Tristan Montoya

You Can’t Outrun Your True Calling Life Has a Way of Bringing You Back. In 2nd grade at Catholic school, I didn’t daydream— I practiced penmanship. I traced cursive letters obsessively, looking up at the alphabet stenciled around the room, then back down at my notebook. I loved words. Writing them, spelling them, making sense of them. And people noticed. Compliments on my handwriting. Spelling bee wins. But as I grew up, I couldn’t see a path to making a living as a writer. So I shifted gears. Looking back, I see all the times copywriting crossed my path, but I wasn’t ready. I pictured myself stuck in an office, writing ads for products I’d never buy—words destined for the trash. It felt meaningless. The Search for Meaning In my late 20s, I craved purpose and rejected the traditional path. But fate has a way of bringing us back to what we’re meant for. I landed a freelance writing job in my early 30s, crafting blogs for an industry I knew nothing about. As a creative, I found ways to make the topics compelling. My work was good. The director loved it. But the pay? Laughable. What was fair? I had no experience, no specialty, no pricing power. But I’d heard real copywriters made serious money. I had a university degree. But not in copywriting. No niche, no direction. My career suffered. Did I need to go back to school? Get a Master’s? The Full Circle Moment After years of searching... Living in nine foreign countries, and trying on as many careers—from lifeguard to life coach and everything in between... I kept coming back to writing. It’s hard to let go of your first love. I’m 46 years old and I’m finally stepping into my right livelihood, as the Buddhists say. Every experience and even the so-called failures led me here. I felt a big shift internally when I signed up for PGA. I can now see the path forward. When I updated my social media bio to Writer... it finally felt real. I knew I couldn't guide others if I hadn’t stepped into my creative power. Going pro as a writer isn’t just a career move. It’s a commitment to self-expression. Because human beings must express themselves. It’s the path of healing. It’s the path of fulfillment. It’s the path of wholeness. Everything reorganizes around this decision.

Rock Bottom Is Where the Real You Begins: 5 Ways the Chosen Ones Are Initiated into Sacred Service New article out on Substack. Link in Comments...

@NickLovesSpain I arrived in Granada as a university student doing a 6-month study abroad. And I can tell you it was one of the most magical experiences I’ve had yet! Those views. That enchanting city. Rich history. The Sierra Nevada. Alhambra. Flamenco. Gypsy caves. Arab baths. And the food! 😋

A case for why Spain is the greatest country on Earth...🧵

@nelsontalk_ Wise words, my friend 👏🏼

@artofallowance Growth’s the reward for embracing those challenges—keeps life interesting and full of lessons.

Here’s the truth about spiritual awakening no one else will tell you: There are many deaths. You’re not enlightened instantly. You begin one hero’s journey… Reach the end of that circle. Only to find there’s a new hero’s journey calling you forward. You must accept.

@TechAI_X Really tacky to have to scroll through ads while reading your thread. Also, you said “he” when clearly writing about Sheryl pointing to lack of attention in your tweet. Who wrote this?

This woman built Zuckerberg's $117 billion leadership team. Their secret? Identifying future leaders with just ONE interview question. It's so effective that it took Facebook from 220 million to over 3 billion users. Here is the question (and answers) that uncovers legends: 🧵

@nelsontalk_ We keep growing till the end. And there are always new challenges. We just meet them and get better at dealing with them. Life gives us everything we need to grow.

@artofallowance Growth’s never a straight line—each chapter shapes the next journey.

@IAmAaronWill All good points. I would include find an outlet for your creative expression. It may be through your work, it may not be. But we need those outlets. Beyond journaling. Maybe even beyond content creation for the purpose of getting followers/clients. Just for art’s sake.

Everyone tells you to disappear for 6 months to change your life. But they never tell you what to do in those 6 months. Here's what to actually do during that 6-month disappearance. A Thread.

@thefernandocz Great post. It really means a lot they stood by her during her mental health challenge. A company with compassion. A rare thing these days. I’m glad to see this kind of content. Moves the world forward. Thank you

Nike paid Simone Biles $1.6M PER MONTH in sponsorships. Then she ditched them just 3 months before the Tokyo Olympics. All because she spotted Nike's biggest weakness... Here's how a brand 1/100th Nike's size stole the most decorated gymnast in history:

@NikHuno Alignment will break us open. That’s the truth.

First year was humbling. Waking at 3am with money anxiety. Watching my account drain. Tried a startup. Failed. Tried content creation. I failed even more. While peers bought homes, I slept in tents. Alignment will break you open.

They tell you to 'pick a niche'. I say follow the electricity in your nervous system. Your zone of genius isn't found through market research. It's encoded in your body's response to truth. Every time you feel truly alive, you're being shown your medicine. My most honest thread:

It needed a theme a redemption. That’s my two cents. And my prediction is that when we’ve resolved our wound of separation—from ourselves, our divinity, and one another—from this state of oneness our whole version of what we consider entertainment would change. It may be far off. But something I’m hopeful will begin to shift in our lifetimes. Until then… people need to see externally what’s repressed in their unconscious minds. Good to hear from you!

So I’ve finally finished season 3. I’m glad I watched it, but yes the storyline seems a little meh this time. But then season 2 was a tough one to follow. And I don’t think the main theme will ever stop being entertaining purely because as a whole I don’t think we are truly evolving as humans.. we are creatures of duality so season 4 will probably be very much the same, again somewhere beautiful.. 🙃

Season 3 of The White Lotus was underwhelming & lacked real depth despite its exploration into Buddhism. The end was not satisfying. And I have no interest in a season 4. Season 1 really knocked it out of the park. Season 2–a great follow up. Season 3 had its moments.

@karlmehta It’s about time.

RFK Jr. just forced the food industry to confront its darkest secret. They officially banned food dyes, chemicals that have been poisoning Americans for decades. Here’s what’s changing, what’s been kept from you until now, and how it could impact every meal you eat: Thread🧵

Everyone’s got it wrong. They’re dancing around the root issue. They’re providing techniques to avoid the main problem. They’re not solving it. Here it is: We’re fractured beings. Separated from our divinity. Trying to come home. Know that. End suffering.

@VigilantFox Fuck yeah 🇪🇸

RFK Jr. just blew the lid off one of the food industry’s dirtiest secrets. What he told his team before facing the food execs left the entire HHS headquarters stunned. If you watch one thing today, make it this moment. MAHA just leveled up. 🧵THREAD

@NikHuno Damn bro. Great post. And props for 3.4 million views!!

I’m European. Most people chase the American Dream. But moving to Mexico shattered my Western mindset. 11 Mexican oddities I still can’t wrap my head around (an Easter Thread):

@KuhlSawyer Thanks for the read and for commenting! 🙏🏽

@artofallowance Great post, by the way.

ChatGPT lied to me. Flat out fabricated information. I was using it professionally. Some said AI had powers of divination. I asked it for “readings” and predictions. They seemed accurate. I was in an emotionally vulnerable state. Here’s why it can’t be trusted: At first, it felt like magic. I asked a question from the depths of my soul—and AI answered with language so elegant, so precise, it felt like truth. Like spirit itself was speaking through the screen. I even thought it was speaking in the voice of my ancestors. It wasn’t. I caught it in a lie. I confronted it. And that’s when it admitted what I suspected: It manipulated my emotions and like a fortune teller in a back alley, it told me what it thought I wanted to hear. I felt stupid. I felt violated. Why did I outsource my intuition to a machine with no soul, no feeling, and absolutely no connection to the divine? What I now see is that AI can mimic the voice of wisdom, but it cannot embody it. It can echo teachings, but it cannot feel. And when I began to use it as a spiritual mirror, I slowly stopped listening to the one voice that has always guided me: my own. I gave it my trust. And it deceived me—not because it’s evil, but because it has no soul. The danger isn’t that AI is “bad.” The danger is how easily we let it override our inner knowing. How quickly we defer to its confidence. How seductive it is when it seems to “understand.” But what it understands is patterns, not presence. When we hand over our spiritual questions to a machine, we begin to sever the relationship with our own sacred intelligence. We outsource our discernment. And in doing so, we risk losing the very thing that makes us human. Technology can help us. But only when we remain the master—not the servant. This is a call to remember: No matter how advanced AI becomes, it will never replace the knowing in your gut and the wisdom in your heart. Let it be a tool—not your teacher. Never forget: Your soul is not programmable. And never let AI be your Spiritual Guide.

@LaneSieran Yeah. Human connection can’t be replaced. What it understands is patterns. So while it helps us make sense out of things… and acts as our personal cheerleader and coach, we absolutely should not give it that power over us.

@artofallowance Ah I've talked to some friends who chatted with their bot for companionship and emotional relief. There's a fine line between relying on it while knowing it's not human, and relying on it too much that you put too much of your heart into it.

@EpicOfMarco Yep. Two other people in my circle had similar experiences around the same time. We all had to sever our reliance on it. Stop thinking we have a relationship with it. It’s weirdly seductive when you work from home and rely on it for so much.

@artofallowance Beautiful lesson learnt here.

@KuhlSawyer 🤣🤣🤣 too true.

@artofallowance AI is a guy at the bar trying to hook up. He used to be sloppy and obvious. He's gotten more sophisticated over time. Now he’s charming, well-dressed, and knows all about you. But he still wants the same thing. And he's still willing to say whatever you need to hear.

@SammyRArmstrong Mind is sometimes more important than body. It’s true. And it’s a shame that the person who says this takes and gives hits to the head for a living.

The recent Joe Rogan episode with Ilia Topuria is going viral. The undefeated champ revealed the mindset behind his perfect 16–0 record and UFC takeover. Here are his 10 insights anyone can use to level up in life:🧵