David Bonifacio

Life is the Piece

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David Bonifacio

Entreprenuer + Writer + Artist
This blog is mainly about my thoughts on life, work, and business but I sometimes throw in some of my art and poetry, reviews of my favorite tools and workflows, and my gaming.

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I saw @elijahbonifacio like this and asked him, “What are you thinking of?” He said, “I’m not thinking.” Like a true man, my son enjoys his “nothing box”. 😂
I was literally on the toilet and thinking (more l I was literally on the toilet and thinking (more like worrying) about the cascading effects of this new variant and new lockdown. Decided to fix my eyes on other things, on things to be grateful for and things to look forward to. Out of that “shitty”moment came this poem. Hope everyone has a good night and a restful weekend!
Dear Bridge, When Covid hit, and the first lockdo Dear Bridge, When Covid hit, and the first lockdown happened, our teams at @bridgesoutheast @bridgepayday.ph and @storiesofaccess focused on one thing: growth would look like strong roots not fancy branches. By that we meant we would anchor ourselves on the ground with good fundamentals, we would absorb as much resources and learning, and we would ally, intertwine our roots, with partners and customers we wanted to be with for the long term. This came with many difficulties but we stuck with it and now enjoy a much improved situation. In the second lockdown, the feeling of being back where we started was obvious, so we decided to focus on going on the offense. We couldn’t wait and see. We couldn’t expect defense to save us. We needed to really start moving forward by planting the right seeds. So we prioritized resources for new projects - even small ones - being creative to find opportunities and provide value even with our tight budget. This next lockdown, the focus is Stay the Course. In every metric that matters to us, our mission is on track, our customers are served, our value to them is increasing, and we are profitable, with our younger investments having extremely low burn. Are things still difficult? Extremely. But we are also much stronger. We are not back where we started. We are in a much better place. Because our position is not determined by circumstances and our value is not determined by our valuation. It is determined by us waking up every single day to create more and more value for our customers - and we’ve been doing exactly that. Don’t let yet another lockdown or variant change that. If the past two lockdowns are a sign of things to come, I hope you’re as excited as I am! Enjoy this lockdown! Work your ass off, spend time with your loved ones, and in this of world OR keep looking for AND! *Cover Letter for July 2021 Update*
I had coffee with @natepunzalan6 yesterday, and on I had coffee with @natepunzalan6 yesterday, and one of the things we chatted about was Creativity. Creativity isn’t simply artsy, or colorful, or expressive, or crafty, or experimental (they all mean their own things but do many times go along with creativity). Creativity is the combination of the ability to imagine an extremely clear and individuated picture in your head and the ability to diligently see it come to life. This isn’t seen in the way one poses and isn’t measured by the number of posts one has. True creatives, have an aura of originality and a necessary depth because they aren’t chasing the scores others chase but their own individuated vision. Individuate. I love this word. It means to take all your life’s experiences and all of who you are, good and bad, and you integrate them into the single you that is true, not to the score others give you or your more animalistic tendencies, but to your best possible self and the vision in your head.
If I Can Imagine It The morning has gotten off to If I Can Imagine It The morning has gotten off to a great start. Along with my usual “Wake” routine of Devotions, Meditations, and Activations (workout), I had an inspiring 5am call, and enjoyed a nice surprise from my 3 year old who probably woke up early because of my loud voice. After my call, I sat with him on the sofa and pointed to the mole on his palm, “Oh wow! You’re like Temujin!” “What’s Temujin?” He asked. And I explained that Temujin was a warrior and leader who would conquer most of the known world. He was born with a blood clot in his hand (not exactly a mole) and is more famously known as Genghis Khan. “So I’m a warrior?” He asked. “You better believe it. That’s why you better be a good warrior.” And he proceeded to punch my face and laugh. 😂 I told him, “Close your eyes. Do you see the Elephant? What color is it?” He said, “Yes. It’s a big elephant. It’s blue.” I said, “Awesome! You’re using your imagination!” And he said, “What’s imagination?” I said, “It’s what you use to see the Elephant.” And he said something that really startled me, “No Dada. I see it with my eyes. I can taste the elephant in my mouth. He tastes like a tootie (cookie). It’s an elephant tootie but it’s quiet, so I can’t hear it.” I was reminded of the amazing imagination of a child, that is so powerful, Elijah didn’t even see it as imagining but simply his senses in action. This is why children develop exponentially and adults just keep running into limitations: An adult thinks “if it exists then I can picture it”, while the child thinks “if I can picture it, then it exists.”
I’m fascinated by the idea of metabolism, about I’m fascinated by the idea of metabolism, about how systems are sustained by the ins and outs of energy. One of those interesting ideas concerns what happens when a system has “too much”, like when the body eats too much so the excess calories are stored as fat or excreted. I really think people today have too much, so much non-essential noise that our minds are unable to metabolize all the information and sensory load. Then we wonder why we mentally breakdown. Our minds cannot effectively breakdown, absorb, and apply all the things we are taking in. Yet instead of slowing down, cutting off, and reevaluating ourselves, we blame an uncaring world and insensitive others, as if that is of any good, to those we blame and ourselves.
That’s an office! Nice work @aspaceph team! That’s an office! Nice work @aspaceph team!