It’s strange. The more I create and try to follow
my dreams the more I sense this imaginary person sitting next to me giving me
the side eye. What is that about? Oh great – it’s not enough that folks who
physically exist give me the side eye, but now my hyperactive imagination wants
a piece of the pie too – son of a b****. I wake up, get the courage to do and
grow, and each bold step I take somehow only comes off as this risky, stupid,
ugly business that is only ruining my reputation as a competent human being. I
love it.
Is it just me or does walking this nonlinear line
we call life everyday sometimes have you feeling like you want to brush your
face and wash your teeth in the morning instead? Oh it does? Good! That’s right
– we’re all f***** up. However, I have a solution to this. After all, “I’ve
observed that life never presents us with an unsolvable problem. The solution
may humble us or require us to do things that we’ve never done before, but there
is always a solution.” – Psychology of Wealth
All of the ups and downs and ins and outs I have
should be charged to the game. I’m going to charge each and every hour to the
damn game – my hours of mastery that is. I read that it takes 10,000 hours to
master something (go look it up lazy pants!) So for me it doesn’t matter; a
book read, a word spoken, a sentence written, or a conversation had – I’m
charging it. As I jam Kendrick Lamar, hoist my little sails, eat my oreos, and
start moving forward through these turbulent, uncharted territories I will try
to remember these words:
“You don’t have to be afraid to take a risk. You
just have to be prepared to do the work.” – Psychology of Wealth
“You have to just march into your fear. Oh-well,
everyday just march on in there.” – The War of Art
“There are no accidents; there is only some
purpose that we haven’t yet understood.” – The Psychology of
Wealth
“Your work will inevitably be the timeless
communicating to the time bound” – The War of Art.
It is fundamental that you continue to be authentic, vulnerable, and courageous
for this reason because the cycle must redeem itself and continue.
…And now I’m just writing a bunch of quotes. I
should have started a quote blog not a blog for creative thoughts. Nonetheless,
consciously invest in yourself no matter how you are perceived by others, no
matter how bleak it may seem, no matter what look the imaginary bum is giving
you, and no matter the circumstances. 70 % or more of our thoughts are negative
and redundant. Be audacious for change. Start mastering.