Artist Living in Paris diaries - big changes, Christmas parties, painting & music!
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- December artist living in Paris diaries :) xoxo love you
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a new episode in the living alone in Paris diaries baby! or maybe I will wall call this series, Artist living in Paris vlog as I feel like my vlogs these days revolve around painting, days in my studio making art and music and life chats about creativity and positivity.
This week is an exciting week!! I open up and talk about some big changes im making for myself this next year and also take you along to our annual christmas party, paint and practice the guitar! Im also very excited about my new song out and wanted to vlog these moments of December so I can share that and have it to look back on.
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I loved your talk about prioritising the creative process and not the end result! So important to remember as creators in the age of ‘content’, sometimes it feels like success is only defined by number of views, streams, or follows. The victory and the joy should be in creating, not in the moment you share it. Thank you for the reminder! ❤
totally agreee!!!
I had to pause this video to say, “wow, you are so lucky to have figured all this out about drinking at your age. I totally support your decision and will join you in this goal myself” I’ve been watching your videos for a while, I’m 68 and also am an artist. I also find some situations boring and have used alcohol. I don’t need it, or the bad after effects. Way to lead girl! Do it! ( and I’ll do it too , let’s change the world 😊. Have a wonderful Christmas.
i love how speaking french has influenced your english, like how you use the word “evident.” we so rarely use it in english! it’s overlooked how much being bilingual can expand our ability to describe our feelings and surroundings.
very true!! i became fluent in spain after living there for 3 years and can 100% relate
“To be more present with people and connect with their inner worlds” - YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I will be stealing this for my affirmation journal. I appreciate this conversation around sobriety so much. In the past I’ve convinced myself that drinking helps me connect with others because it makes me “less awkward,” but in reality it just makes me less present and self-aware. I might join you on this journey, I need accountability, babyyy!
as someone who's just never got into drinking I really encourage it, trust me it's funny and you do really get to make great connections on nights out
New Year’s Eve 1988 found me making a decision that surprised me although I’d been pondering giving up the habit that was controlling my life and disappointing my family for a couple of decades. I was with 3 others who weren’t drinking that night so I found myself also not drinking during dinner and card playing after. The next day I opted not to drink and the next day and continued doing that until this NYE I celebrate 34 years of sobriety. I admire and applaud the thought that’s going into this sober year you’re planning for yourself the next 12 months. What a beautiful gift to give to yourself. I enjoy your vulnerability and honesty and wisdom and affirmations. You’re truly an inspiration for many. I love you, and looking forward to part two of this 2 part vision sharing. ❤
i’d like to share my experiences with going fully sober at the beginning of this year.The first half year for me was extremely difficult first thing that happened was i lost my creativity, love of fashion expression and being fun when socializing all the things that i needed substances for. i freaked out for a bit that it will never come back i even lost my joy in listening to music.
after a while everything slowly came back but from a much more happy and healthy place
I have learned to listen to my body how it gets affected from substances even caffein and sugar i feel my body much deeper now. The way I socialize has changed the most, i realized that being sober doesn’t change anything in my ability to have fun and i can see when a situation is taking away too much of my energy and what makes a fun party :D
i have lost many friends and social events because they don’t bring joy to me anymore it’s lonely but has made me find fun with myself and hopefully next year I’ll meet friends that bring me true joy
I still have much to figure out but this is the biggest achievement of this year and people say i have inspired them that it’s possible
Hi! I'm 22 and i've been sober for a little over a year, and I fully recommend it! I really support the reasoning behind the time of sobriety that you are taking.
Drinking was such a social thing for me but I realized that I was using it to mask some sort of pain and distract myself. I feel much happier now and I have grown a lot in self-regulating techniques and self control. It's not always easy. especially when those around you are drinking, but it's really opened my eyes to the type of person I used to be and the type of person I'm striving on being. You got this!!!!
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I started alcohol abstinence in my early 20s because my partner at the time was beginning sobriety and honestly, financially and socially, my life has improved. I feel really good about being accountable for any actions on nights out and bowed out with friends who just wanted superficial friendships for deeper relationships :) Have a great Journey and Happy Holidays!!
i was sober for 15 months when i was 26 (i'm 32 now) for very similar reasons and it completely changed my relationship to myself and alcohol. I learned how to become so much more authentic with myself and others and no longer relied on alcohol for excuses of poor behavior. it was a very amazing time of my life! i drink now but i view alcohol as an addition to an experience not THE experience. soOOoOO grateful for sobriety girl whatever you learn during this time -it will be amazing and so worth it!
I just literally promised myself last Friday, after a totally f*d up situation that costed me a lot, that I would stay one year sober. Cannot believe how this Universe is so connected.. 1 year sober, and beyond! Cheers dear thank you for the inspiration 💝
Every day is a gain of health.
I love not drinking at big events, awareness is even more valuable when I’m socializing
I cut out alcohol and coffee last year as part of the next chapter on my spiritual journey (while I was studying a full-time meditation, breathwork, and Kriya course) and honestly, I haven't looked back! I was drinking 4 coffees a day and really thought I would just slip back into it once the year was over but I feel so good without it that It feels counterintuitive to put that into my body now. It's such an eye-opening journey and I can't wait for you, and anyone else here in the community to experience it too! X
You have opened me up to a whole new genre of music I didn’t know existed!! I love how much you expand yourself constantly and choose happiness. Thank you for constant inspiration to be authentic and vulnerable
Thank you so much!!
I had a sober stint a few years ago following a break up. It was absolutely one of the best things I could have done for myself. After a few weeks I didn’t miss drinking at all. I felt completely liberated! An added bonus is the money I saved by not spending on alcohol- I ended up going on a life changing 2-week trip that summer. You got this! ❤
Haha, that's the best, our faire réaliser Purple Princess could take us on great trips. She could that way go to Iceland A ND the U.S.A.
But even if you just drink à glass or 2, it s doesn t mean the end of the world. I ve never gotten in with alcohol. Suppose because the thought that hit me as a kid as adults turned stupid when drunk and once I understood that substance ruined entire wonderful civilisations; the natives of South and North America and many other places. Which is unacceptable. That also makes U think why booze still is an accepted very visible and not forbidden drug...
Santé à tous pour 2023. Keep urself safe and healthy.
Let’s be sober in 2023! Your story resonates! I am 7 months sober and am really appreciating the journey. ❤️💃🏻
one of my favorite affirmations is "what you desire, desires you"
Yes to not drinking!!! I have never been a big drinker but spent several years in my early/mid 20s feeling heavy social pressure to override my naturally conservative approach.. I never had any dangerous experiences, but giving into the pressure felt like self betrayal and made me feel like shit. So since 2021 my boundary has been no drinking at parties/gatherings/out. That's when it's the hardest to remain in control; it's when drinking stops being one glass for enjoyment and starts feeling like a social obligation to keep the ~vibes~ up. I hated the hosts who make it their mission to constantly refill glasses without asking, or friends who buy unasked for drinks. It's SO much easier to just say "I don't drink" and avoid the whole thing :) The longer you stick to it, the easier it gets.
Took you with me [in my head] the other night as I installed a public work of art - you've been a great inspiration and your videos such an enjoyable and valuable part of my little life, thank you! Sobriety (over ten years now) has been a game changer - Vive la Shirley Temple!
thank you shayna for always inspiring me to be more myself, more daring and expressive, I love you
I’m also trying sobriety, I have no self control, drink until I’m a mess and i don’t want to be like that anymore. My triggers to drink are restaurants and my family. I moved away from family so that helped lol but they are all big drinkers and for thanksgiving found myself having to say no more than once when offered and having to explain why, it was rough. So I’m with ya girl! We can do this! ❤
Happy Holidays Beauty, xxx I've not seen you for a while so it's nice to catch up! As for the sobriety, I have done this since January this year, and as a wine drinker it wasn't always easy, but I agree with all you said about it. Xxxx Biggest Loves to YOUUUUU!! xxxxx
Oh thank you for the encouraging words! Sending you love!!!!
I'm 3.5 years sober for all the same reasons as you and I feel way better and it also feels like I have way more time. Happy new year! Siân ❤️ happy Holidays 💚
i’m 25 and 8 months sober as of the 18th :) i did it all myself on my own volition, just like your journey.. one of the best choices i’ve made in my whole life. last month i started dating an amazing man who is also sober and it brought us together naturally
ps: i started it as “sober spring” and it snowballed into 8 months :) the set time frame and letting it extend naturally is a great tactic imho :)
Such a sign you are just taking about getting sober. This is where I am at and having a difficult time with drinking. Let’s do it together! 😊
I think it is great your sober. I didn't get invited anymore by certain friends because I didn't drink. I thought it was dumb because I didn't ridicule anyone for drinking. It was because my husband at the time had to stop and I was his support. So I stopped, I can be an crazy fun person without. Good for you and you will get a new perspective as an adult. As child your sober for many years and use your imagination. I support you Shayna. Happy Holidays, Thanks for sharing your life. It helps me stay stable. I just lost my dad to cancer Friday. I don't want be downer. But you really bring some happiness during a very sad time in my life. Thank you my friend, xo
You are always about being more free and being mindful of spiritual growth. Sobriety is part of that for many of us. Merry Christmas!
I am glad you decided to be sober. I was on the same journey as you, went to art school and the stress of school and social situations led me to drink too much. I made a mess of my life. Totally destroyed the path I was on. I lost a lot of "friends' when I quit drinking 13 years ago. Turns out they were just drinking buddies trying to drag me down. I wish I could have been sober sooner. Good luck.
Happy holidays! Gosh watching your vlogs makes me miss being a studio artist so much! I was a painter who transitioned into animation. Animation is a more monastic lifestyle; calm, quiet, more consolidated around the computer… but man oh man I sorely miss dancing and dressing up and playing with materials in studio! I wonder how I can incorporate more fun into my current creative process. Also a note on sobriety: I agree with all your points. I’m sober now… but when I did drink I placed big expectations on alcohol; I wanted to get higher and higher- but it’s just a dead end- an embarrassing messy dead end yikes. Always got me into trouble. I’ve been sober for 4 years but was drinking only a couple times a year before that anyway. It just wasn’t fun anymore. Sober communities are really helpful though! Ecstatic dance for a high energy space. Vipassana 10 day silent retreat for a deep dive. May you and all your viewers be happy, peaceful, and full of inspiration!
My biggest lesson from 2022 is that I also intend to love and cherish the process more in 2023! I stopped going out 'drinking' but still enjoy a glass of wine or 2 at home 😅
I’m with ya there honey🍷😉
@@BATgirl57 😁
I loved your download about falling in love with the process 💞💞💞💞💞
Ok, I'm 29 seconds in and I have to say that this song sounds VERY much like grunge rock/riot grrl from the 90ies which is great. I was in my twenties back then and very much into the music. Keep going! You're doing great!
Courtney Love
I cut out alcohol 8 months ago, mostly in order to cut out other disordered substance abuse. It has deepened my connections and allows me to be so much more in the moment at parties! Sometimes it’s awkward but who cares!! It’s cool to be awkward!!! Congrats on your decision and happy new year 💙
Happy holidays, Shayna. This new year is going to be a hard one for me. My 5 year romantic relationship came to an end and I am struggling to adjust to the new relationship we have. That is my best friend, but I need to know who I am outside of him. I've started therapy and am excited to learn to love myself and build strong friendships. This year will be a new era of me. You inspire me to get to know myself. I remember when you went through your divorce. Your story inspires me. You are like a big sister to me and I'm excited to see what my life holds for me. Thank you for being such a light.
Happy Holidays Shayna! I been so lazy and unproductive with my art lately, but this video helped me get through today and work on some of my stuff. You rock girl! Thank you for shining light!
Hi Shayna, good on you for giving up alcohol. I agree about how alcohol can affect spiritual journeys etc. It's good to give your body & soul a good healthy living style. Your creativity will flow and so will great ideas. Sending you Christmas wishes, enjoy the festive time, have fun and dream big....hugs
Happy Holidays !
On a sober stint for nearly 2 years now ❣ You're right, it does improve your life exponentially. It will challenge you in ways you may not expect at first, but who doesn't love a challenge, and it will force you to see yourself more fully and vividly in situations where you would normally escape using alcohol...or whatever substance. In the end, you get to know yourself and appreciate your true self even more than you thought possible. The world also appears more beautiful and simple when you see everything though a fresh mind. Bon courage, it is so refreshing to see someone I enjoy watching constantly making choices for growth. Keep being awesome
Love your perspective on drinking. I drink occasionally now -and when I do I limit to 2-3 drinks maximum. But it's usually 1-2. Alcohol doesn't really sit well with me and I hate feeling hungover anyway like you said, so I try to avoid that! Plus on the road I still want to be able to make clear decisions while driving back home when enough time has passed/alcohol has wore off. I know a girl on IG who doesn't drink but orders "mocktails" when she's out with her friends! I like that idea and maybe you might too :) Holding a fancy cup and a tasty drink doesn't hurt. And it can be a fun little twist! Thanks for sharing your insight :) xoxo.
Your videos give me so much energy, inspiration!
Brilliant...beautiful...thank you! Happy holidays!
12:04 I’m cooking while listening/watching your vlog as usual, and I literally screamed with joy and excitement when I heard you say you’re planning on being sober in 2023!!! Fuck yeah!!! I just completed 12 months of sobriety myself and it has been the best decision I could have ever made!! My health both mental and physical, have changed for the better! My relationships have all improved and I’m excited to see how sobriety will change the trajectory of my art/career. Like you, alcohol for me was more of a fun thing that I didn’t partake in all the time but it wasn’t adding value to my life any longer. In fact, those long hangovers were beginning to sabotage me. Anyway, I’m happy to report that I still go out, socialize, dance, karaoke, go to dinners and even “toast” non alcoholic drinks with my friends & family. I never needed the liquid courage to do these things! I feel liberated! 💖 All the best to you in 2023!!!
Omg, I am not joking when I say this, but you inspire me completely!! I truly admire you and enjoy your content. You are so brave and ballsy ... I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you. Thank you for sharing your life with thr world ❤️🌠
Happy Holidays, Shayna. I really liked your painted camisole and dress. You could design prints and sell clothing too! 🤩
You are such an inspiration 💫 Tes vidéos me donnent toujours la pêche!
Happy Holidays. Thanks for all you've given me this year! Even though I know you post almost every Tuesday, I still get so excited when I suddenly realize you have a new video out. Looking forward to all the Tuesdays :)
Happy holidayyys baby queen❤🎉 Love you to the moon and stars ✨🎄
You never cease to amaze and delight with new ways to be creative and expand and grow in life, always while making it FUN 🎉!!! I❤️u Shayna, more than words can say. Happy holidays🕊
Thank you so much for sharing about your sobriety! You are so inspiring, maybe I will try a sober stint too :) Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays Shayna!✨ I love seeing your smile and cheery outlook on life. Thank you for always sharing your affirmations❤
Happy Wonderful Holidays! Thank you so much for the thoughtful, inspiring, happy and motivating video. ❤️❤️❤️
Happy holidays! Love you & your energy.
Love,
your internet daughter
thank you for always reminding of us in the power and joy in transformation and creativity, wishing you the most beautiful new year and holiday season 🤍
Happy Holidays !!!☃️🌟🌲
This past year, I began setting incremental goals for myself. The first was to go to grad school to teach, which I did do, though I am now on a break after changing from elementary or secondary and leaving a negative elementary job. The second was to drink less -- not a total ban, but to cut back, which has had a positive effect on my life and on my wallet. The third was to tap back into my creative side, and the fourth, a goal I set yesterday as I was catching up on your videos, was to tap into a more positive mindset. A fifth, which I am setting now, is to be more financially responsible, as teaching in an elementary school for the first time this past semester created some bad spending habits, due in part to not having the resources I needed to set up the classroom and, in another part, to being in a constantly negative environment and spending money on things (food, mostly) to make myself feel temporary joy. Your mindset about things has really opened my eyes to a lot of possibilities in my own life, so merçi beaucoup, mon amie. ❤
Have a great festive season Shayna! ❤🎄❤
I have been sober for 15 months and it has made such an amazing difference to my life!💜When I gave up drinking I didn’t put an end date on it or tell myself it would be forever. I just went with a see how it goes approach and 15 months later I’m still going!🎉 It helps that there are some brilliant alcohol free options out there so I never really feel like I’m missing out. My advise is just see how it goes and if you do wobble slightly think about how good you will feel the next morning when you are going to wake up hangover free without the dehydration and anxiety!🧉xx
Just pure beauty, ain’t she❤❤❤💃🌎🌏🌍💃!!!
My year of sobriety changed my life. I started to do things on the weekends, make more interesting and exciting plans with friends, and making way more art. I still don’t drink much and plan on going full sober in the next few years. Alcohol is literal poison and such low vibration
You go girl ! You can do it !
I grew up watching school of rock and that opener really had the same energy, love it!
Love this... and happy for you... I have many many years sober and I love creating from that space...really awake and real.
Happy Holidays!!!! I love you. Grateful for how much easier you make it to stray from alcohol; while people in my direct community may intensify the feelings of awkwardness I feel when resisting alcohol or general manifestations of conformity, knowing I have someone like you who adheres to the same mentalities is so helpful.
Happy holidays!! Like you said in your last video, we are responsible for our own happiness and we don't need alcohol to do it!!
Happy holidays ☺️🤍
Happy holidays!!✨🥳
Happy holidays🌹I love u:’)
Happy holidays.🌈🎶💜
Happy holidays! 💖
Happy Holidays !
I colored and journaled in my I Love Being Sensitive while watching this vlog and I definitely needed to hear that reflection about the process over the end product. Thank you for being you! Happy Holidays!! 💚
We are on the same wavelength ❤️❤️ I've been saying no to drinking and it feels so good!
Happy Holidays 🎄
Happy Holidays!
The way I have fallen asleep ALONE in Ubers after a night out, like it's funny now but looking back I'm like so many bad things could have happened to me!! Love your honesty & openness w us. Happy holidays Shayna 🫶
Happy Hollidays!
Happy holidays 🎉❤
Sober for almost 10 years. Love it, wouldn't ever go back.
Realistically the only downside is that I really hate being with intoxicated people now. That makes parties etc hard in general and I rather stay home.
You hit it. The reason I drank is because MOST people bore me to death. That is why I think I spend so much time alone because I enjoy my own company. One of my ex boyfriends said to me.....maybe your the boring one. I was in shock because I have never thought of myself as boring. Truly LOVE your posts because you are so relatable and never boring.
happy holidays
happy holidays!
You make my day better everytime you upload 💕
I'm so glad!
I wasn't really into drinking at all until I was in my early 20's and would drink when I was on holiday in Portugal or Hungary for example, where alcohol was super easy to get (whereas in Sweden, we have no off license shops but one big alcohol shop that is open monday-wednesday and then shut for the rest of the week oooor you can only buy 3,5% alcohol in the normal food shops) so I ended up being a party girl on these occasions. When I then moved to the UK and got together with my now ex-partner, I got pulled into the big pub culture and I drank a lot at almost any occasion, it could be a dinner at home and I drank several beers or family dinners where there was always alcohol and always at least 3-4 drinks when being out. And I loved it in the beginning because people liked me, I was FUN and excentric and happy, but then it started fading and I got sick of the hangovers, being around drunk people and having to accept bad behaviours from people "because they were drunk". So I stopped drinking and stopped going out as much (my ex was not happy about this, he thought I was being judgemental about other people drinking which was maybe 50% true, due to the behaviours I'd experienced) but I also just found these "friendships" all centered around drinking so... sad. And shallow. So I found friends who are either sober or drink very little and it has given me me so so so much happiness and taught me to like me for me, and not this drunk version of myself. Now I have moved back to Sweden where I barely drink anything, because it is such a hassle and most of all super expensive to drink. I am happy to be in a different place where sobriety is not a bad word, but where I get respect when I say "no thank you" to a beer or wine. It is so refreshing and although I do like a glass of wine occassionally, I also have a goal to eventually not drink at all. All that money that goes to alcohol could be put into flight tickets or or books or museums etc!! Things that nurture my mind and body, instead of making me a mess. So happy to read in the comments that there's lots of people who think the same and are on this journey!! 🌼
Happy Holidays!!! 💜🎄🎉✨
Happy holidays!
Happy Holidays.
Happy Holidays to You and All here 💖🌟💝
Happy holidays shayna :)
happy holidays
This whole video has made me feel so good and seen:)
OMG. welcome to the sober club. It's GREAT here (4 months) Don't be afraid for support, because socially it can be so hard! It's not about labels but FREEDOM :)
Happy Holidays
Happy holidays
I loved that you shared about your sobriety! I'll be sober from alcohol 2 years January 1 and my life has improved dramatically. I was basically homeless and now I'm an art teacher and financially independent. Alcohol got in the way of making art and it was destroying life around and in me while making me feel like it was improving my reality. It was difficult to watch people like you on TH-cam drink and live this 'free-spirited' life when in reality it felt like, to me, a prisoner of the substance (always thinking about the length of times of drinking and not drinking/feeling bad/etc. I'm really excited for your journey. ShaynaX100
Un joyeux temps des Fêtes!
Happy Holidays Shauna! 🌟🎉🎄May all your dreams come true ❣️✨❣️
So funny because when you sing Vive le vent (i am parisien living in LA) it sounded like Vive le vin 😁
I’m nearly 2 years sober. It wasn’t a problem for me…but it was. You won’t regret it. 👏🏼👏🏼
I love your Energy
thank you!!!
maybe ~ I know where I belong ~ on the new heart? I love that one, it feels very affirming of my inner experience. xxxx
Happy Holidays! ...lovely video, as always. Inspiring as always :) xx
Hi Shyna I love your videos and work just watched the news ( I am in UK) and hope you are safe. Take care xx
Happy holidays Shayna💗 I love hearing about all the great new things in your life🌙💫 And I can’t wait for the third song to be out!