It’s Okay | #46
In the Nightbirde's way
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"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy”
I discovered Jane Marczewski or Nightbirde through America’s Got Talent’s YouTube video where she sang her original song ‘It’s Okay.
Her story inspired me a lot. She wrote her first Lyrics at the age of 6 and then later she started performing in the church. She first recorded her original music in 2012, a three-song acoustic EP called Lines. The next year, she released Ocean & Sky.
In 2015, she took a sabbatical from writing and performing. Two years later, she was preparing to release new music under the pop moniker “Nightbirde.” But life took a dramatic turn as she was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer.
She performed again in 2018 and 2019. She got a lot of apparitions for her work.
The glory moment didn’t last for long. Months later, she was diagnosed again, but this time, given a 3-6 month life expectancy, and a 2% chance of survival.
She didn’t want to stop recording songs.
“When I was in the thick of illness, I swore to myself that I would write the songs that people need to get through those times, and that’s what I’ll do.” -Jane
You can read about her here
She inspired everyone to be happy in difficult times, for her it was cancer. I know It’s hard. But at least we can try.
See Nightbirde’s AGT video
Weekly Recommendations
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Apple’s Think Different camping was phenomenal. Do you know what went into making it? If not, watch it here
When you have constant failures, you feel like giving up. But with all the lows in life, you have to show up every day and work on what you dreamt of. Steve Harvey is a person who faced a lot of failures, but he kept working.
Google started in a garage. Here’s the tour of the garage office which had 6 employees in 1988
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50 ways to be ridiculously generous—and feel ridiculously good: https://www.youcangetitdone.com/post/50-ways
Tiago Fortewrote a book Building A Second Brain. Alex wrote a review of the book: https://mailchi.mp/f3ecdf436b50/1st-official-ab-newsletter-1597556
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