212;I&#8217;m choosing to pause and remember that learning to keep up with your own rhythm (without comparing it, without constantly justifying it, and without speeding it up &#8220;just because&#8221;) is also part of the process.</p><p><strong>XOXO, the life translator.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Did this resonate with you today?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Knowing you&#8217;re there makes this whole challenge worthwhile. Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/9-learning-to-live-more-slowly-even?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/9-learning-to-live-more-slowly-even?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Compartir</span></a></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>going form one place to another (esp.: <em>de aqu&#237; para all&#225;, ir de ac&#225; para all&#225;</em>).</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>increase in quantity. (esp.: <em>apilar</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>(of a habit, belief, or attitude) firmly fixed or established; difficult to change. (esp. <em>establecido</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>the pedal that controls the speed of a vehicle&#8217;s engine. (esp.: <em>acelerador</em>)</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[9. Aprender a (viv)ir más lento... aunque todo te empuje a correr]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hay momentos en los que todo parece ir demasiado r&#225;pido. No solo el mundo: nuestra propia vida.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/9-aprender-a-vivir-mas-lento-aunque</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/9-aprender-a-vivir-mas-lento-aunque</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:06:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!flmk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9d93a80-4a1e-4a2b-a8b6-7e8385c18a8b_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vivimos en una cultura que confunde velocidad con progreso. Donde hacer m&#225;s en menos tiempo se celebra y esto, seg&#250;n lo veo yo, genera una especie de <strong>ansiedad</strong> generalizada.<br><em><br></em>Vengo de dos semanas &#8220;de locos&#8221;. Idas y vueltas, temas personales que ten&#237;a que resolver y no lograba encontrar el momento para <em><strong>frenar</strong></em> y sentarme a escribir. Pero, hace mucho ten&#237;a ganas de subir una reflexi&#243;n. As&#237; que ac&#225; est&#225;.<br><br>Estuve sintiendo la <em>presi&#243;n de acelerar algunas cosas</em>. Y entre tantas actividades juntas, las tareas pendientes se me acumulan, la cabeza me va a mil, y siento que siempre hay alguien m&#225;s avanzando, produciendo, logrando m&#225;s cosas que yo (al menos, eso es lo que te cuentan). En ese ritmo, <strong>frenar empieza a sentirse casi como algo imposible</strong>. Como si ir m&#225;s lento fuera quedarse atr&#225;s.</p><p><em>Pero, &#191;atr&#225;s de qui&#233;n?</em></p><p><strong>Compararse es casi autom&#225;tico</strong>. Lo hacemos sin darnos cuenta: medimos nuestro progreso con la vara de otros, nuestras pausas con la velocidad ajena, nuestros procesos con resultados que no vemos completos. Y en esa comparaci&#243;n constante, <em>cualquier descanso parece injustificado</em>.</p><p>Lo que NO solemos ver es todo lo que sucede detr&#225;s de esa comparaci&#243;n.<br><strong>Los tiempos distintos. Las prioridades. Los procesos internos. Las pausas necesarias.</strong></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!flmk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9d93a80-4a1e-4a2b-a8b6-7e8385c18a8b_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!flmk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9d93a80-4a1e-4a2b-a8b6-7e8385c18a8b_2560x1440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!flmk!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9d93a80-4a1e-4a2b-a8b6-7e8385c18a8b_2560x1440.png 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><p>En ingl&#233;s hay una frase que dice: </p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Slow and steady wins the race.&#8221;</strong><br>Literalmente: &#8220;<em>el que va lento y constante gana la carrera&#8221;.</em></p></blockquote><p>No habla de velocidad, sino de consistencia. No habla de llegar primero, sino de sostener el camino. Porque ir m&#225;s lento no es rendirse. <em>Tampoco es falta de ambici&#243;n</em>. A veces es, justamente, lo contrario:</p><ul><li><p>Es elegir hacer las cosas <em>con presencia</em>.</p></li><li><p>Es sostener procesos <em>sin apurarlos</em>.</p></li><li><p>Es escuchar cu&#225;ndo algo necesita m&#225;s tiempo, incluso si todo alrededor dice que deber&#237;a ser<em> inmediato</em>.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Hay una idea muy instalada en la sociedad actual sobre el progreso: avanzar r&#225;pido es avanzar mejor.</strong> Pero eso no siempre es cierto. A veces, lo r&#225;pido es superficial. A veces, <em>lo r&#225;pido es ansiedad disfrazada de productividad</em>.</p><p>Ir m&#225;s lento tambi&#233;n es una forma de cuidado. Y, en muchos casos, es la &#250;nica forma de construir algo que realmente se sostenga en el tiempo y tenga sentido. No todo tiene que resolverse o cumplirse hoy. No todo tiene que verse bien para el resto, m&#225;s bien, <strong>tiene que sentirse bien para uno</strong>.</p><p>Estuve sintiendo que <strong>comparo mi progreso con el de las personas que me rodean</strong>, con el de las personas que veo en redes sociales, y no hay nada m&#225;s frustrante que ver como alguien progresa m&#225;s r&#225;pido que vos. Aunque no tengas ni idea de su <em>background</em>, ni idea de c&#243;mo lleg&#243; a estar donde est&#225;. </p><p>Nos comparamos con el resultado de algo que alguien logr&#243; sin siquiera preguntarnos <em>c&#243;mo fue que lo logr&#243;..</em>. </p><blockquote><p><strong>Tu ritmo no tiene por qu&#233; coincidir con el de nadie m&#225;s.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Y aunque a veces no sigo mis propios consejos, hoy, despues de varios d&#237;as de vivir con el pie en el acelerador, freno a pensar que aprender a sostener ese ritmo propio (sin compararlo, sin justificarlo constantemente y sin acelerarlo &#8220;porque s&#237;&#8221;) tambi&#233;n es parte del proceso. </p><p><strong>XOXO, la que traduce la vida.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>&#191;Te sentiste identificado/a hoy?</strong> Me encantar&#237;a leerte en los comentarios. <em>Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996; es gratis hoy. </em>Si lo disfrutaste, te invito a <strong>suscribirte</strong> para recibir mis reflexiones cada semana. Compart&#237; el posteo para que les llegue a m&#225;s personas.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><em>(Versi&#243;n en ingl&#233;s disponible pr&#243;ximamente en la <strong>English Section</strong>).</em></p><p><em>P.D.: hoy, la Doc </em><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Doctoreando | La Dotora&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:421321496,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ef0d3931-a451-4402-a45a-f9f75795bcc4_1536x1536.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;0d609122-90fb-4850-ae7d-9443f3539dee&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> (<em>a quien recomiendo que sigan porque tiene un blog s&#250;per interesante</em>) me dej&#243; el<strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nazareth.castellanos?igsh=MXhkMmM2MHZka2J5aw%3D%3D">Instagram</a> </strong>de la Dra. Nazareth Castellanos, quien habla de la <strong>respiraci&#243;n</strong> consciente. Entre otras cosas que a&#250;n no tuve el placer de ponerme a revisar. Me pareci&#243; una gran herramienta para compartirles a ustedes si es que cada tanto necesitan bajar un cambio, como yo lo necesit&#233; estas semanas. Porque lo bueno se comparte.<br><em>&#161;Gracias, Doc!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/9-aprender-a-vivir-mas-lento-aunque?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/9-aprender-a-vivir-mas-lento-aunque?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Compartir</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[8. More than being "bilingual": living between two languages 🌎]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stick around to find out why living between two languages is the best investment for your brain and your emotional well-being.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/8-more-than-being-bilingual-living</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/8-more-than-being-bilingual-living</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:36:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xyFu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ecc5221-d8ab-4eb2-b9aa-0958c53f7103_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We often make the mistake of thinking that being bilingual is simply having a dictionary installed in our heads in two different languages. We were told that it was good for our resume or that it was just to ask for a coffee while on holidays. But the truth is so much deeper. <strong>Being bilingual is to live in two different worlds at the same time.</strong></p><p>Something fascinating I recently learned is that there&#8217;s a phenomenon called <strong>emotional distance</strong>: sometimes, our second language gives us a clarity that our native tongue takes away. When we&#8217;re overwhelmed<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a>, writing or thinking in our second language allows us to look at our problems through a more rational lens<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a>. <strong>Zara Larsson</strong>, a Swedish singer (whom I admire so much &#128151;), once said in an <strong><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@switchedonpop/video/7554138251158752526?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc">interview</a></strong>: <em>'I tried writing songs in Swedish, but I find it very complicated because it feels too personal, too literal and vulnerable&#8230;'</em>. When she speaks professionally, she does it in her second language: English. She feels she can express herself better as an artist that way. 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id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a><em> curiosity</em>, being bilingual is incredibly motivating. It&#8217;s not just having the oportunity to access to information that it&#8217;s not in our native language yet (which in my case it&#8217;s a lot, since I speak Spanish and most texts on the internet are in English); it&#8217;s also having the capacity of <strong>translating ourselves</strong>. By changing languages our mind expands: maybe you find out that you are more assertive or direct in your second language, while your native language holds onto your warmth and your nuances.</p><p>In the end, learning English/Spanish (or whatever language you love most) isn&#8217;t just about ticking another task off your productivity list. It&#8217;s about opening a door to a more authentic and flexible version of yourself. But, if I haven&#8217;t convinced you yet to study a language other than your native tongue, I want to share <strong>a few more reasons why studying languages</strong>&#8212;and English in particular&#8212;<strong>is so vital in our hyper-globalized world</strong>. From my perspective, these three are the most relevant:</p><ul><li><p><strong>More work:</strong> Languages multiply your career options.</p></li><li><p><strong>More resources:</strong> Most educational and technological content is released in English first. So, English is always a great choice if you&#8217;re not sure which language to pick.</p></li><li><p><strong>More connections:</strong> You can communicate with people from anywhere in the world without any intermediaries.</p></li></ul><p>However, just in case those three aren&#8217;t enough &#129325;, I&#8217;m leaving you with today&#8217;s <strong>listening</strong>&#8212;a very short one, focused on the scientific side of the <strong>benefits of a bilingual brain</strong>:</p><div id="youtube2-nzHY-muy2Mw" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;nzHY-muy2Mw&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nzHY-muy2Mw?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>To sum up, when we switch<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a> between languages, we aren&#8217;t just learning words; we are building a <strong>cognitive reserve</strong> that protects us and makes us more <strong>creative</strong>. We are constantly training our brains, which translates into a lower risk of cognitive diseases. But the most valuable part is that this consistent practice trains us for something fundamental in life: the ability to understand that <strong>multiple points of view can exist for the same reality.</strong></p><blockquote><p>By living between two languages, we develop the ability to see the world from someone else&#8217;s perspective, which makes us more <em>empathetic</em><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-5" href="#footnote-5" target="_self">5</a><em> and open to transformation</em>.</p></blockquote><p>If you feel like you <strong>need a space to start exploring these benefits</strong>, I invite you to try my <strong>Free Bilingual <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/traductoradelavida/p/4-bilingual-journaling-what-is-it?r=7a351j&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">Journaling Guide</a></strong>. &#11013;&#65039; (By clicking here, you can download it at the end of my Post #4) &#128221;</p><p><em>It is designed specifically so you can pour</em><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-6" href="#footnote-6" target="_self">6</a><em> your thoughts and feelings into both languages, taking advantage of that emotional distance and the new perspective that your second language offers you.</em> It&#8217;s the ideal place to stop seeing the language as a pending task and start using it as a bridge toward your own emotional and personal growth.</p><p><strong>XOXO, the life translator.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Would you like to read more about these topics?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Knowing you&#8217;re there makes this whole challenge worthwhile. Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>have a strong emotional effect on. (esp.: <em>abrumado</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>a piece of transparent material, such as glass (esp.: <em>lente</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom. (esp.: <em>sin descanso</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another. (esp.: <em>cambiar</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-5" href="#footnote-anchor-5" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">5</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another. (esp.: <em>emp&#225;tico</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-6" href="#footnote-anchor-6" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">6</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to make a substance flow from a container, especially into another container (esp.: <em>volcar/servir</em>)</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[8. Mucho más que "ser bilingüe": vivir entre dos idiomas 🌎]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quedate que te cuento por qu&#233; vivir entre dos idiomas es la mejor inversi&#243;n para tu cerebro y tu salud emocional.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/8-mucho-mas-que-ser-bilingue-vivir</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/8-mucho-mas-que-ser-bilingue-vivir</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:25:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5g97!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f918308-a341-4e39-bad3-cbf254793489_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A veces cometemos el error de pensar que ser biling&#252;e es simplemente tener un diccionario instalado en la cabeza en dos idiomas diferentes. Nos dijeron que serv&#237;a para el curr&#237;culum o para pedir un caf&#233; en las vacaciones, pero la realidad es mucho m&#225;s profunda. <strong>Ser biling&#252;e es, en realidad, habitar dos mundos a la vez.</strong></p><p>Algo muy interesante que aprend&#237; hace poco es que existe un fen&#243;meno llamado <em>distancia emocional</em>: a veces, nuestro segundo idioma nos regala una claridad que el idioma nativo nos quita. <strong>Cuando estamos aburmados, escribir o pensar en nuestro segundo idioma nos permite observar los problemas con una lupa m&#225;s racional</strong>. <strong>Zara Larsson</strong>, una cantante sueca (que admiro mucho &#128151;), dijo una vez en una <strong><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@switchedonpop/video/7554138251158752526?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc">entrevista</a></strong>: &#8220;intent&#233; escribir canciones en sueco, pero me resulta muy complicado porque se siente muy personal, muy literal y vulnerable&#8230;&#8221;. Cuando ella habla, lo hace en su segundo idioma: el ingl&#233;s. Siente que as&#237; se expresa mejor como artista. No le gusta hablar en sueco, porque siente que muestra una parte de ella que no quiere que el mundo vea&#8230; </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5g97!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f918308-a341-4e39-bad3-cbf254793489_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5g97!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f918308-a341-4e39-bad3-cbf254793489_2560x1440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5g97!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f918308-a341-4e39-bad3-cbf254793489_2560x1440.png 848w, 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No es solo tener la oportunidad de acceder a informaci&#243;n que todav&#237;a no lleg&#243; a nuestro idioma (que es much&#237;sima, considerando que m&#225;s de la mitad de internet est&#225; en ingl&#233;s); es la capacidad de traducirnos a nosotros mismos. <strong>Al cambiar de lengua, nuestra personalidad se expande</strong>: quiz&#225;s en ingl&#233;s descubr&#237;s que sos m&#225;s asertiva o directa, mientras que el espa&#241;ol guarda tu calidez y tus matices.</p><p>Al final, aprender ingl&#233;s (o el idioma que m&#225;s te guste) no es solo tachar una tarea pendiente en la lista de productividad. Es abrir una puerta a una versi&#243;n m&#225;s aut&#233;ntica y flexible de uno mismo. Pero, si a&#250;n no te convenc&#237; a estudiar otro idioma que no sea tu lengua materna, <strong>te quiero contar m&#225;s razones para estudiar idiomas</strong> (y sobre todo, ingl&#233;s) <strong>en un mundo hiperglobalizado</strong>. Al menos desde mi punto de vista, estas tres son las que me parecen m&#225;s relevantes: </p><ul><li><p><strong>M&#225;s trabajo:</strong> los idiomas multiplican tus opciones laborales. </p></li><li><p><strong>M&#225;s recursos</strong>: la mayor&#237;a del contenido educativo y tecnol&#243;gico est&#225; primero en ingl&#233;s. As&#237; que el ingl&#233;s siempre ser&#225; muy buena opci&#243;n si no sab&#233;s cu&#225;l elegir. </p></li><li><p><strong>M&#225;s conexiones</strong>: pod&#233;s comunicarte con personas de cualquier parte del mundo sin intermediarios. </p></li></ul><p>Sin embargo, por si no les alcanza con esas tres &#129325;, les voy a dejar el <em>listening</em> del d&#237;a, bien cortito, enfocado <em>desde el punto de vista de la ciencia</em>, sobre los <strong>beneficios de un cerebro biling&#252;e</strong>: </p><div id="youtube2-nzHY-muy2Mw" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;nzHY-muy2Mw&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:&quot;17s&quot;,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nzHY-muy2Mw?start=17s&amp;rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><p>Para resumir, al alternar entre idiomas, no solo estamos aprendiendo palabras, sino que estamos construyendo una <strong>reserva cognitiva</strong> que nos protege y nos hace m&#225;s <strong>creativos. Estamos constantemente entrenando a nuestro cerebro, lo que se traduce en menos riesgo de enfermedades cognitivas.</strong> Pero lo m&#225;s valioso es que esta pr&#225;ctica constante nos entrena para algo fundamental en la vida: la capacidad de entender que<em> existen m&#250;ltiples puntos de vista para una misma realidad</em>. </p><blockquote><p>Al vivir entre dos lenguas, <strong>desarrollamos la habilidad de ver el mundo desde la perspectiva del otro</strong>, lo que nos vuelve personas mucho m&#225;s emp&#225;ticas y abiertas a la transformaci&#243;n.</p></blockquote><p>Si sent&#237;s que <strong>necesit&#225;s un espacio para empezar a explorar estos beneficios</strong>, te invito a probar <strong>mi guia gratuita para realizar</strong> <strong><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/traductoradelavida/p/4-journaling-bilingue-que-es-y-como?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web">Journaling Biling&#252;e</a></strong>. &#11013;&#65039; (Haciendo click, la pod&#233;s descargar al final de mi posteo #4)&#128221;</p><p><em>Est&#225; dise&#241;ado justamente para que puedas volcar tus pensamientos y sentimientos en ambos idiomas, aprovechando esa distancia emocional y esa nueva perspectiva que el ingl&#233;s te regala</em>. Es el lugar ideal para dejar de ver el idioma como una tarea pendiente y empezar a usarlo como el puente hacia tu crecimiento emocional y personal.</p><p><strong>XOXO, la que traduce la vida.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>&#191;Te gustar&#237;a saber m&#225;s sobre estos temas?</strong> Te leo en los comentarios. <em>Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996; es gratis hoy. </em>Si lo disfrutaste, te invito a <strong>suscribirte</strong> para recibir mis reflexiones cada semana. 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Synchronicities, numerology, and the death of my plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[New beginnings? Transformation? Maybe. All I know is that 2026 feels like a "fresh start."]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/7-synchronicities-numerology-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/7-synchronicities-numerology-and</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:07:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Eox!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7f441a3-809a-47a8-ac6c-c4cb3e946db2_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Usually, I plan my posts meticulously, <em>but that&#8217;s not the case today</em>. Lately, I&#8217;ve been <strong>going through a lot of changes in my life</strong>, and maybe some of you can relate. During the first few months of the year, it feels like everything is transforming; there&#8217;s this lingering air of new beginnings. Do you get that feeling too?</p><p>Anyway, amidst<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> all this change, I&#8217;m trying to adapt to a new routine. Sometimes, I fail. I don&#8217;t always manage my time well, and I don&#8217;t always get to write for Substack as early as I&#8217;d like&#8230; that&#8217;s just life.</p><h4><strong>&#128281; 2025: What I left behind</strong></h4><p>Last year wasn&#8217;t the best for me. In fact, it was one of the hardest. Between the usual daily struggles<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a>&#8212;the kind we all have&#8212;that were causing me a lot of stress&#8230; on my 30th birthday, I had to say goodbye to a loved one.</p><p>That day, I woke up to a phone call I wasn&#8217;t expecting. It wasn&#8217;t to wish me a happy birthday. It was to give me some of the worst news someone can receive.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>When you go through loss and grief, you think about many things. One of them is that life isn&#8217;t long enough to postpone and procrastinate so much. 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mostly on the clock, but I even read a Substack post with that same number yesterday. That&#8217;s when I thought: <em>&#8220;Perfect, now I know what I&#8217;m writing about tomorrow.&#8221;</em></p><p>It&#8217;s not that I believe numbers have magic powers, but I do believe that sometimes, when we are going through internal changes, we start paying attention to things that used to go unnoticed. It&#8217;s as if the universe is giving us a little wink<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a>.</p><p>Looking up the meaning of this &#8220;mirror hour,&#8221; I found that numerologist Antonio Emilio Morales explains that <strong>21:21 is usually interpreted as a positive sign</strong>, linked to personal growth and the possibility of achieving<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-5" href="#footnote-5" target="_self">5</a> what you&#8217;ve been working toward<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-6" href="#footnote-6" target="_self">6</a>. The number 2 represents intuition, while 1 symbolizes individual expression. Together, they suggest a powerful combination: <strong>listening to your own intuition to move toward a more authentic version of yourself.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Another &#8220;coincidence&#8221;?&#8230; &#129300;</strong></h4><p>At the beginning of this year, two of my plants died. I&#8217;d had them since 2024. At first, I thought that taking care of plants just isn&#8217;t my forte, but then it hit me: <strong>when a plant dies, the soil</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-7" href="#footnote-7" target="_self">7</a><strong> is left ready for something new.</strong></p><p>Maybe there&#8217;s a <strong>metaphor</strong> for life there. Even when we go through grief or close chapters, the possibility of starting over is always there. In one way or another, humans always find a way to rise from their own ashes.</p><p>I don&#8217;t know if the universe is actually sending me messages or if I&#8217;m just seeing what I want to see. But I do know that paying attention to these small signs forced me to stop and ask myself: <em>What am I leaving behind? What do I want to build now?</em></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Last but not least:</strong> Life doesn&#8217;t always warn us when a new chapter begins. Sometimes, changes hit us all at once. Other times, they appear in small signals: a repeating number, a routine that stops working, or a plant that withers to remind us that something needs to be renewed.</p><p>Maybe this year is exactly that for me: a sort of <strong>reset</strong>. A moment to leave behind what has already served its purpose and find the courage to build something new, even without having all the answers.</p><p>And if any of this is resonating with you, then maybe it&#8217;s not just my process.</p><blockquote><p>As they say: <strong>&#8220;The universe works in mysterious ways.&#8221;</strong></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HJYt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffac5e439-f084-423a-8849-538da247342c_905x1471.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HJYt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffac5e439-f084-423a-8849-538da247342c_905x1471.jpeg 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Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/7-synchronicities-numerology-and?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/7-synchronicities-numerology-and?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Compartir</span></a></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>in the middle of; amid. (esp. <em>en medio de</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something. (esp. <em>dificultades/complicaciones</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><em>fleeting</em>: lasting for a very short time. (esp. <em>ef&#237;mero</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>close and open one eye quickly, typically to indicate that something is a joke or a secret or as a signal of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=3a8cb0886472c834&amp;biw=1536&amp;bih=695&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n6FwwWWzsnN5uNy7nn6uEBMLn0zZw:1772985247533&amp;q=affection&amp;si=AL3DRZF9mDMECe4ehrGDiMmrXKhwiLtaDw8q8_39tKM3EFsW1qtmUZcEBL8OznyWCyzvMSGn202skFTUHe_K2WXIu-HlPxZo_0VDl6UK2IWC5nWX5FFsNIk%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiC6fve1JCTAxXJFLkGHe8TD3UQyecJegQIIRAQ">affection</a> or greeting. (esp. <em>gui&#241;o</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-5" href="#footnote-anchor-5" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">5</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill, or courage. (esp. <em>lograr</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-6" href="#footnote-anchor-6" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">6</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>going on; in progress. (esp. <em>direccci&#243;n/hacia</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-7" href="#footnote-anchor-7" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">7</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>the upper layer of earth in which plants grow (esp. <em>tierra</em>)</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[7. Sincronicidades, numerología y la muerte de mis plantas]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#191;Nuevos comienzos? &#191;Transformaci&#243;n? Quiz&#225;s. Solo s&#233; que el 2026 ser&#225; un "fresh start".]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/7-sincronicidades-numerologia-y-la</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/7-sincronicidades-numerologia-y-la</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:09:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8jYe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6cb373cd-6aed-4285-95de-2d7f142fbaaf_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>En general, planifico mucho mis posteos, pero no es el caso de este. </em>&#218;ltimamente, estoy atravezando <strong>muchos cambios</strong> en mi vida. Y quiz&#225;s, alguno de ustedes se sentir&#225; identificado. Los primeros meses del a&#241;o parece que todo se transforma, todo tiene aire de nuevos comienzos. &#191;No les da esa sensaci&#243;n? Y bueno, entre tanto cambio, me trato de adaptar a la nueva rutina. A veces, fracaso. No llego a organizarme bien con los tiempos, no llego a escribir para Substack con tiempo&#8230; la vida misma.</p><h4><strong>&#128281; El a&#241;o 2025 y lo que dej&#233; atr&#225;s:</strong></h4><p><strong>El a&#241;o pasado no fue el mejor a&#241;o para m&#237;.</strong> De hecho, fue uno de los m&#225;s dif&#237;ciles. Entre dificultades en mi vida cotidiana&#8212; como las que tenemos todos, y que me generaban mucho estr&#233;s&#8230; en mi cumplea&#241;os n&#250;mero 30 tuve que despedir a un ser querido. Ese d&#237;a me despert&#233; con un llamado que no esperaba. No era para felicitarme por cumplir a&#241;os. Era para darme una de las peores noticias que alguien puede recibir.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>Cuando te atravieza una p&#233;rdida y un duelo, pens&#225;s en muchas cosas. Una de ellas es que la vida no es tan larga como para postergar y procrastinar tanto. Que las cosas no siempre salen como las planificamos y que todo es bastante m&#225;s ef&#237;mero de lo que parece.</p></div><h4><strong>La sincronicidades y la numerolog&#237;a 2&#65039;&#8419;1&#65039;&#8419;2&#65039;&#8419;1&#65039;&#8419;</strong></h4><p>Durante las &#250;ltimas semanas empec&#233; a notar el mismo n&#250;mero en todos lados: <strong>21:21</strong>, <strong>12:21</strong>&#8230; en el reloj, sobre todo, pero tambi&#233;n, hasta le&#237; una nota en Substack con ese mismo n&#250;mero, ayer. Ah&#237; fue que pens&#233;: &#8220;perfecto, ya s&#233; sobre qu&#233; voy a escribir ma&#241;ana&#8221;. </p><p>No es que crea que los n&#250;meros tengan poderes m&#225;gicos, pero s&#237; creo que, <em>a veces, cuando estamos atravesando cambios internos, empezamos a prestar atenci&#243;n a cosas que antes pasaban desapercibidas</em>. Como si el universo nos gui&#241;ara un ojo.</p><p>Buscando el significado de esta hora espejo, encontr&#233; que el numer&#243;logo Antonio Emilio Morales explica que <em>el 21:21 suele interpretarse como una se&#241;al positiva, vinculada al crecimiento personal y a la posibilidad de lograr aquello que uno viene trabajando.</em> El n&#250;mero 2 representa la intuici&#243;n, mientras que el 1 simboliza la expresi&#243;n individual. 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Al principio pens&#233; que cuidar plantas no es precisamente mi fuerte, pero despu&#233;s pens&#233; que <em>cuando una planta muere, la tierra queda lista para algo nuevo. </em>Y quiz&#225;s ah&#237; haya una <strong>met&#225;fora</strong> de la vida. Aun cuando atravesamos duelos o cerramos cap&#237;tulos,<strong> existe la posibilidad de volver a empezar</strong>. De alguna forma u otra, el ser humano siempre encuentra la manera de resurgir de sus propias cenizas.<br><br>No s&#233; si el universo realmente me est&#225; enviando mensajes o simplemente yo veo lo que quiero ver. Pero s&#237; s&#233; que prestar atenci&#243;n a estas peque&#241;as se&#241;ales me oblig&#243; a detenerme y preguntarme: <strong>&#191;qu&#233; estoy dejando atr&#225;s? &#191;qu&#233; quiero construir ahora?</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>Y <em>last but not least</em>: <em>la vida no siempre nos avisa cu&#225;ndo empieza un nuevo cap&#237;tulo</em>. <em>A veces, los cambios llegan de golpe.</em> Otras veces aparecen en <em>peque&#241;as se&#241;ales</em>: un n&#250;mero que se repite, una rutina que deja de funcionar, una planta que se seca y nos recuerda que algo necesita renovarse.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s este a&#241;o sea eso para m&#237;: una especie de <em><strong>reset</strong></em>. Un momento para dejar atr&#225;s lo que ya cumpli&#243; su ciclo y animarme a construir algo nuevo, incluso sin tener todas las respuestas.</p><p>Y si algo de todo esto tambi&#233;n est&#225; resonando con ustedes, entonces quiz&#225;s no sea solo mi proceso.</p><blockquote><p>Como dicen por ah&#237;:<br><strong>&#8221;The universe works in mysterious ways&#8221; &#8212;</strong><em><strong>el universo trabaja de manera misteriosa.</strong></em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yWY9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44b86820-b44c-4f23-8296-e3e2e6272f14_905x1471.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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When productivity becomes toxic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt guilty for resting? Have you ever felt like you were wasting your life just by 'doing nothing'? Well, I have too.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/6-when-productivity-becomes-toxic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/6-when-productivity-becomes-toxic</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:19:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2A85!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0fd48a3-e949-44b3-9ade-62d36ba22733_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I open Instagram and see people getting up at 5 a.m., meditating, working out, studying three languages, and having a perfectly <strong>aesthetic</strong> breakfast before they even start their workday. (At least, that&#8217;s what they project on social media). And then there&#8217;s me&#8212;barely managing to get up for breakfast at 8 a.m. if I&#8217;m lucky&#8212;feeling like I&#8217;m not doing enough. I feel like if I&#8217;m not being productive, I&#8217;m wasting my time. <strong>Do you find it hard to rest too?</strong></p><p>We&#8217;re sold an image on social media that often doesn&#8217;t align with reality. Don&#8217;t get me wrong; I understand that if someone has the time and the drive to get up and do all those things before work, that&#8217;s great&#8212;more power to them. All I&#8217;m saying is that it&#8217;s worth remembering that this isn&#8217;t everyone&#8217;s reality, and <strong>we shouldn&#8217;t feel guilty for not meeting almost surreal expectations.</strong></p><blockquote><p>Btw, <strong>what does productivity actually mean?</strong> We were told that being productive meant crossing every single item off a to-do list, squeezing every drop out of our free time, and staying in constant motion. We were led to believe that if we ended the day with unfinished tasks, that day didn't count. But <strong>no one ever explained the cost</strong> of living with the thought that no matter how much we do, we&#8217;re still not 'good enough'.</p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2A85!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0fd48a3-e949-44b3-9ade-62d36ba22733_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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You punish yourselves if you don&#8217;t finish a book in a week, if you didn&#8217;t get to practice the language you&#8217;re learning, or if you couldn&#8217;t find the time for a podcast&#8212;just because someone told you that&#8217;s what &#8216;being productive&#8217; looks like. <strong>I just wanted to drop into your inbox to remind you that your worth is not tied to your productivity. Resting is a part of life and of our individual processes. In fact, resting is just as important as &#8216;being productive.&#8217;</strong></p><p>I was thinking about that some days ago&#8212;<em>how I feel when I don&#8217;t stop to take a break.</em> Sometimes, my body even pays the price, and I can sleep for hours only to wake up still feeling exhausted. I often wake up with a thousand things on my mind because of tasks left over from the day before. When I finally stop for five minutes, I realize how fast my head is spinning, even just minutes after waking up.</p><p>In those moments, when I suddenly realize I&#8217;ve jumped out of bed and, instead of sitting down for a quiet breakfast, I&#8217;ve started tackling pending tasks&#8212;and suddenly an hour has passed and I still haven&#8217;t eaten&#8212;I walk to the kitchen, take a breath, and make myself breakfast before moving on with my day.</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>So, what helps me calm my mind and rest?</strong> &#129496;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</h4><p>I took a <strong>mindfulness</strong> course a few years ago, and it helped me realize that the best thing I can do in those moments is <strong>come back to the present.</strong> Coming back to the present means being aware of the now&#8212;accepting that we&#8217;re thinking about a thousand things at once, but letting those thoughts pass. It means taking a deep breath and reorganizing them, this time on paper, so the to-do list isn&#8217;t just living in our heads. Once it&#8217;s on the page, we can also schedule a moment of the day to rest, whether it&#8217;s 15 minutes or however long you need. For me, at least, <em>that helps me see rest as a non-negotiable part of my routine.</em></p><p>I also find it very helpful to take a 20-minute <strong>power nap</strong> when I feel overwhelmed or hit by &#8216;<em>brain fog</em>.&#8217;</p><p>But I&#8217;m not perfect; I&#8217;m human. I have days where even mindfulness doesn&#8217;t seem to help. Days where I forget to rest, and the exhaustion just piles up. <strong>Resting isn&#8217;t just about sleeping;</strong> it also includes my downtime&#8212;like playing video games, coloring mandalas, or writing in my journal, among other things.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>You can&#8217;t pour from an empty cup.'</strong> This is an English idiom that fits perfectly here.  Because if you&#8217;re exhausted, how do you expect to keep functioning?</p></div><p><strong>Here is today&#8217;s mini-listening exercise:</strong> a psychologist talking about <strong>toxic productivity</strong> (in English, of course). Even though she mentions the pandemic, her insights are just as relevant today:</p><div id="youtube2-r-rht7kCASo" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;r-rht7kCASo&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/r-rht7kCASo?start=0&amp;rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p><em>&#191;What is the time of the day when you feel that "toxic voice&#8221; being louder than ever?</em> I read you in the comments. It would make me feel good to know I&#8217;m not the only one. &#129394;</p><p><strong>XOXO, the life translator</strong></p><p><strong>.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Did this resonate with you today?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Knowing you&#8217;re there makes this whole challenge worthwhile. Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/6-when-productivity-becomes-toxic?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/6-when-productivity-becomes-toxic?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Compartir</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[6. Cuando la productividad se vuelve tóxica ]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#191;Alguna vez te sentiste culpable por descansar? &#191;Alguna vez sentiste que por "hacer nada" estabas desperdiciando tu vida? Bueno, yo tambi&#233;n.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/6-cuando-la-productividad-se-vuelve</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/6-cuando-la-productividad-se-vuelve</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:48:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abro Instagram y veo gente que se levanta a las 5 a.m., medita, entrena, estudia tres idiomas y desayuna bien <em>aesthetic </em>antes de ponerse a trabajar. (Al menos, eso es lo que aparentan en redes sociales). Y yo, que apenas pude levantarme a desayunar a las 8 a.m., con suerte, me siento insuficiente. Siento que si no estoy haciendo algo productivo, estoy desperdiciando el tiempo.<em> &#191;A vos tambi&#233;n te cuesta descansar?</em></p><p>Nos venden una imagen por redes sociales que muchas veces no coincide con la realidad. Ojo, que entiendo que si alguien tiene tiempo, ganas de levantarse y hacer todas esas cosas antes de irse a trabajar lo puede hacer y est&#225; perfecto. Solo digo que estar&#237;a bueno tambi&#233;n pensar que no es la realidad de todo el mundo y <strong>no deber&#237;amos sentirnos culpables por no poder cumplir expectativas casi surrealistas.</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>Btw</em>, <strong>&#191;qu&#233; es realmente la productividad? </strong>Nos dijeron que <strong>ser productivo</strong> era tachar cada pendiente de la lista, aprovechar cada bache de tiempo libre y estar en constante movimiento. Que si termin&#225;bamos el d&#237;a con tareas incompletas, ese d&#237;a no hab&#237;a contado. Pero <em>nadie nos explic&#243; el costo de vivir pensando que no importa qu&#233; tanto hagamos, igual no somos suficientemente buenos.</em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png" width="588" height="330.75" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:588,&quot;bytes&quot;:7886863,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/i/188839581?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN3d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16112aa6-9eb5-412b-b770-7d91771e9a09_2560x1440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Sirito, mi gato. Lo miro durmiendo para recordarme la importancia del buen descanso. &#128571;</figcaption></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><p>Escribo esto porque s&#233; que muchos de ustedes est&#225;n en la misma. Que se castigan si no terminan de leer un libro en una semana, si no pudieron practicar durante el d&#237;a un idioma que est&#233;n aprendiendo o si no pudieron escuchar un podcast solo porque alguien les dijo que todo eso era ser productivo. <strong>Solo quer&#237;a pasar por sus bandejas de entrada para decirles que su valor no depende de su productividad. Que descansar tambi&#233;n es parte de la vida y de los procesos individuales. De hecho, es tan o igual importante descansar que &#8220;ser productivo&#8221;.</strong></p><p>Hoy pensaba en eso, en c&#243;mo me siento cuando no freno ni descanso. A veces, hasta el cuerpo me pasa factura y puedo dormir horas y seguir sinti&#233;ndome cansada. Me levanto a veces pensando en mil cosas a la vez porque me quedaron tareas pendientes del d&#237;a anterior, y cuando freno 5 minutos me doy cuenta de lo r&#225;pido que me va la cabeza incluso a minutos de despertarme.</p><p>En esos momentos, donde de repente me doy cuenta que me levant&#233; y en vez de sentarme a desayunar tranquila, me pongo a hacer tareas pendientes y, de repente, pas&#243; 1 hora y a&#250;n sigo sin desayunar; me voy a la cocina, respiro y me preparo el desayuno antes de seguir con mis tareas.</p><div><hr></div><h4>&#191;Qu&#233; me ayuda a calmar la mente y descansar? &#129496;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</h4><p>Hice un curso de <em><strong>mindfulness</strong></em> hace unos a&#241;os atr&#225;s y me sirvi&#243; para darme cuenta que lo mejor que puedo hacer en esos momentos es <strong>volver al presente</strong>. Volver al presente significa ser conscientes del momento presente, aceptar que estamos pensando en mil cosas a la vez, pero dejar pasar esos pensamientos, respirar profundo y volver a ordenarlos, esta vez, en un papel, para que la lista de pendientes no est&#233; solo en nuestra cabeza. Y una vez que la tengamos en la hoja, tambi&#233;n podemos anotar <strong>alg&#250;n momento del d&#237;a donde podamos descansar, ya sean 15 minutos o el tiempo que necesites. Eso, al menos a m&#237;, me sirve para pensar que el descanso tambi&#233;n es parte de mi rutina.</strong></p><p>Tambi&#233;n me sirve mucho tomar una <em>power nap</em> de 20 minutos cuando me siento muy abrumada o con neblina mental. </p><p>Pero, n<em>o soy perfecta, soy humana, y tambi&#233;n tengo d&#237;as donde ni siquiera el mindfulness me ayuda a sentirme mejor.</em> D&#237;as donde me olvido de descansar y luego se me acumula el cansancio. <strong>Descansar no es solo dormir, tambi&#233;n incluye mis momentos de ocio</strong>, como jugar videojuegos, colorear mandalas, escribir en mi <em>Journal</em>, entre otras actividades.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t pour from an empty cup&#8221;, que literalmente significa que no pod&#233;s servir nada desde un vaso vac&#237;o&#8212;un idiom en ingl&#233;s que que encaja perfecto, porque si est&#225;s agotado/a, &#191;c&#243;mo pretend&#233;s seguir funcionando?</p></div><p>Ac&#225; les dejo el mini <em>listening</em> del d&#237;a de una psic&#243;loga hablando sobre la <em>productividad t&#243;xica</em> (en ingl&#233;s, por supuesto). Aunque hace referencia a la pandemia, esto aplica hasta el d&#237;a de hoy:</p><div id="youtube2-r-rht7kCASo" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;r-rht7kCASo&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/r-rht7kCASo?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em>Y como dice el se&#241;or Cristian Castro:<br>&#161;No hagan nada!</em></p></div><div id="tiktok-iframe?media=1&amp;app=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40cristiancastromoments%2Fvideo%2F7516685379013971207%3Fis_from_webapp%3D1%26sender_device%3Dpc%26web_id%3D7353762353471129094&amp;key=e27c740634285c9ddc20db64f73358dd" class="tiktok-wrap outer" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/@cristiancastromoments/video/7516685379013971207&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;#cristiancastro #fyp #parati #Viral #trendingvideo #paratiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii &quot;,&quot;thumbnail_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/eccc4cee-a278-46e1-aa1d-25fc7d035965_1197x1597.png&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;Cristian Castro Moments&quot;,&quot;embed_url&quot;:&quot;https://cdn.iframe.ly/api/iframe?media=1&amp;app=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40cristiancastromoments%2Fvideo%2F7516685379013971207%3Fis_from_webapp%3D1%26sender_device%3Dpc%26web_id%3D7353762353471129094&amp;key=e27c740634285c9ddc20db64f73358dd&quot;,&quot;author_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/@cristiancastromoments&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true}" data-component-name="TikTokCreateTikTokEmbed"><iframe id="iframe-tiktok-iframe?media=1&amp;app=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40cristiancastromoments%2Fvideo%2F7516685379013971207%3Fis_from_webapp%3D1%26sender_device%3Dpc%26web_id%3D7353762353471129094&amp;key=e27c740634285c9ddc20db64f73358dd" class="tiktok-iframe" src="https://cdn.iframe.ly/api/iframe?media=1&amp;app=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40cristiancastromoments%2Fvideo%2F7516685379013971207%3Fis_from_webapp%3D1%26sender_device%3Dpc%26web_id%3D7353762353471129094&amp;key=e27c740634285c9ddc20db64f73358dd" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; 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momento del d&#237;a sent&#237;s que esa &#8216;voz t&#243;xica&#8217; te invade los pensamientos?</em> Los leo en los comentarios, me va a hacer bien saber que no soy la &#250;nica.</p><p><strong>XOXO, la que traduce la vida.</strong></p><p><em>(Versi&#243;n en ingl&#233;s disponible pr&#243;ximamente en la <strong>English Section</strong>).</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>&#191;Te sentiste identificado/a hoy?</strong> Me encantar&#237;a leerte en los comentarios. <em>Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996; es gratis hoy. </em>Si lo disfrutaste, te invito a <strong>suscribirte</strong> para recibir mis reflexiones cada semana. Compart&#237; el posteo para que llegue a m&#225;s personas.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/6-cuando-la-productividad-se-vuelve?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/6-cuando-la-productividad-se-vuelve?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Compartir</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[5. The fear of "speaking another language" 🫣]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mistakes don&#8217;t stop your learning process, they improve it. If you feel like you&#8217;re not moving forward with your English (or any other language), it might not be a lack of talent.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-the-fear-of-speaking-another-language</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-the-fear-of-speaking-another-language</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:40:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LJRa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3283a426-a3f1-460a-bc23-ace4065a9e0a_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This post is meant to be for English learners mostly, but you can adapt it to your situation for any other language that you are learning.<br></em><br>Those of you learning English (or any other language) will probably relate to this. <strong>There is a specific stage where we feel we don&#8217;t know enough to speak, yet we already know enough to understand the basics. </strong>It happens often: we know much more than we think, but we still don&#8217;t dare to speak for fear of being wrong.</p><p>My interest in languages started when I was very young. I remember coming home from school every day and sitting down for lunch with <em>Dora the Explorer</em> (who spoke half Spanish, half English). I loved listening to her and learning through association. Of course, back then, I didn&#8217;t know I was &#8220;learning English&#8221;&#8212;I just knew I liked how it sounded. Over time, <em>I understood the importance of exposure from a young age. </em>There is no better time to learn than when the brain is growing&#8212;curious and open to the world.</p><p><em>If that wasn&#8217;t your case</em>&#8212;maybe you don&#8217;t love languages or you started as an adult&#8212;you might be finding it harder to avoid that feeling of being &#8220;stuck.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LJRa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3283a426-a3f1-460a-bc23-ace4065a9e0a_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" 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One day we feel inspired, soaking up<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> information quickly, and the next, sitting down to read in another language feels like a chore.</p><p>The key is <strong>consistency</strong>. Real progress is rarely visible day-to-day. You notice it months or even years later. Everyone has their own pace<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a>, and we don&#8217;t all have the same ease for acquiring new knowledge.</p><p>That&#8217;s when that frustrating feeling of &#8220;I&#8217;m stuck&#8221;<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a> appears. <strong>But many times, we aren&#8217;t stuck: we are consolidating.</strong></p><p>The brain needs pauses. It needs to repeat, make mistakes, forget, and try again. That apparent &#8220;lack<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a> of progress&#8221; is usually the moment when everything is clicking into place<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-5" href="#footnote-5" target="_self">5</a> internally. Learning a language isn&#8217;t just about hoarding rules; it&#8217;s about building new neural connections. And those connections take time.</p><p>So, if you feel you aren&#8217;t progressing today, it doesn&#8217;t mean you aren&#8217;t good at languages. It means you are going through a normal stage of the process. If you keep going, even just a little bit, progress will come. It always does.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#10060; 3 Mistakes English Learners Make (And How to Avoid Them)</h3><p>In my 5+ years as an English teacher&#8212;while finishing my translation degree and even after graduating&#8212;I noticed that my students, regardless of their level, shared one thing: &#8220;<em>the fear of speaking because they felt stuck.</em>&#8221;</p><p>Here are the &#8220;mistakes&#8221; we make when learning a new language and how to avoid them (from my perspective):</p><h4><strong>1. Studying as if the language were ONLY theory &#128214;</strong> </h4><p>We learn lists, rules, verb tenses... But a language isn&#8217;t just knowledge<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-6" href="#footnote-6" target="_self">6</a>; it&#8217;s a <strong>skill</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-7" href="#footnote-7" target="_self">7</a>. You can know all the grammar in the world and still be unable to hold a conversation. This is very common, especially at intermediate levels. Grammar and vocabulary are great, but they are useless if we don&#8217;t put them into play. Grammar exercises help you understand how the language works, but only by <em>using</em> it does the mouth adapt to new sounds.</p><ul><li><p><strong>&#10145;&#65039; How to avoid it:</strong> by putting your knowledge into practice. My advice? <strong>Write, listen, and connect with the language every single day</strong>. There are tons of mobile apps nowadays that let you interact with people from other countries to practice. There&#8217;s one called <a href="https://slowly.app/es/">Slowly</a> where you can send &#8220;letters&#8221; to people all over the world&#8212;it&#8217;s perfect for finding a pen pal. In my experience, it&#8217;s great for practicing your writing, but <em>you can also use it to journal about your day (check my post #4). And if you&#8217;re interested in practicing your listening, I have plenty of resources to share with you too!</em></p></li></ul><h4><strong>2. Waiting to be &#8220;ready&#8221; to speak &#128483;&#65039;</strong></h4><p>This is the most silent trap. We think: &#8220;When I have more vocabulary, I&#8217;ll start speaking.&#8221; That moment rarely comes. <strong>Confidence doesn&#8217;t come before practice; it comes </strong><em><strong>because</strong></em><strong> of practice.</strong> Watching series and listening to podcasts helps, yes. But understanding is not the same as expressing yourself. Many students understand everything... until it&#8217;s time to open their mouths. Again, the &#8220;fear of being wrong&#8221; kicks in<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-8" href="#footnote-8" target="_self">8</a>.</p><ul><li><p><strong>&#10145;&#65039; How to avoid it:</strong> <strong>speak up, even if you don&#8217;t feel 100% comfortable.</strong> If you&#8217;re learning for work, practice outside of the office. No one is going to judge you for making a mistake. I promise you, even native speakers mess up when they talk! And again, if you have no one to talk to, use AI or find a community of fellow learners. There&#8217;s an app called <a href="https://www.meetup.com/es-es/">Meetup</a> where you can join groups with similar interests (I know it works in Argentina, though I'm not sure about all of LATAM or rest of the world). Or, you can always join my <strong>1:1 conversation classes!</strong></p></li></ul><h4><strong>3. Constant Comparison</strong> <strong>&#128549;</strong></h4><p>This is one of the evils of social media. &#8220;She speaks better,&#8221; &#8220;He has more vocabulary,&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m just not good at English.&#8221; Comparison demotivates you and makes you forget your own journey. Every brain learns differently.</p><ul><li><p><strong>&#10145;&#65039; How to avoid it:</strong> Measure your progress against your &#8220;self&#8221; from six months ago, not against others. Having moments where you feel stuck is normal, unless you can&#8217;t go pass that feeling.</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p>Small changes in how you practice can avoid frustration. Because English (like any language) is lived, used, and &#8220;erred&#8221;... and only then does it truly become yours.</p></div><div><hr></div><h4>Quick practice &#9997;&#65039;</h4><p>I want to leave you with a small writing exercise for those who haven&#8217;t practiced yet this week. <strong>Write 3 sentences:<br><br></strong><em><strong>Don&#8217;t forget that in my previous post about journaling, you can also practice with my Bilingual Journal.</strong> If you feel more comfortable putting your thoughts and feelings into words, I highly recommend giving it a try!</em></p><ol><li><p>One thing you can do well in English.</p></li><li><p>One thing you want to improve.</p></li><li><p>One small action you&#8217;ll take this week to improve your English.</p></li></ol><blockquote><p><strong>And if you need someone to practice your speaking skills with, you can message me for 1:1 conversation classes. I promise they are very fun and relaxed! </strong>&#128483;&#65039;&#128150;</p></blockquote><p><em>For obvious reasons, this post is mainly for my Spanish speaking readers. </em></p><p><strong>XOXO, the life translator.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Did this resonate with you today?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Knowing you&#8217;re there makes this whole challenge worthwhile. Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-the-fear-of-speaking-another-language?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-the-fear-of-speaking-another-language?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Compartir</span></a></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><em>soak up</em>: (phrasal verb) to absorb or enjoy something that exists around you (esp. <em>absorber</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>speed in walking, running, or moving. (esp. <em>ritmo</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>&#8220;Feeling stuck&#8221; describes a state of being mentally, emotionally, or physically trapped, stagnant, or unable to move forward in life, a relationship, or a career. (esp. <em>estancado/a</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>the state of being without or not having enough of something. (esp. <em>falta</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-5" href="#footnote-anchor-5" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">5</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer. (esp. &#8220;<em>cuando las piezas van encajando en su lugar</em>&#8221;)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-6" href="#footnote-anchor-6" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">6</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education. (esp. <em>conocimiento</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-7" href="#footnote-anchor-7" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">7</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>the ability to do something well. (esp. <em>habilidad</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-8" href="#footnote-anchor-8" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">8</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to start or become activated. (esp. <em>aparecer</em>)</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[5. El miedo de "hablar en otro idioma" 🫣]]></title><description><![CDATA[Los errores potencian tu aprendizaje de idiomas, no lo frenan. Si sent&#237;s que no avanz&#225;s, quiz&#225; no sea por falta de talento.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-el-miedo-de-hablar-en-otro-idioma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-el-miedo-de-hablar-en-otro-idioma</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:20:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A6ji!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76fe8e9-d334-4ca4-be90-54304c343379_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aquellos que est&#225;n aprendiendo ingl&#233;s (o alg&#250;n otro idioma) probablemente se vayan a identificar conmigo. En un momento dado, cuando estamos aprendiendo un idioma, sentimos que no sabemos lo suficiente como para hablarlo, pero que ya sabemos lo suficiente como para entender lo b&#225;sico. Y pasa muy seguido, que sepamos mucho m&#225;s de lo que creemos saber y a&#250;n as&#237; <strong>no nos animemos a hablar por miedo a equivocarnos</strong>.</p><p>Mi inter&#233;s por el ingl&#233;s (y algunos otros idiomas) viene desde muy chica. Me acuerdo  que todos los mediod&#237;as cuando volv&#237;a de la escuela, me sentaba en la mesa a almorzar con <em>Dora la exploradora</em> (que hablaba mitad espa&#241;ol y mitad ingl&#233;s), y <em>me encantaba escucharla y aprender por asociaci&#243;n</em>. Obvio que en ese entonces, no sab&#237;a que estaba aprendiendo ingl&#233;s, solo sab&#237;a que me gustaba c&#243;mo se escuchaba. Con el tiempo entend&#237; <em>la importancia de exponernos a otros idiomas desde chicos.</em> No hay mejor momento para aprender que cuando el cerebro est&#225; en pleno crecimiento, curioso, abierto al mundo.</p><p>Si ese no fue tu caso, <em>quiz&#225;s no te gustan mucho los idiomas o aprendiste ya siendo adulto</em>, te est&#233; costando un poco m&#225;s no sentirte estancado en tu aprendizaje. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A6ji!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76fe8e9-d334-4ca4-be90-54304c343379_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Es m&#225;s parecido a una monta&#241;a rusa. Un d&#237;a nos sentimos inspirados y podemos captar m&#225;s informaci&#243;n y aprender m&#225;s r&#225;pido, y al otro sentimos que sentarse a leer en otro idioma que no sea el nuestro es un martirio.</p><p><strong>Lo importante es no perder nunca la constancia</strong>. El progreso real casi nunca se nota d&#237;a a d&#237;a. Se nota meses despu&#233;s, o incluso a&#241;os despu&#233;s. Cada quien tiene su tiempo y proceso de aprendizaje y no todos tenemos la misma facilidad para aprender o incorporar distintos conocimientos.</p><p><strong>Ah&#237; es cuando aparece esa sensaci&#243;n tan frustrante de &#8220;estoy estancado&#8221;.</strong></p><p>Pero <strong>muchas veces no estamos estancados: estamos consolidando</strong>.</p><p>El cerebro tambi&#233;n necesita pausas. Necesita repetir, equivocarse, olvidar y volver a intentar. Ese aparente &#8220;no avance&#8221; suele ser el momento en el que todo se est&#225; acomodando por dentro. Aprender un idioma no es acumular reglas, es construir nuevas conexiones neuronales. Y esas conexiones llevan tiempo.</p><p>Por eso, si hoy sent&#237;s que no progres&#225;s, no significa que no seas bueno para los idiomas. Significa que est&#225;s atravesando una etapa normal del proceso. Y si segu&#237;s aprendiendo, aunque sea de a poquito, el progreso llega igual. Siempre llega.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#10060; 3 errores que cometen los estudiantes de ingl&#233;s (y c&#243;mo evitarlos)</h3><p>En m&#225;s de 5 a&#241;os siendo tutora de ingl&#233;s mientras terminaba de cursar el traductorado e incluso cuando ya lo hab&#237;a terminado, me di cuenta de que mis alumnos, a pesar de ser de distintos niveles, compart&#237;an algo: <strong>&#8220;el miedo a hablar por sentirse estancados/as en un nivel&#8221;</strong>.</p><p>Te quiero contar ac&#225;, cu&#225;les son los &#8220;errores&#8221; que cometemos al aprender un idioma nuevo y c&#243;mo evitarlos (seg&#250;n mi punto de vista):</p><h4><strong>1. Estudiar como si el idioma SOLAMENTE fuera teor&#237;a &#128214;</strong></h4><p>Aprendemos listas, reglas, tiempos verbales&#8230; Pero <strong>un idioma no es </strong><em><strong>SOLAMENTE </strong></em><strong>conocimiento de normas: es la habilidad para aplicar ese conocimiento.</strong> Pod&#233;s saber toda la gram&#225;tica del mundo y aun as&#237; no poder mantener una conversaci&#243;n. Esto es lo m&#225;s com&#250;n que se da sobre todo en niveles intermedios. </p><p>Estudiar gram&#225;tica, vocabulario o pronunciaci&#243;n est&#225; perfecto, pero de nada sirve si no lo usamos luego. Hacer ejercicios de gram&#225;tica sirve para entender mejor c&#243;mo funciona el lenguaje. Intentar memorizar vocabulario no est&#225; mal, pero es dif&#237;cil acordarse de tantas palabras nuevas. Y aprender pronunciaci&#243;n es fundamental, pero solo escuchando no se hace m&#225;s f&#225;cil para la boca adaptarse a nuevos sonidos.</p><p><strong>&#10145;&#65039; C&#243;mo evitarlo:</strong> poniendo en pr&#225;ctica tus conocimientos. Mi consejo: escrib&#237;, escuch&#225;, conectate con el idioma a diario. Existen montones de aplicaciones para el celular hoy en d&#237;a que te permiten interactuar con gente de otros pa&#237;ses para practicar idiomas. Hay una app que se llama <a href="https://slowly.app/es/">Slowly</a> donde podes mandarte &#8220;cartas&#8221; con gente de todo el mundo. Es como para buscarte alg&#250;n <em>pen pal<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a></em>. En mi experiencia, est&#225; buena para practicar <em>writing</em>, pero tambi&#233;n pod&#233;s practicar escribiendo sobre tu d&#237;a, como una especie de registro. <em>Y si les interesa practicar listening, tengo recursos para pasarles tambi&#233;n.</em></p><h4><strong>2. Esperar a estar &#8220;listos&#8221; para hablar &#128483;&#65039;</strong></h4><p>Pensamos: <em>&#8220;cuando tenga m&#225;s vocabulario, ah&#237; voy a empezar a hablar&#8221;</em>. Ese momento casi nunca llega. <strong>La confianza no viene antes de practicar. Viene gracias a practicar.</strong></p><p>Mirar series y escuchar podcasts ayuda, s&#237;. Pero entender no es lo mismo que poder expresarte. Muchos estudiantes entienden todo&#8230; hasta que les toca abrir la boca. Otra vez, ac&#225; entra lo del &#8220;miedo a equivocarse&#8221;. Prefieren no hablar antes de decirlo mal.</p><p>&#10145;&#65039; <strong>C&#243;mo evitarlo:</strong> <em>habl&#225; aunque no te sientas 100% c&#243;modo.</em> Practic&#225; por fuera del entorno laboral, si tu ingl&#233;s es para el trabajo. Nadie te va a juzgar porque digas algo mal. Te aseguro que hasta los hablantes nativos se equivocan cuando hablan. Y nuevamente, si no ten&#233;s con qui&#233;n, us&#225; a la IA, juntate con gente que practique idiomas como vos (hay una app que se llama <a href="https://www.meetup.com/es-es/">Meetup</a>, donde pod&#233;s organizar juntadas con gente con tus mismos intereses. No s&#233; si aplica para todo LATAM, pero en Argentina s&#233; que se usa). <em>O sumate a mis clases de conversaci&#243;n 1:1.</em></p><h4><strong>3. Compararse todo el tiempo &#128549;</strong></h4><p>Bueno, en realidad este punto es uno de los males que nos acecha hoy en d&#237;a con las redes sociales m&#225;s que nada. &#8220;Ella habla mejor&#8221;, &#8220;&#233;l tiene m&#225;s vocabulario&#8221;, &#8220;no sirvo para hablar ingl&#233;s, &#191;viste qu&#233; bien habla fulanito?&#8221;.<em> Compararte te desmotiva y te hace olvidar tu propio progreso. </em>Cada cerebro aprende distinto.</p><p>&#10145;&#65039; <strong>C&#243;mo evitarlo:</strong> med&#237; tu avance contra tu &#8220;yo&#8221; de hace seis meses, no contra otros. Tener momentos donde te sientas estancado es NORMAL, siempre y cuando no sea constante y puedas romper esa barrera.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Sentirse estancado no siempre significa que no est&#233;s avanzando.</em> A veces solo significa que est&#225;s aprendiendo de una forma que no te est&#225; ayudando. Peque&#241;os cambios en c&#243;mo practic&#225;s pueden ayudar a calmar la frustraci&#243;n.</p><p><strong>Porque el ingl&#233;s (como cualquier idioma) se usa, se aprende, se vive&#8230; y reci&#233;n ah&#237; se vuelve tuyo.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Quick practice &#9997;&#65039;</strong><br>Les quiero dejar un peque&#241;o ejercicio de escritura para que practiquen para los que no hayan practicado a&#250;n esta semana y est&#233;n aprendiendo ingl&#233;s:<br><em><strong>(No se olviden que en el posteo anterior sobre Journaling tambi&#233;n tienen para practicar con mi Journal Biling&#252;e. Aquellos que se sientan m&#225;s c&#243;modos poniendo sus pensamientos y sentimientos en palabras, les recomiendo que lo prueben).</strong></em></p><p><em>Write 3 sentences:</em></p><ul><li><p>One thing you can do well in English</p></li><li><p>One thing you want to improve</p></li><li><p>One small action you&#8217;ll take this week to improve your English</p></li></ul><blockquote><p><em>Si necesitan alguien con quien practicar sus speaking skills, me pueden escribir para tomar <strong>clases de conversaci&#243;n 1:1</strong>. Prometo que son muy entretenidas y distendidas. </em>&#128483;&#65039;&#128150;</p></blockquote><p><em>And by the way:</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nyXF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7187a959-6665-4fb0-9284-25deaab5a6a4_736x639.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nyXF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7187a959-6665-4fb0-9284-25deaab5a6a4_736x639.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nyXF!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7187a959-6665-4fb0-9284-25deaab5a6a4_736x639.jpeg 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data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7187a959-6665-4fb0-9284-25deaab5a6a4_736x639.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:639,&quot;width&quot;:736,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:360,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;This may contain: a pink background with the words making mistakes is part of the process and its okay&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="This may contain: a pink background with the words making mistakes is part of the process and its okay" title="This may contain: a pink background with the words making mistakes is part of the process and its okay" 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Los prop&#243;sitos principales de esta correspondencia pueden ser la pr&#225;ctica de una lengua extranjera o el inter&#233;s por conocer culturas y costumbres ajenas.</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[4. Bilingual Journaling: what is it and how to use it 📒]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt like you had a lot on your mind and you didn't know how to put that into words? At the end of this post I'll share a free tool to do some journaling]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-bilingual-journaling-what-is-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-bilingual-journaling-what-is-it</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:17:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hfic!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6adbdd1f-af9f-4b97-a985-a255c2b66fa7_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was something I felt often until I started to put the messy<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> thoughts into words. Most of the times, the easiest way of understanding myself is by writing.</p><h2>What is journaling? &#9997;&#127996;&#8203;</h2><p>The word <strong>journal</strong> originally means &#8220;diary.&#8221; It comes from the French word <em>jour</em> (day), because it referred to writing down what happened day by day.</p><p>Over time, it stopped being just a &#8220;private diary&#8221; and became something deeper: <strong>a tool for reflection, self-awareness</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a><strong>, and personal growth</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a><strong>.</strong></p><p>Today, <em>journaling can take many forms</em>:</p><ul><li><p>writing random thoughts</p></li><li><p>answering thought-provoking<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a> questions</p></li><li><p>tracking emotions</p></li><li><p>planning goals</p></li><li><p>practicing gratitude</p></li><li><p>or simply releasing everything onto the page</p></li></ul><p>There are no strict rules. There is no &#8220;correct&#8221; way of doing it. 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When we only think, everything feels chaotic.<br>When we write, our thoughts start to organize themselves. What once felt confusing becomes clearer. What seemed overwhelming<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-6" href="#footnote-6" target="_self">6</a> suddenly feels manageable.</p><p>Different studies show that <strong>writing regularly can</strong>:</p><p>&#10024; reduce stress<br>&#10024; improve mental clarity<br>&#10024; help process emotions<br>&#10024; strengthen memory<br>&#10024; boost creativity<br>&#10024; increase self-esteem<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-7" href="#footnote-7" target="_self">7</a></p><p>But there&#8217;s something else I love about it&#8230; something more personal. And that&#8217;s exactly why<strong> I decided to create my own special Journal.</strong></p><h3><strong>What if you could practice another language while journaling?</strong></h3><p>This is where my love for languages comes in. As a translator and language teacher (Spanish and English, to be precise), I&#8217;ve always felt like something was missing between typical textbook exercises and real life.</p><p><strong>Many students know the rules&#8230; but they don&#8217;t actually put them into practice.</strong> (<em>Small spoiler: that&#8217;s exactly what my next post will be about </em>&#129325;)</p><p>So<em> I started using journaling as a way to practice writing in English too.</em> For me, it became a simple, low-pressure way to improve my writing without overcomplicated questions or artificial tasks.</p><p>Because when you write about your own life:</p><p>&#10024; vocabulary sticks better<br>&#10024; sentences feel more meaningful<br>&#10024; you remember more, because it&#8217;s personal<br>&#10024; you stop being afraid of making mistakes</p><p>You&#8217;re not &#8220;doing homework for English class.&#8221; You&#8217;re thinking in another language.<br>You&#8217;re using it. You&#8217;re making it yours. <em>This also applies if you are practicing Spanish as a English native speaker.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3>&#10145;&#65039; How to Journal:</h3><p>If you&#8217;ve never tried journaling before, start simple. Don&#8217;t wait for the perfect moment because, probably, there isn&#8217;t one.<strong> Just take 5 to 10 quiet minutes, sit down, and write. </strong>That&#8217;s it. (Well&#8230; sometimes facing your feelings can be the hard part.)</p><p>But <em>all you really have to do is put your thoughts on paper</em> &#8212; whatever you&#8217;re thinking, whatever you&#8217;re feeling. With my <strong>Bilingual Journal</strong>, you can do it in Spanish, in English&#8230; or in whichever language feels right that day. <em>Spanglish</em> counts too.</p><p>And don&#8217;t worry about making mistakes. <strong>The goal isn&#8217;t to write perfectly.</strong></p><p>If we don&#8217;t allow ourselves to mess up, we never break through that barrier.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Why did I create a Bilingual Journal? <strong>&#129321;</strong></h3><p>After years of using this tool, I have realized that this habit helped me know myself a little more and helped me practice my writing skills (not only in English but in Spanish).</p><blockquote><p><strong>That&#8217;s why I decided to create a tool that combines both things: self-reflection + language practice.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Shortly, I will share with you a <strong>full guided bilingual journal</strong>, with useful vocabulary and grammar tips to write better.<br><br>Something simple, but powerful.</p><blockquote><p>So, because I want you to try this writing tool for yourself, <strong>I&#8217;ll be gifting you a FREE Journaling Practice Guide.</strong> You&#8217;ll be able to download it either as a regular PDF or as a fillable PDF, so you can write directly on the document if you open it in your browser or in Adobe. &#10024;&#129395;</p></blockquote><p>Bare in mind that<em> this post and this guide is mainly for English learners</em>, but if you are an English speaker with some Spanish knowledge, you can also try it out.<br><br>Download below &#128071;&#127996;</p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uAhB!,w_400,h_600,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1e7ccba9-a4bd-46b7-afd6-fc566bdfbc37_417x564.jpeg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Gu&#237;a Journaling Gratiuta - Tradu De La Vida</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">35.1MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/api/v1/file/c89af0c7-4bab-4f1a-8496-3ca08c9823a0.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/api/v1/file/c89af0c7-4bab-4f1a-8496-3ca08c9823a0.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AMMb!,w_400,h_600,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa220a5c1-de4d-4a4d-84de-725742eb901d_417x564.jpeg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Gu&#237;a Journaling Gratuita (Rellenable) - Tradu De La Vida</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">15.1MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/api/v1/file/3be29f8a-70c2-4f3c-8ca3-4e2d60652efc.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/api/v1/file/3be29f8a-70c2-4f3c-8ca3-4e2d60652efc.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><p>If you&#8217;d like to join this community that&#8217;s growing day by day, click subscribe to stay  updated on all the news and receive exclusive content. (Take advantage<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-8" href="#footnote-8" target="_self">8</a> &#8212; it&#8217;s free for now &#128588;&#127996;)</p><p><em><strong>Also, I&#8217;m currently offering 1:1 English (and Spanish) lessons focused on conversation practice. If you&#8217;re interested, feel free to send me a private message.</strong></em><br><br><strong>XOXO, the life translator.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Have you ever practiced journaling?</strong> <strong>Did this resonate with you today?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Knowing you&#8217;re there makes this whole blog worthwhile. Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996;&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Compartir Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996;</span></a></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>(of a situation) confused and difficult to deal with. (esp. &#8220;<em>desordenado / ca&#243;tico</em>")</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>conscious knowledge of one's own character and feelings. (esp. <em>autoconsciencia, autoconocimiento</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>something that has grown or is growing. Noun of grow. (esp. <em>crecimiento</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>stimulating careful consideration or attention. (esp. &#8220;<em>que te hace reflexionar</em>&#8221;)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-5" href="#footnote-anchor-5" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">5</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to move slower, or to cause someone or something to move slowe.r (esp. <em>frenar el ritmo, relentizar</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-6" href="#footnote-anchor-6" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">6</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>If something is overwhelming, <em>it affects you very strongly</em>, and you do not know how to deal with it. (esp. <em>abrumador</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-7" href="#footnote-anchor-7" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">7</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect. (esp. <em>autoestima</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-8" href="#footnote-anchor-8" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">8</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>to make use of the good things in a situation. (esp. <em>aprovechar</em>)</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[4. Journaling bilingüe: qué es y cómo usarlo 📒]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#191;Alguna vez sentiste que ten&#237;as mil pensamientos dando vueltas en la cabeza, pero no sab&#237;as c&#243;mo ordenarlos? Al final del post te comparto una herramienta gratuita para hacer journaling.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-journaling-bilingue-que-es-y-como</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/4-journaling-bilingue-que-es-y-como</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:30:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A m&#237; me pasaba seguido hasta que comenc&#233; a ponerlo en palabras. Muchas veces, la forma m&#225;s simple de entenderme es escribir. </p><h2>&#191;Qu&#233; es el journaling? &#9997;&#127996;&#8203;</h2><p>La palabra <em>journal </em>es un anglicismo que significa &#8220;diario&#8221;. Viene del franc&#233;s <em>jour</em> (d&#237;a), porque originalmente se trataba de anotar lo que pasaba d&#237;a a d&#237;a.</p><p>Con el tiempo, dej&#243; de ser solo un &#8220;diario &#237;ntimo&#8221; para convertirse en algo m&#225;s profundo: <strong>una herramienta de reflexi&#243;n, autoconocimiento y crecimiento personal.</strong></p><p>Hoy el <em>journaling</em> puede tomar muchas formas:</p><ul><li><p>escribir pensamientos sueltos</p></li><li><p>responder preguntas disparadoras</p></li><li><p>registrar emociones</p></li><li><p>planificar metas</p></li><li><p>practicar gratitud</p></li><li><p>o simplemente hacer cat&#225;rsis en papel</p></li></ul><p>No hay reglas estrictas. No hay &#8220;forma correcta&#8221; de utilizarlo. Solo honestidad con uno mismo y con nuestros sentimientos o emociones del momento.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png" width="596" height="335.25" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:596,&quot;bytes&quot;:7920828,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/i/187552594?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tWKu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa143b1c2-edd1-4ae3-8a92-22cb0431e032_2560x1440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3>&#191;Qu&#233; beneficios trae escribir en un journal? &#129782;&#127996;</h3><p>Escribir nos obliga a frenar. Cuando pensamos, todo es ca&#243;tico. Cuando escribimos, el pensamiento se ordena. Lo que era confuso se vuelve m&#225;s claro. Lo que parec&#237;a enorme se vuelve manejable.</p><p>Distintos estudios muestran que escribir con regularidad puede:</p><p>&#10024; reducir el estr&#233;s<br>&#10024; mejorar la claridad mental<br>&#10024; ayudar a procesar emociones<br>&#10024; fortalecer la memoria<br>&#10024; aumentar la creatividad<br>&#10024; mejorar la autoestima</p><p>Pero hay algo m&#225;s que me encanta y decid&#237; crear yo misma&#8230;</p><h3>&#191;Y si adem&#225;s practicamos un idioma? </h3><p>Ac&#225; es donde entra mi pasi&#243;n por los idiomas. Como traductora y profe de idiomas (m&#225;s precisamente, de espa&#241;ol e ingl&#233;s), siempre sent&#237; que faltaba algo entre los ejercicios t&#237;picos de libro y la vida real.</p><p><strong>Muchos estudiantes saben reglas, pero muchos no las ponen en pr&#225;ctica</strong> (peque&#241;o <em>spoiler</em>, de eso tratar&#225; mi pr&#243;ximo posteo &#129325;)</p><p><strong>Por eso, empec&#233; a usar el journaling tambi&#233;n como pr&#225;ctica de escritura en ingl&#233;s.</strong> En mi caso, me pareci&#243; una muy buena herramienta para practicar writing sin tener que dar tanta vuelta con consignas rebuscadas.</p><p>Porque cuando escrib&#237;s sobre tu propia vida:</p><ul><li><p>el vocabulario se fija mejor</p></li><li><p>las frases cobran m&#225;s sentido </p></li><li><p>record&#225;s m&#225;s, porque es m&#225;s personal</p></li><li><p>perd&#233;s el miedo a equivocarte</p></li></ul><p>No est&#225;s &#8220;haciendo tarea para la hora de ingl&#233;s&#8221;. Est&#225;s pensando en otro idioma y practicando tus conocimientos.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3>&#10145;&#65039; C&#243;mo empezar:</h3><p>Si nunca hiciste journaling, prob&#225; esto: no busques el mejor momento del d&#237;a, solamente ten&#233;s que tomarte entre <strong>5 y 10 minutos de tranquilidad</strong> para poder sentarte a escribir. Y luego es sencillo (<em>bueno, a veces cuesta un poco enfrentarse a los sentimientos</em>), pero solo quedar&#237;a plasmar en la hoja lo que pens&#225;s o sent&#237;s.</p><p><strong>Con mi Journal Biling&#252;e pod&#233;s hacerlo en espa&#241;ol, en ingl&#233;s&#8230;</strong> o en el que te sientas m&#225;s comodo/a ese d&#237;a. De hecho, el <strong>spanglish</strong> en este caso, tambi&#233;n vale. Y no te preocupes por cometer errores. Porque el objetivo no es escribrir perfecto. Si no nos permitimos equivocarnos, nunca rompemos esa barrera.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#191;Por qu&#233; cre&#233; un journal biling&#252;e? <strong>&#129321;</strong></h3><p>Despu&#233;s de a&#241;os escribiendo as&#237;, me di cuenta de que este h&#225;bito me ayud&#243; a conocerme m&#225;s y a practicar mucho m&#225;s ingl&#233;s.</p><blockquote><p><strong>As&#237; que decid&#237; crear una herramienta que combine las dos cosas:<br>reflexi&#243;n personal + pr&#225;ctica del idioma.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Dentro de poco les voy a compartir un <strong>journal biling&#252;e guiado</strong>, con vocabulario &#250;til y consejos de gram&#225;tica para escribir mejor.</p><p>Algo simple, pero poderoso. </p><blockquote><p>Por eso, y como quiero que prueben esta herramienta de escritura<em>, les voy a estar regalando una</em> <strong>GU&#205;A PARA PRACTICAR JOURNALING, completamente gratis. </strong>La podr&#225;n descargar en PDF com&#250;n o en PDF rellenable, que les permitir&#225; escribir sobre el mismo PDF si lo abren con su navegador o Adobe.&#10024;&#129395;</p></blockquote><p>Ac&#225; abajo los podr&#225;s descargar &#128071;&#127996;</p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uAhB!,w_400,h_600,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1e7ccba9-a4bd-46b7-afd6-fc566bdfbc37_417x564.jpeg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Gu&#237;a Journaling Gratiuta - Tradu De La Vida</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">35.1MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/api/v1/file/c89af0c7-4bab-4f1a-8496-3ca08c9823a0.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/api/v1/file/c89af0c7-4bab-4f1a-8496-3ca08c9823a0.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AMMb!,w_400,h_600,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa220a5c1-de4d-4a4d-84de-725742eb901d_417x564.jpeg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Gu&#237;a Journaling Gratuita (Rellenable) - Tradu De La Vida</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">15.1MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/api/v1/file/3be29f8a-70c2-4f3c-8ca3-4e2d60652efc.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/api/v1/file/3be29f8a-70c2-4f3c-8ca3-4e2d60652efc.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><p>Si se quieren sumar a esta comunidad que va creciendo d&#237;a a d&#237;a, dale click a suscribirte para enterarte de todas las novedades y recibir contenido exclusivo. (Aprovech&#225; que por ahora es gratis &#128588;&#127996;)<br><br><em><strong>Recuerden que estoy dando clases de ingl&#233;s 1:1 enfocadas en conversaci&#243;n. Si les interesa, me pueden escribir por privado.</strong></em> <br><br><strong>XOXO, la que traduce la vida.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>&#191;Ya realizabas </strong><em><strong>journaling</strong></em><strong>? &#191;Te animar&#237;as a hacerlo tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s?</strong> Me encantar&#237;a leerte en los comentarios. <em>Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996; es gratis hoy. </em>Si lo disfrutaste, te invito a <strong>suscribirte</strong> para recibir mis reflexiones cada semana. 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Change your internal dialogue: stop being your own worst enemy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Start seeing yourself the way you wish others would. Have you ever really listened to your inner voice? Let me show you how to become your own biggest fan &#8212; starting today.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/3-change-your-internal-dialogue-stop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/3-change-your-internal-dialogue-stop</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 22:06:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G5_-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F23b435f4-8388-4c28-ad59-940562c3efab_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever stopped to listen to the way you talk to yourself? The one inside your head. The one that whispers<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> <em>&#8220;you&#8217;re not good enough&#8221;</em>, <em>&#8220;you&#8217;re behind</em><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a><em>&#8221;</em>, <em>&#8220;you should be doing more.&#8221; </em>Sometimes we&#8217;re so obsessed with how others see us that we forget something important: <strong>we&#8217;re the ones holding the projector</strong>.</p><p>If you want people to see you as capable, creative, or professional, you have to believe that story first. You can&#8217;t convince the world of your value while secretly apologizing for existing.<br><br>As a translator, I spend my days searching for the exact word so a message doesn&#8217;t lose its meaning. But for years, I was a terrible translator&#8230; with myself. Every negative thought felt like &#8220;the original text&#8221; &#8212; something fixed and unquestionable. If things didn&#8217;t go well, my inner voice said: </p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m useless.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll never get it right.&#8221;</p><p>And <strong>I accepted those sentences as facts</strong>. But life isn&#8217;t black and white. And you should never hold on to things that makes you feel bad or do you wrong.</p><p><strong>Our minds can be either a battlefield or a refuge</strong>. It all depends on the script we choose to write. If our mind becomes our worst enemy, it&#8217;s because we&#8217;ve given it the power to use the wrong words.</p><p>Today, I want to talk about how I started re-translating my thoughts so my mind could finally work in my favor.</p><div class="community-chat" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/traductoradelavida/chat?utm_source=chat_embed&quot;,&quot;subdomain&quot;:&quot;traductoradelavida&quot;,&quot;pub&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:7723243,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996;&quot;,&quot;author_name&quot;:&quot;Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996;&quot;,&quot;author_photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!usRV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d4d6aa6-82c2-4695-9ad2-8ecaff5e6c8b_413x413.png&quot;}}" data-component-name="CommunityChatRenderPlaceholder"></div><div><hr></div><h2>&#10024; Quantum physics and neuroscience</h2><p>I&#8217;m not an expert in these topics, but over the past few years I&#8217;ve learned a lot by reading, researching, and watching countless videos.</p><p><strong>Every negative thought we repeat is like a groove</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a><strong> in a dirt road</strong>. If you constantly think, &#8220;I can&#8217;t finish anything,&#8221; that path becomes deeper and harder to escape. <em>Affirmations can help you build a new road</em>. At first, it feels uncomfortable, but with repetition, your brain starts choosing that new route by default.</p><p>This has a lot to do with <strong>neuroplasticity</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a>. Our brains are designed to create new neural connections through repeated thoughts and emotions, allowing us to break old mental habits.</p><p>Another interesting concept that goes hand in hand with reprogramming the brain comes from <strong>quantum physics</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-5" href="#footnote-5" target="_self">5</a>, which suggests that the mind (as a form of energy) can influence matter (the body), and that the observer affects reality, opening the door to new possibilities.</p><blockquote><p><strong>Your energy and your thoughts have the power to shape your reality</strong>.</p></blockquote><p><em>Have you ever wondered what would happen if, instead of focusing on your flaws, you focused on your strengths? How much more could you achieve if, instead of complaining about not having time or motivation, you simply moved forward &#8212; slowly, at your own pace?</em></p><p>That&#8217;s what I realized a few years ago. I understood that I had been playing the game of life the wrong way.</p><p>If you&#8217;re curious about these ideas like I am, you can look up names like <strong>Joe Dispenza, Brian Tracy, or Tony Robbins</strong>. They all talk about similar concepts and can help you dive deeper. And if you&#8217;d like to practice a little English while learning about <em>mindset</em><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-6" href="#footnote-6" target="_self">6</a>, I&#8217;ll leave today&#8217;s listening recommendation below.</p><div id="youtube2-o2kO2VxV1Eg" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;o2kO2VxV1Eg&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/o2kO2VxV1Eg?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><h2>&#127911; Affirmations and subliminal audios</h2><p><em>(and how they changed my life and it can also, maybe, change yours too)</em></p><p>A few years ago, while I was still in college, I felt completely unmotivated. One day, during a coffee break, a classmate &#8212; someone I never saw again but will always be grateful to &#128150; &#8212; gave me advice that sounded strange at the time:<br>&#8220;Listen to subliminal audios on YouTube. I use them all the time, and they changed my life.&#8221;</p><p>And honestly&#8230; it showed. She had a different kind of light. When she walked into a room, people noticed &#8212; not just because of her looks, but because of the calm, positive energy she carried.</p><p>After listening to my first subliminals, I finally understood. So today, I want to share them with you too. If you&#8217;ve never tried them, give them a chance. You might thank me later.</p><p>There&#8217;s a small technical difference worth mentioning. <strong>Subliminals are recordings that contain messages or affirmations below the threshold</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-7" href="#footnote-7" target="_self">7</a><strong> of conscious perception</strong> (very low volume, sped up, or masked). <strong>Positive affirmations, on the other hand, are clearly spoken and consciously heard.</strong></p><p>While subliminals work on your subconscious automatically, affirmations allow you to actively participate in building that new narrative.<strong> Both aim to influence your beliefs, behaviors</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-8" href="#footnote-8" target="_self">8</a><strong>, and emotional state &#8212; and ultimately, your </strong><em><strong>reality</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p><h4><strong> &#128588;&#127996; How to use affirmations</strong></h4><p>Affirmations are versatile. You can listen to them, say them out loud, or write them in a notebook. <strong>The key isn&#8217;t just repetition &#8212; it&#8217;s intention</strong>. You have to feel that what you&#8217;re saying is real. That&#8217;s why they&#8217;re written in the present tense, as if they&#8217;re already true. If you write, &#8220;I am capable of achieving my goals,&#8221; even if you don&#8217;t fully believe it yet, the exercise is to act <em>as if</em> it were already part of your identity. Over time, that belief grows stronger. <strong>Your doubts weaken. And your actions begin to align with your words.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h4>&#10145;&#65039; Some affirmations to get you started </h4><ul><li><p><em>About your worth</em>: &#8220;My value doesn&#8217;t depend on productivity or titles. I am worthy simply because I exist.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><em>About your abilities</em>: &#8220;I learn quickly, adapt easily, and find solutions where others see problems.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><em>About deserving more</em>: &#8220;I deserve a life filled with abundance, health, and meaningful projects.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><em>About growth</em>: &#8220;I&#8217;m proud of every stage of my life, because each one prepared me for who I am today.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><em>About confidence</em>: &#8220;I trust myself to navigate uncertainty and come out stronger.&#8221;</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>To sum up, I&#8217;d like to leave you also a Youtube video with a <em>subliminal audio</em>. You can find plenty more if you search there (also some changes according to the topic you want to deal with<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-9" href="#footnote-9" target="_self">9</a>):</p><div id="youtube2-IUaom5NJjgs" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;IUaom5NJjgs&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IUaom5NJjgs?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>One last thing: <strong>consistency matters</strong>. Listening for two days or writing a couple of sentences won&#8217;t magically change your life.</p><p>There&#8217;s a popular saying here in Argentina: &#8220;People treat you the way they see you.&#8221;<br>I&#8217;d add: &#8220;<em>The way you think shapes what you project.</em>&#8221;</p><div class="pullquote"><p>"Repetition is what makes a skill. Your mind is a muscle, and affirmations are the workout."</p></div><p><strong>Believe you can handle life &#8212; and you&#8217;ll handle</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-10" href="#footnote-10" target="_self">10</a><strong> anything.</strong> (Okay, maybe not riding a unicorn or flying&#8230; but almost anything, &#191;ok?&#128517;)</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G5_-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F23b435f4-8388-4c28-ad59-940562c3efab_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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I&#8217;m working on a journal for anyone who wants to connect more deeply with their thoughts and feelings.</em> &#128214;</p><p><em>Psst&#8230; I included a mini glossary to make this post more accessible to B1&#8211;B2 English learners.</em>&#129321;</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Did this resonate with you today?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Knowing you&#8217;re there makes this whole challenge worthwhile. Share this post to support my writing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Escribe tu correo electr&#243;nico..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Suscribirse"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/3-change-your-internal-dialogue-stop?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Compartir&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/3-change-your-internal-dialogue-stop?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Compartir</span></a></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>speak very softly using one&#8217;s breath rather than one&#8217;s throat, especially for the sake of secrecy. (esp. <em>susurrar</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>(esp. <em>&#8220;est&#225;s atrasado/a&#8221;</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>a long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material. (esp. <em>surco</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>(esp. <em>neuroplasticidad</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-5" href="#footnote-anchor-5" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">5</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>(esp. <em>f&#237;sica cu&#225;ntica</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-6" href="#footnote-anchor-6" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">6</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>the established set of attitudes held by someone. (esp. <em>&#8220;manera de pensar, mentalidad</em>&#8221;)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-7" href="#footnote-anchor-7" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">7</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested. (esp. <em>umbral</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-8" href="#footnote-anchor-8" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">8</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards others. (esp. <em>comportamiento</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-9" href="#footnote-anchor-9" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">9</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>&#8220;Deal with&#8221; is a common phrasal verb meaning to take action to solve a problem, manage a situation, handle a person, or address a subject. (esp. <em>tratar, lidiar</em>)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-10" href="#footnote-anchor-10" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">10</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>manage (a situation or problem). (esp. <em>manejar, lidiar</em>)</p><p></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[3. Cambiá el foco de tu mente: dejá de ser tu peor enemigo/a]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cre&#233; de vos lo que quer&#233;s que otros crean. &#191;Alguna vez te detuviste a escuchar c&#243;mo te habl&#225;s a vos mismo/a? Ac&#225; te cuento c&#243;mo pod&#233;s comenzar hoy mismo a ser tu mayor fan.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/3-cambia-el-foco-de-tu-mente-deja</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/3-cambia-el-foco-de-tu-mente-deja</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:57:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pfRZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb14fe1a5-2a14-4e96-b4e5-437c178c4c02_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><p><strong>A veces nos obsesiona la mirada ajena, pero nos olvidamos de que somos nosotros quienes sostenemos el proyector</strong>. Si quer&#233;s que los dem&#225;s vean en vos a alguien profesional, polifac&#233;tico y valiente, primero ten&#233;s que traducir esa historia para vos. No pod&#233;s convencer al mundo de tu valor si todav&#237;a te est&#225;s pidiendo perd&#243;n por haber intentado demasiadas cosas o por no haber cumplido con expectativas ajenas.</p><p>Como traductora, paso mis d&#237;as buscando la palabra exacta para que un mensaje no pierda su esencia. Pero hace poco me di cuenta de algo ir&#243;nico: conmigo misma era una p&#233;sima traductora. Ante la catarata de pensamientos negativos que inundaba mi mente, me aferraba al &#8220;texto original&#8221; con una rigidez absoluta, sin saber que mi trabajo era, precisamente, dejar fluir esa traducci&#243;n hasta que fuera coherente con mi realidad. Si no me sal&#237;an las cosas como yo quer&#237;a &#8220;era una in&#250;til&#8221;, &#8220;no serv&#237;a para nada&#8221; o simplemente &#8220;no era lo suficientemente buena en nada&#8221;. Y en la vida, nada es blanco o negro.</p><p><em>Nuestra mente puede ser un campo de batalla o un refugio.</em> Todo depende del guion que decidamos escribir. Si la cabeza es nuestra peor enemiga, es porque le dimos el poder de usar las palabras equivocadas. Hoy quiero hablarte de c&#243;mo empec&#233; a re-traducir mis pensamientos para que mi mente, por fin, juegue a mi favor.</p><div class="community-chat" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/traductoradelavida/chat?utm_source=chat_embed&quot;,&quot;subdomain&quot;:&quot;traductoradelavida&quot;,&quot;pub&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:7723243,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996;&quot;,&quot;author_name&quot;:&quot;Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996;&quot;,&quot;author_photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!usRV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d4d6aa6-82c2-4695-9ad2-8ecaff5e6c8b_413x413.png&quot;}}" data-component-name="CommunityChatRenderPlaceholder"></div><div><hr></div><h3>La f&#237;sica cu&#225;ntica y la neurociencia &#10024;</h3><p>Si bien no soy experta en estos temas, aprend&#237; bastante a lo largo de estos &#250;ltimos a&#241;os gracias a que me inform&#233;, le&#237; y v&#237; much&#237;simos videos. Cada pensamiento negativo que repetimos es como un surco en un camino de tierra. <strong>Si siempre pens&#225;s &#8220;no puedo terminar nada&#8221;, ese camino se vuelve profundo y dif&#237;cil de transitar.</strong> Las afirmaciones pueden ayudarte a construir un camino nuevo. Al principio cuesta, pero de tanto repetirlo, el cerebro empieza a elegir esa nueva ruta por <em>default</em> (defecto). Y eso tiene mucho que ver con la <strong>neuroplasticidad </strong>de nuestro cerebro. Nuestro cerebro est&#225; adaptado para que mediante la repetici&#243;n de pensamientos y emociones espec&#237;ficas, pueda crear <em>nuevas conexiones neuronales</em>, rompiendo h&#225;bitos mentales antiguos.</p><p>Otro concepto interesante y que va de la mano con reprogramar el cerebro tiene que ver con la <strong>f&#237;sica cu&#225;ntica</strong>, que sugiere que la mente (que a su vez es energ&#237;a) puede influir en la materia (cuerpo) y que el observador afecta la realidad, permitiendo la creaci&#243;n de nuevas realidades.</p><p><strong>Tu energ&#237;a y pensamientos tienen el poder de crear tu realidad</strong>. <em>&#191;Pensaste alguna vez que en lugar de enfocarte en tus aspectos negativos te podr&#237;as estar enfocando en los positivos? &#191;Cu&#225;nto &#233;xito tendr&#237;as si en lugar de quejarte por no tener tiempo o ganas de hacer cosas, buscaras la forma de hacerlas aunque sea m&#225;s lento y a tu ritmo?</em> Eso pens&#233; yo, hace unos a&#241;os atr&#225;s y me di cuenta que estaba jugando mal el juego de la vida. </p><p>Si les interesan estos temas tanto como a m&#237;, les comparto algunos nombres que pueden googlear: <strong>Joe Dispenza,</strong> <strong>Brian Tracy, Tony Robbins,</strong> entre otros&#8230; Todos son coaches que hablan m&#225;s o menos de lo mismo. Cualquiera que elijas, te va a servir para profundizar. De todos modos, les dejo el<em> listening</em> del d&#237;a por si alguno desea practicar un poquito ingl&#233;s mientras aprende a reprogramar su cerebro: <br></p><div id="youtube2-o2kO2VxV1Eg" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;o2kO2VxV1Eg&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/o2kO2VxV1Eg?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h3>Afirmaciones y audios subliminales &#127911;</h3><h5>(y c&#243;mo pueden cambiar tu vida, tal como cambiaron la m&#237;a) &#128588;&#127996;</h5><p>Hace unos a&#241;os, mientras cursaba mi carrera, me encontraba desmotivada. En una charla en un caf&#233;, una compa&#241;era de facultad &#8212;a la que no volv&#237; a ver pero le agradezco infinitamente (si est&#225;s leyendo esto, &#161;gracias!&#128150;)&#8212; me di&#243; un consejo que me pareci&#243; raro en ese entonces: &#8220;escuch&#225; audios subliminales en YouTube. Yo los uso todo el tiempo y me cambiaron la vida&#8221;. Y se notaba. Ella ten&#237;a una luz distinta; entraba al aula y captaba las miradas no solo por su belleza, sino por una energ&#237;a positiva que se transmit&#237;a sin esfuerzo.</p><p>Luego de escuchar mis primeros audios subliminales, entend&#237; todo. Entend&#237; por qu&#233; su aura y su energ&#237;a estaban tan elevadas. Y por eso, hoy se los quiero compartir con ustedes. Y aquellos/as que no hayan probado escuchar estos audios, prueben. Me lo agradecen luego&#8230;</p><p>Hay una diferencia t&#233;cnica que vale aclarar. Los <strong>subliminales</strong> &#8220;<em>son grabaciones que contienen mensajes o afirmaciones dise&#241;adas para ser escuchadas por debajo del umbral de la percepci&#243;n consciente (a un volumen muy bajo, acelerados o enmascarados)</em>&#8221;. En cambio, a las <strong>afirmaciones positivas</strong> las que escuchamos normalmente, dictadas por una voz clara. <strong>Mientras unas reprograman tu subconsciente en piloto autom&#225;tico, las otras te permiten participar activamente de esa nueva narrativa.</strong></p><p>Y se preguntar&#225;n para qu&#233; escuchar estos audios o qu&#233; tiene que ver todo esto con los pensamientos: el fin de los subliminales es <em>&#8220;influir directamente en el subconsciente para cambiar creencias, comportamientos, estado mental o la realidad f&#237;sica&#8221;. </em>De forma similar funcionan las <strong>afirmaciones</strong>, solo que &#8220;<em>son frases formuladas en presente y positivo que se repiten para reconfigurar patrones de pensamiento negativos, aumentando la motivaci&#243;n, la autoestima y el bienestar emocional</em>&#8221;.</p><p>Las afirmaciones son vers&#225;tiles: pod&#233;s escucharlas, leerlas en voz alta o escribirlas en un cuaderno. La clave para que funcionen no es solo la repetici&#243;n, sino la <strong>intenci&#243;n.</strong> Ten&#233;s que sentir que lo que escrib&#237;s es 100% real. Por eso se redactan en presente, como si ya hubieran desembarcado en tu realidad. Si escrib&#237;s <em>&#8220;soy capaz de lograr lo que me proponga&#8221;</em> y a&#250;n no lo sent&#237;s, el ejercicio es actuar &#8220;como si&#8230;&#8221;. Al sostener esa certeza de que ya es tuyo, tu mente empieza a derribar dudas. Con el tiempo, esa creencia se vuelve tan s&#243;lida que tus acciones empiezan a alinearse con tu palabra.</p><p>Para cerrar, <strong>les quiero dejar algunas afirmaciones</strong> que pueden recitar en voz alta o leerlas con intenci&#243;n. Cada qui&#233;n necesita afirmaciones que se adapten a su situaci&#243;n actual y a lo que deseen modificar o reprogramar. Ac&#225; simplemente dejo algunas para que puedan &#8220;cre&#233;sela un poco m&#225;s&#8221; y las tomen como modelo para crear las propias:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Sobre tu valor:</strong> &#8220;Mi valor no depende de mi productividad ni de mis t&#237;tulos; soy valioso/a simplemente por ser quien soy&#8221;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sobre tu capacidad:</strong> &#8220;Soy una persona que aprende r&#225;pido, se adapta con facilidad y encuentra soluciones donde otros ven problemas&#8221;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sobre tu merecimiento:</strong> &#8220;Merezco una vida llena de abundancia, salud y proyectos que me hagan feliz&#8221;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sobre tu evoluci&#243;n:</strong> &#8220;Estoy orgulloso/a de cada etapa de mi vida, porque cada una de ellas me prepar&#243; para la persona que soy hoy&#8221;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sobre tu confianza:</strong> &#8220;Conf&#237;o en mi capacidad para navegar la incertidumbre y salir m&#225;s fuerte&#8221;.</p></li></ul><p>Adem&#225;s, les dejo un <em>subliminal para atraer abundancia</em> que encontr&#233; en Youtube. Los pueden buscar como audios subliminales y encontrar&#225;n tambi&#233;n de otros creadores y de otros temas:</p><div id="youtube2-ZRPuJac0H78" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;ZRPuJac0H78&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZRPuJac0H78?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Algo importante que me falt&#243; mencionar, es que <strong>hay que tener constancia para que esto realmente funcione</strong>. De nada sirve escucharlos dos d&#237;as nada m&#225;s, o escribir dos afirmaciones y creer que eso les cambiar&#225; la vida: </p><div class="pullquote"><p><em>"Repetition is what makes a skill. Your mind is a muscle, and affirmations are the workout."</em> (La habilidad se logra gracias a la repetici&#243;n. Tu mente es un m&#250;sculo y las afirmaciones son el entrenamiento).</p></div><p>Una conductora de televisi&#243;n muy famosa ac&#225; en Argentina siempre dice &#8220;como te ven te tratan&#8221; y yo quisiera agregar que &#8220;como uno piensa, proyecta&#8221;. 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What if you weren't meant to do just one thing? 🤔]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploring multipotentiality in a world obsessed with choosing a single path forever.]]></description><link>https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/what-if-you-werent-meant-to-do-just</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/p/what-if-you-werent-meant-to-do-just</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Traductora de la vida ✍🏼]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:03:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7rGS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84b20f4d-a262-4f36-b17b-415d6ea2a340_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><p><br>The dilemma of &#8220;what to do with our lives.&#8221; Ugh, if I had a dollar for every time I thought, &#8220;What if I do this? Or what if I try that?&#8221; Sometimes, not knowing what to do with your life feels heavy. It&#8217;s heavy because while life goes by, those of us who aren&#8217;t quite sure keep wondering if we&#8217;re on the right track.</p><p>We live in an era of oversharing, and suddenly, you look around and see people who knew they wanted to be accountants, doctors, or carpenters by the time they were 20. Meanwhile, there you are: with three half-read books on radically different topics, looking up a video editing course, and wondering if it&#8217;s too late to learn the piano. We do ourselves such a disservice by constantly comparing our journey to others. 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What others see as &#8220;quitting halfway,&#8221; a multipotentialite sees as simply having extracted the necessary information and being ready for the next level. You learn faster because of your ability to adapt to change, and you can combine different interests to create something innovative.</p><p><strong>Don&#8217;t try to fit into just one place.</strong> I feel like life passes us by while we try to decide what to do. I say this from personal experience because it happens to me. I never know what I &#8220;should&#8221; dedicate myself to because I always want to try new things.</p><p>I am a certified translator. Luckily, that was one goal I saw through to the end, and I&#8217;m proud of it. But beyond that degree, my schedule is a chaos of interests. I feel like one lifetime wouldn&#8217;t be enough to do everything I want to do. Today, I try to fill my days with different activities, prioritizing what I love most at the moment, accepting that my path is not a straight line, but a map full of detours. I feel a bit ashamed of having walked so many different paths. But here I am, starting yet another one, which I intend to follow firmly. I begin this new chapter with a steady step, but I always leave a window open. Because my greatest commitment isn&#8217;t to a single activity, but to constant learning.</p><p>One piece of <strong>advice</strong> that I apply myself: find activities you enjoy and choose one or two &#8220;priority&#8221; projects for the coming months. Put the rest of your interests &#8220;on pause&#8221;; I find this makes it easier to calm the anxiety of wanting to do everything <em>right now</em>. Mind you, the same thing doesn&#8217;t work for everyone. And there is no better advice I can give you than this: seek professional help if you feel like everything is becoming too overwhelming.</p><p>&#10145;&#65039; <strong>The Lesson:</strong> <em>&#8220;A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.&#8221;</em></p><p>I leave this video here, for the ones who would like to listen to Barbara Sher talking about &#8220;scanner personality&#8221;. Really interesting and accurate.<br><strong><br>XOXO, the life translator.</strong></p><div id="youtube2-o29KOV0jYRM" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;o29KOV0jYRM&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/o29KOV0jYRM?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://traductoradelavida.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscribirse&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;es&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Did this resonate with you today?</strong> &#128140; I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. 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Uff, si habr&#233; pensado una y mil veces &#8220;&#191;y si hago esto, o si hago aquello?&#8221;. A veces, no saber a qu&#233; dedicarte pesa mucho. Y pesa porque mientras la vida pasa, los que no tenemos muy en claro qu&#233; hacer seguimos pensando si es buena idea estar haciendo lo que hacemos. </p><p>Vivimos en la era de compartirlo todo y, de repente, cuando mir&#225;s a tu alrededor, ves gente que a los 20 a&#241;os ya sab&#237;a que quer&#237;a ser contadora, m&#233;dica o carpintera. Mientras tanto, vos est&#225;s ah&#237;: con tres libros empezados de temas radicalmente distintos, buscando un curso de edici&#243;n de video y pregunt&#225;ndote si todav&#237;a est&#225;s a tiempo de aprender a tocar el piano. Qu&#233; mal hacemos compar&#225;ndonos con el resto todo el tiempo. Pero ese es tema para otro d&#237;a (un poquito de <em>spoiler</em> no le hace mal a nadie&#129325;). </p><p>Nos quieren vender una idea que no siento sea del todo cierta: <strong>para tener &#233;xito hay que ser especialista</strong>. Nos dicen que "el que mucho abarca, poco aprieta". 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No es falta de compromiso; es curiosidad extrema. Lo que otros ven como &#8220;dejar las cosas por la mitad&#8221;, para un multipotencial es simplemente haber extra&#237;do la informaci&#243;n que necesitaba y estar listo para el siguiente nivel. Aprend&#233;s m&#225;s r&#225;pido por la facilidad de adaptarte a cambios y pod&#233;s combinar distintos intereses para crear algo innovador.</p><p><strong>No trates de encajar en un solo lugar</strong>. Siento que la vida se nos pasa tratando de decidir qu&#233; hacer. Un poco lo digo desde la experiencia personal, porque me pasa. Nunca s&#233; a qu&#233; deber&#237;a dedicarme porque siempre quiero hacer cosas nuevas. </p><div><hr></div><p>Soy traductora, recibida. Por suerte, esa es una meta que sostuve hasta el final y de la que estoy orgullosa. Pero fuera de ese t&#237;tulo, mi agenda es un caos de intereses. Siento que no me alcanzar&#237;a la vida para hacer todo lo que quiero hacer. Hoy, trato de llenar mis d&#237;as con diferentes actividades, d&#225;ndole prioridad a lo que m&#225;s me gusta en el momento, aceptando que mi camino no es una l&#237;nea recta, sino un mapa lleno de desv&#237;os. Me averg&#252;enza un poco haber pasado por tantos caminos distintos. Pero ac&#225; estoy, empezando otro camino, que pretendo seguir con firmeza. Empiezo este nuevo tramo con paso firme, pero dejo siempre una ventana abierta. Porque mi mayor compromiso no es con una sola actividad, sino con el aprendizaje constante.</p><p>Un <strong>consejo,</strong> que tambi&#233;n aplico yo: busc&#225; actividades que te gusten y eleg&#237; uno o dos proyectos "prioritarios" para los pr&#243;ximos meses. El resto de las actividades ponelas &#8220;en pausa&#8221;; as&#237;, siento que calmar la ansiedad de querer hacer todo YA se hace m&#225;s sencillo. Ojo, no a todos les funciona lo mismo. Y no hay mejor consejo que pueda darte que este: busc&#225; ayuda de un profesional si sent&#237;s que todo te abruma.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>&#10145;&#65039;La lecci&#243;n:</strong> <em>"A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one."</em> (El que sabe de todo no es maestro de nada, pero muchas veces es mejor que el que es maestro de una sola cosa).</p></div><p>Para los que deseen practicar un poco <strong>ingl&#233;s</strong>, les dejo un video de <strong>Barbara Sher</strong> conversando sobre las personas &#8220;scanner&#8221; (b&#225;sicamente, el <em>listening</em> del d&#237;a):</p><div id="youtube2-o29KOV0jYRM" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;o29KOV0jYRM&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/o29KOV0jYRM?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p><strong>XOXO, la que traduce la vida.<br><br>&#191;Te sentiste identificado/a hoy?</strong> Me encantar&#237;a leerte en los comentarios. <em>Traductora de la vida &#9997;&#127996; es gratis hoy. </em>Si lo disfrutaste, te invito a <strong>suscribirte</strong> para recibir mis reflexiones cada semana. 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