Do What You Can & Be Happy Regardless. For somebody who drew a rather popular comic extolling the virtues of “Quitting Your Day Job and Doing What You Love,” I’ve come to understand that this idea is fairly problematic.
I’m not even necessarily referring to the classist implications like those that are presented in this well written piece on Slate, but the issues that “Doing What You Love” causes for the people who’ve followed that advice, or have at least attempted to convince ourselves we did. I don’t want to speak for others so I’ll try not to generalize (much) and instead focus on my own experiences. I grew up in a firmly middle class household. We got by just fine. We always had plenty of food to eat and a roof over our heads, but we weren’t exactly taking trips to Disney World or buying new cars. Thinking positively could undermine your ability to succeed. 25 Things I Learned the Year I Turned 25. With 2014 looming around the corner, I decided to reflect upon the past year and what I’ve learned.
Turning 25 was a big one for me, and with it came a lot of personal growth and learning experiences. I would like to share them with you and I encourage you to do the same. It allows you to pause and note any changes, progress, setbacks, and lessons you’ve experienced so far. So here it goes — 25 things I learned the year I turned 25. 25. 24. 23. 22. 7 Lessons From 7 Great Minds. Have you ever wished you could go back in time and have a conversation with one of the greatest minds in history?
Well, you can’t sorry, they’re dead. Unless of course you’re clairaudient, be my guest. But for the rest of us, we can still refer to the words they left behind. Even though these great teachers have passed on, their words still live, and in them their wisdom. I’ve made a list of seven what I believe are some of the greatest teachings by the world’s greatest minds. 1. Mike Hawthorne: Read this before I delete it. I'm going to write this down because it means something, but I don't know exactly what yet.
Besides my illustration work, I teach at an art college. It's a very, very good job. Which is par the course for me lately. My life is basically a string of very good jobs. Let's Be Friends Again » Archive » The Crushing Weight of Expectations… I did indeed see Gravity this weekend, after hearing nothing but glowing praise for it.
And while I did love the experience of watching it (despite what Gravity says in yesterday’s strip, it is the farthest thing from being “boring”), I had some minor complaints about some of the plot and dialogue. After talking about it with some other people, I had to come to the conclusion that it had just been too hyped up to me before seeing the movie. That’s kind of the problem living in this day and age, that even if you try to go dark on something, it’s thrust in your face. Previews at movies; headlines on blogs; twitter; facebook. Hell, even my podcast list was full of almost nothing but Gravity talk. Get Past Disappointment: Release Expectations and Live Your Own Life.
“Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.”
~Unknown Several years ago, I decided I had issues with surrender. Vincent van Gogh's never-before-seen sketchbooks. Is there a possible way that I could be informed about what this entire mole skin thing is all about.
Are People not willing to carry around normal sketch books around anymore!? Haha yes they have become a tool of hipsters, haven't they? Well, artists actually do like them as sketchbooks for a few legit reasons. One, they open flat with an almost nonexistent gutter, which is helpful. An Open Letter To Young Freelancers. An open letter to young freelancers: In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters.
As a professional comics writer, I sold my first script twenty-nine years and what feels like three separate lifetimes ago. Despite not being especially good early on, I’ve been steadily employed since the beginning, which stretches the laws of probability far beyond the breaking point. In terms of career longevity, I have enjoyed good fortune exceedingly disproportionate to my level of actual talent.
7 Crucial Steps to Minimize Drama in Your Life. “When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.”
~Eckhart Tolle Well into my twenties, all of my friendships with women looked a lot like junior high. One day, we’d be codependent and attached at the hip, sending incessant play-by-play emails throughout the workday like one too many notes in class. The next day, we’d be dragging each other by the hair into a heap of combined emotional issues, complete with nasty suspicions, unfounded accusations, and a dramatic reconciliation that would inevitably be short-lived.
How to Stay Focused When Working on Your Goals Gets Boring. We all have goals and dreams, but it can be difficult to stick with them.
Each week, I hear from people who say things like, "I start with good intentions, but I can't seem to maintain my consistency for a long period of time. " Or, they will say, "I struggle with mental endurance. I get started but I can't seem to follow through and stay focused for very long. " Don't worry. I'm just as guilty of this as anyone else. For example, I'll start one project, work on it for a little bit, then lose focus and try something else. Mark Twain's Top 9 Tips for Living A Good Life, by Henrik Edbeg. “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” 8 Creativity Lessons from a Pixar Animator. ‘I want to put a ding in the universe.’ ~Steve Jobs By Leo Babauta Sometimes immersing yourself in the creative world of people doing amazing things can bring unexpected results.
My son Justin is interested in 3D animation, and my daughter Chloe is into screenwriting, and so it was a thrill to take them on a tour of Pixar Animation Studios, courtesy of one of the Pixar animators. Photo by michaelangelnyc. Self Portrait, Comic Shows Innovative Ways of. Laughing Squid AboutTwitterFacebookHostingContactStore Archive Random RSS Self Portrait, Comic Shows Innovative Ways of Representing Oneself (Source: incidentalcomics.com, via incidentalcomics) 5th Sep 2013 / 6,002 notes Founded in 1995 by Scott Beale, Laughing Squid is a blog featuring compelling art, culture & technology, as well as a cloud-based web hosting company. Help support Laughing Squid by hosting your website or WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.
Latest Tweets A Modern Music Video for a Classical Symphony From 1893 Featuring Korean Dance Team Waveya ‘Space Project’, A Collection of Songs Created Using Sounds From Space. Helps you remember what's happened in your life. The 5 Step Process to Develop Life Long Motivation. Motivation is often cited as the magical answer to everything you want. If you were motivated you would lose that weight, write that book, start the business and so on.
So how do we develop the habits and mind power needed to stay motivated on a daily basis? 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy. Luminita Saviuc, Purpose FairyWaking Times Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. Not anymore. Starting today we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us, and we will embrace change.
Ready? 10 Signs of True Happiness - Articles. Life's No Good In Draft. Fall Down 7 Times Stand Up 8. Bruce Lee One Inch Punch. Dalai Lama answers A Question. If you work on something a little bit every day, Don't Be Upset By The Work You Didn't Do. How long do you think it would take someone with "okay" drawing skills to learn how to draw "decently"? Not amazing or perfect but decently? Thank you in advance! Louis C.K.: “It was a horrible process to get to this.” The Fox Bagua Blog: False Success. Make Your Milestones. For a lot of people, making big goals can be intimidating, because you usually can’t accomplish big goals in a single day, or week or month.
Be Proactive Not Reactive. So You Want My Job: Comic Book Artist. Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream. Some people think that growing up means leaving behind all your boyish ways. Fauja Singh just ran a marathon. He's also 100 years old. The frustrating thing is that, even if his longevity was entirely due to his consumption of curry (and I'm not so quick to dismiss the idea ;) ), that information wouldn't necessarily be of benefit to anyone else - the effects of diet and medicine, etc. are relative to one's genotype. 25 Great Quotes That Didn't Make It Into Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon.
Saturday, February 18th, 2012. Ira Glass on Storytelling. Toonami. 10 Simple Things to Make You Happier At Home. Our homes are an extension of who we are: what we do within the walls of our abodes shapes our mood, affects our productivity, and influences our outlook on life. Scientific studies have shown that we can have an impact on our happiness by adjusting the tiny little habits and routines that constitute our daily lives — we are, in fact, in control of our outlook on life. It's amazing how a few tweaks to our daily habits can become a catalyst for meaningful, positive change. How Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Helped to Invent Everything You Love. Actually, Babylon 5 invented everything that I love (at least in TV format), and DS9 copied most of it late in the series.