mara palma
Note to Self
december 31
25 Quick Notes to Self for 2025
With the new year approaching fast, I challenged myself to write 25 notes to myself. It’s my way of making sure my learnings and lessons from the past year, and particularly within the last 3 months, get transformed into gems. Less resolution and more intention, may these spark some inspiration for you to create your own version.
25 Notes to Self for 2025
- Motion isn’t the same thing as Action (Thanks, James Clear via MasterClass)
- Quantity will bring about Quality
- Permission to dream bigger
- Desire is a signpost
- Everything is conspiring… to bring me what I want
- I am a co-conspirator in my destiny
- I have many offerings for the world
- Time to ship it (Thanks, The Long and the Short of It Podcast)
- I am keeping a promise to myself (Thanks, Jen Gottlieb via BE SEEN)
- Do more verbal processing. Do it again
- Find the metaphors in everything (Thanks, Twyla Tharp via CREATIVE HABIT)
- Channel Inspir-Action
- Reaching out has, and will be, a game-changer
- You need a You for You
- Creative Time is a habit we want to build
- If you think you’re cursed with writer’s block, tell someone
- Keep your Inner Child alive
- Remember your Inner Mentor is there for you
- Attitude of Gratitude
- What makes you different has always been your superpower
- Just do something today, even just one raspberry (Thanks, Innovative Voice Studios)
- Be a good boss, especially to yourself
- Leadership is welcome
- You are a Weaver
- You are a Creator of Worlds
With all my best,
My Self
about mara
Mara Palma is a teaching and performing artist who helps young people develop their leadership skills through creative expression and imagination as they gain the self-confidence to share their Stand-Out Stories with their communities.
Mara graduated from Wellesley College with a dual degree in Theatre Studies and Political Science, where she contributed a piece to The Wellesley Globalist. She has taught students and educators through in-person and online workshops with the AVPA Theatre at Culver City High School, Center Theatre Group in LA, the Seattle Theater Group, and Campbell Hall’s Creative Arts Academy. Her proudest accomplishments include working to launch after-school musical theater clubs in Seattle and Los Angeles through the Disney Musicals in Schools program. Mara’s work as a performer has been featured in The Seattle Times, Broadway World Seattle, Drama in the Hood, and NWAsian Weekly.
She is passionate to discuss how the arts should be accessible to more BIPOC youth and the performing arts’ capacity to build personal growth, leadership, and teamwork for our young future world leaders.