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Marques Strong | Creative Director

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becoming a creative director of my life
this is just me figuring it out on camera
you’re welcome to watch
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okay so i’ve literally been sitting on this for like two weeks. kept telling myself i’d start once i sounded less awkward on camera, which doesn’t even make sense when you think about it, you don’t get comfortable talking on camera by waiting until you already are. so pt. 1 is just me practicing talking on camera, out loud, unscripted, probably rough for a while. if you’ve been putting off starting your own video series or posting because you don’t feel ready yet, this is the same problem wearing a different outfit. you fix it with reps, not with waiting. by @lifewithques

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a month ago

Nobody teaches men in their 20s how to heal. So i built my own list.

Not therapy advice. Just the things i’ve had to actually do — stop calling avoidance “being busy,” cry somewhere even if it’s the car, forgive my father for what he never learned to give me. Small, unglamorous, real.

Healing doesn’t look like a breakthrough. It looks like ten quiet decisions nobody sees you make.

Which one of these are you avoiding right now?

#emotionalhealing #buildinginpublic #healingjourney #marquesstrong by @lifewithques

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3 months ago

Nobody told me that building a body, building discipline, building confidence, and building a life would all start at the same incline bench on the same Monday morning — just with a different man sitting down. by @lifewithques

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3 months ago

No matter what CHOOSE YOURSELF.
#fitnessmotivation #explorepage by @lifewithques

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8 hours ago

Aren’t you scared?” I get asked that a lot since moving back to Chicago at 27 and restarting most of my life at once. Here’s a check I run before any restart: am I heading toward something, or just leaving something. Same move on the outside. Completely different feeling depending on which one it actually is. What would you say if someone asked you that? by @lifewithques

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3 days ago

Been trying to stay focused lately, and honestly, grateful for the regular days too, not just the big ones. Here’s something I keep noticing though. Anxious and excited are basically the same feeling in your body, same heart rate, same tight chest, the only difference is which word you decide to use for it. Starting over in Chicago gives me plenty of chances to pick either one some days. Lately I’ve been choosing excited on purpose. Not sure if that’s actual growth or just a better story I’m telling myself. Either way, I’ll take it. by @lifewithques

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13 days ago

i noticed something this week. every good moment, the dancing, the workout, the walk, the listening party, happened when i wasn’t thinking about where i’m trying to get to, i was just there. taken in Chicago, Illinois by @lifewithques

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14 days ago

Okay so today’s a full body day, 5am like always, and honestly you should just come do it with me instead of watching it. this one’s not really a watch from the couch kind of post, it’s more of a show up kind of post. no excuses, just showing up before you feel ready to. by @lifewithques

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a month ago

Three weeks back in Chicago and I still don’t really have a plan.

No job yet. Applying to whatever pays first, keeping an eye out for the work I actually want too. Some days I feel good about that. Other days it kind of stresses me out.

Keep running into people I haven’t seen in years. Same city, just moving a lot slower than I remember it.

I don’t mind the slow pace right now, honestly.

Still figuring this out, day by day. Ask me again in a few months.

Anyone else in a slow season right now? moving back to Chicago taken in Chicago, Illinois by @lifewithques

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a month ago

did everything on the list today. wasn’t tired. wasn’t lazy. did it all right on schedule.

somewhere in there i stopped knowing why.

not the burnout kind of quiet. the kind where the reason leaves and the routine keeps running anyway, because it never needed you to remember. just needed you to show up.

discipline doesn’t die when the purpose does. it just goes quiet.

what’s still running that you haven’t checked the reason for? taken in Chicago, Illinois by @lifewithques

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you’re allowed to outgrow people, places, even the version of you that used to feel like home. picking your future is going to feel like losing something for a while. that’s not loss. that’s just you finally lining up with where you’re headed.

you know exactly who this is about. the one you held onto past their season. some people aren’t built to stay, they’re built to teach you something and go. you can miss them and still know they did their job.

you feel this one. building something new while everyone around you still sees the old version of you. they’re not being mean, they just can’t see it yet. you’re not asking them to understand it, you’re just not stopping.

this one’s for the group chat that feels different lately. you’re not colder, you’re just not who you were for them anymore. the version of you that’s showing up now doesn’t fit where the old one did. you don’t have to explain that to anyone who hasn’t changed too.

you know what you’ve been avoiding. the thing you keep saying you’ll start once you feel ready. that feeling’s not coming, it’s just going to keep costing you time. the version of your life you want is on the other side of starting anyway. outgrowing people and places
choosing yourself
real time growth
self alignment
letting go to grow
becoming a new version of yourself
building in silence
starting before you feel ready by @lifewithques

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ok so today’s leg day… one of these six kind of almost didn’t happen. not gonna say which yet. keep swiping

day off. did legs anyway. twice this week now lol. one of these six is the one i almost just… didn’t do

4x8, went slow bc why not, day off energy. kinda easy today actually. also not the one

4 sets, 10 reps, nothing crazy. this one carried most of today honestly. still not it

3 sets of 10, slow on the way down. this one used to be the exercise i’d skip, but not today. getting closer now.

3 sets, 10-15ish. and yeah. this is the one i almost skipped. looks like nothing so i almost didn’t count it

started here. 3 sets, 12 each leg ish. legs still kinda tired from earlier in the week ngl. not the one though

3x10 each leg. balance was NOT it today lol. brutal but still not the one. one set left.

kinda funny how the stuff that looks like nothing is usually the actual test. not the heavy stuff. the boring stuff

wasn’t trying to have a perfect leg day. just didn’t want to leave one off the list

save this for your next leg day if you need one that doesn’t need motivation to get through. follow for thursday — i’ll show you the one i almost changed for good. what’s the one you keep almost skipping taken in Crunch Fitness by @lifewithques

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