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Juan 4 THE ROADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10446009143702832600noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921383179966293088.post-57666884341421400162019-08-31T08:42:00.000-07:002019-09-30T08:48:29.257-07:00Mahalo Hawaii<br />
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Ohhhhhhh Hawaii, you treated me so good but yet did me so dirty! haha<br />
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The best greeting I've received so far.. with not just myself but other people around the airport laughing haha</div>
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Hawaii, it was amazing, it was busy but I was calm, </div>
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it was nothing life my first time there.</div>
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and this time I got to do what I wanted to do.</div>
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The <b>PARADISE</b> journey started with a the Distillery Tour that got me a bit</div>
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but hey its was ok until we had to save Melissa! </div>
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just when we thought the day was over we got ready and headed to a rooftop </div>
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BBQ and let me tell you the views, the lights and the sound of the Ocean! </div>
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The best part other then the lamb chops was meeting locals, 2 greeks kids visiting and a young lady from Switzerland. It was pretty awesome.</div>
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Early morning Hike! were talking about 5am early. smh</div>
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but we made it to the Pill Box and saw the most amazing sunrise.</div>
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After trying not to die on our way down</div>
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visited a temple, grabbed Starbucks and ate amazing food and chilled at the beach.</div>
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so lets just say HAWAII was nothing bus amazing, Great food!</div>
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awesome adventures, tested friendships, tested self esteem and most important it placed put me out of my comfort zone! SWIMMING WITH SHARKS! </div>
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for me it was more than vacation, it was a mental health break.</div>
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I left at 25% person and glad to say I came back at 75% </div>
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realized some things, love my self a bit more</div>
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and lets just say im a bit happier than I was! </div>
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thank the gods for all he experiences </div>
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Juan 4 THE ROADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10446009143702832600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921383179966293088.post-47307466324919416692019-08-19T12:28:00.001-07:002019-08-19T12:31:51.038-07:00Here & Now<div style="text-align: center;">
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Whats up everyone, as you all know my name is Juan Pliego, I enjoy both my jobs and love to stay busy on a daily basis, But what you don't know is whats being going on in my daily life. </div>
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At this point in life having trustworthy people you can count on is not a practical thing, it feels like everyones out to get you, or just plain jealousy can take over someone emotions and we all know what happens next Lol. For me its a little different today for the first time I'm going to open up a bit. Going through a lot an not being able to talk about it, it honestly takes a toll on you body, mind and spirit. with no judgment from my fellow peers and friends here we go.</div>
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Myself and I'm sure most men have a problem with venerability, its not an easy thing for us to do. For me it was a big problem, especially when it came down to friends trying ask what was going on in life. But I felt like I was just the loyalty guy, dependable enough to not need to open up to people. </div>
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but let me tell you everytime I did that I was just screwing myself over. </div>
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I was scared of my demons inside and more scared about how people would react to them. </div>
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1. My BIGGEST PROBLEM is my self esteem, how I look at myself, how I treat myself, and most importantly how throughout the years I've changed to fit societies expectations. </div>
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- I have had people help me out with this situation, but if you know me I'm a stubborn MF, and </div>
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there is no changing my mind once its made up. I hated how I look, how I talk, how let myself go </div>
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very very unhealthy state of mind. I started saying "You can't Fix Ugly" or "Whats the point now"</div>
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Thats when SELF DEPRECATING became a thing. a horrible thing I didn't realize I was doing </div>
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for a long time. it became a daily thing that was not so fun to be around.</div>
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2. Being a FAILURE, This topic is a really unnecessary one but here we go since I'm being open.</div>
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Im 27 going on 28 and it seems like I ova not accomplished much in life. But once again I fell into </div>
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this mindset because of societies expectations. Expectations that are set by many different people </div>
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that live very different lives and most importantly SOCIAL MEDIA! I focus so much on th bad </div>
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that I forget to take a step back, sit and enjoy my accomplishments that I have been able to </div>
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accomplish! NO person is a failure we just complete things at different pace.</div>
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"FAILURE IS NOT THE OPPOSITE OF SUCCESS, ITS PART OF IT"</div>
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3. PRIORITY, if you know me i rarely put myself first, and that became a problem. </div>
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lets just saw that has been a work in progress. If I don't take care of myself who will?</div>
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4. My Dammm HEALTH, I'm not really open about this topic and unfortunately I will keep it that</div>
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way. Unfortunately when I choose to tell certain people they turned around and just made it a joke</div>
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and that was a very disappointing. The DAILY struggle of keeping up with daily health is a must at </div>
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I've been through a lot, I've pushed through, mental head suffered a big hit, and self esteem has been lower than ever. Learn to not trust anyone, learned that everyone is out for themselves, I should be the priority. and my success should be celebrated! Im a traveler, and will travel the world if my health, God permits. Learned that Vacations are for all SHAPES & SIZES, to enjoy life. My Goal with people is to figure out how we are similar as opposed to how different we are & come together in a way we understand eachother. </div>
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To all the people in the past that have intentionally or unintentionally damaged me in a way, you have been forgiven. That shit stays in the past. I took the trip to Hawaii to gain self love, self respect and I've found it. </div>
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Juan 4 THE ROADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10446009143702832600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921383179966293088.post-90502575589374150062019-07-01T01:11:00.000-07:002019-07-23T01:15:13.557-07:00EL AVENTURERO<div style="text-align: center;">
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The name is <b><span style="font-size: large;">Juan Pliego</span></b>, and welcome to my the new hopefully improved space? </div>
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This is a space to share my own adventures, things I've been able to learn</div>
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from other people, from shows, documentation, articles and most important my own experienced from <b><span style="font-size: large;">traveling</span></b> the world. </div>
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I can honestly say I'm a different person. </div>
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I've accepted many challenges in life and now you will be able to see the things ive be doing around the community to help others.</div>
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Fun Fact: I'm so proud of the picture above that was taken in <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lebec, Ca</b> </span>on October 21, 2019 </div>
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AKA my Birthday. Also my first spartan race which was 4 miles long.</div>
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What people didn't know, the previous <b><span style="font-size: large;">10 months</span></b> I was on </div>
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about 10 different medication that I would take only a daily basis.</div>
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Reason why was because I was on prostate cancer watch. </div>
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During those 10 months I had to postpone my spartan race 3 times from LA, Portland, OR & Seattle.</div>
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On <b><span style="font-size: large;">October 19th, 2018</span></b> I got the call the news that I had no cancer and I was released from </div>
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medical leave, light duty and off most medications. </div>
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3 days later I signed up for spartan race, pushed myself </div>
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and I sure cried at that finish line. </div>
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I learned a lot, I'm <b><span style="font-size: large;">thankful</span></b> for alot.</div>
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and realized that for the past 10+ years I have been ignoring the <b><span style="font-size: large;">ME</span> chapter</b> in my book.</div>
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im so thankful for the negative and positive things in life!</div>
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But Enough of that!</div>
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I thank you fam that really helped me out. Through my hard times this year...<span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial;"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/fb5/1/16/1f918_1f3fd.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /></span><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline; width: 0px;">🤘🏽</span></span></div>
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