Love in the Arena 💘⚔️: Share Your Work, I’ll Amplify It 📣✨

Dear Community,

I never expected that being admitted to 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 for the 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 would attract this much attention across so many spectrums, both positive and negative. 🎓✨

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7426238062029930496/

To those who celebrated it with me, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂. Your support landed deeper than you know. 🤍

To those who chose to criticize it & send unkind messages, I genuinely wish you well. I wish you 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, and I hope life gives you beautiful reasons to soften. 🌿

What surprises me most is this: in a world where attention often flows toward the 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲, the 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲, or the 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, it is almost funny that a serious education goal can trigger such strong reactions. 😅

Let me put it simply:

𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 “𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.”
𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆.
𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗜’𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 pm 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲… 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. 🥸🍿

If I were fundraising for a flashy vanity project, a “too good to be true” investment promise, or some new form of digital manipulation dressed up as innovation, I suspect the money would come faster. History has seen enough of those. Oh boy. Just open the news. 🫠📰

But I am not doing that.

I’m just a girl from nowhere, doing my best to live the life I’ve been given, and to build something real with it. My hardest lessons came in seasons where I lost my health, my stability, and parts of everything I had built. That changes your relationship to opinions. Words can sting, yes, but 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹.

And here is something I learned from life: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲. 🤍

The steady kind. The kind that keeps your spine straight and your heart open.

And since we celebrate 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 this weekend (and it deserves to be celebrated 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆), I want to put that into action in a practical way. 💘

If you’re working on something / 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, I would love to 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗶𝘁.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 here: https://forms.gle/WBiwFVbjzp2QkURt8

I will 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 to help you get 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, and 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 🌿🤝

And for my Oxford journey:

If you have 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀, 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀, or 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀, please 𝗗𝗠 𝗺𝗲. 📩

With creative regards,
Iwona Fluda