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By Cecilia Camacho, Founder and Editor of CC\/magazine<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a phrase that\u2019s been echoing in my mind lately: things take time.<\/em> It\u2019s no great revelation, but lately it\u2019s been resonating louder than ever. Perhaps it\u2019s because we\u2019re now putting the finishing touches on the next print issue of CC\/magazine<\/em>: The Unusual Barcelona<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Anyone who has ever created a magazine or a book in print knows exactly what I mean. It\u2019s a long, meticulous process, full of tiny (and not-so-tiny) decisions, constant adjustments, and invisible details that change everything. But this reflection isn\u2019t born of exhaustion \u2014 though there is some of that too \u2014 but rather from a deep sense of joy.<\/p>\n

Three months ago, the third edition of The Unusual Travel Guide Barcelona<\/em> sold out. And now, with both excitement and a sense of responsibility, we\u2019ve decided that this fourth edition will evolve: from guidebook to guide-magazine. A step closer to that dream I\u2019ve long held: turning CC\/magazine into a print publication too.<\/p>\n

Looking back, everything makes sense. I understand now that this moment couldn\u2019t have come earlier. That I had to spend over fifteen years working in other media, then create my own, then launch the first printed editorial projects with The Unusual Travel Guides<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Every step has been essential. Every project, a rung on the ladder. Every wait, a silent preparation.<\/p>\n

We live in a society that rewards immediacy, where talking about process almost feels outdated. But if there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned over time, it\u2019s that truly meaningful things take time. They require maturity, intuition, patience. They need room for mistakes, for fresh starts, for taking shape from the inside out \u2014 not from urgency.<\/p>\n

Creating takes time. Creating well takes even longer. And that slowness is valuable. Because it\u2019s in the slowness where we find nuance, conscious choices, genuine growth.<\/p>\n

Today, I want to celebrate that other way of doing things. The one that doesn\u2019t rush. The one that doesn\u2019t just aim to publish fast, but to publish with purpose. The one that honours the rhythm unique to each project. Because it\u2019s not about doing more \u2014 it\u2019s about doing better. About recognising that everything arrives\u2026 but only when it\u2019s meant to. That creativity also needs pauses, listening, accumulated experience. And that when something finally finds its form, it does so with a force that could only come from everything that came before.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, in this moment \u2014 in the middle of the process \u2014 I feel a quiet kind of happiness. Because I know this effort is part of something greater. And because it won\u2019t be long now until I can share it with all of you.<\/p>\n

The Unusual Barcelona<\/em>, in its new version, is much more than a guidebook. It\u2019s the reflection of a journey. Of growth. Of a creative process that truly believes in taking the time. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

(*)<\/strong> Photo: Aleksandar Pasaric (Pexels).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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