Make stuff only you can make. Stuff that makes you sigh in resignation after waiting for someone else to make happen so you can enjoy it, and realizing that’s never going to happen so you have to get off the couch and do it yourself
Make stuff only you can make. Stuff that makes you sigh in resignation after waiting for someone else to make happen so you can enjoy it, and realizing that’s never going to happen so you have to get off the couch and do it yourself
If you don't like the game being played make one of your own
Try to make things that can become better in other people's minds than they were in yours.
—Brian Eno
“Be a maker who makes something interesting people want. Show your craft, practice your craft, and the right people will eventually find you.” [14]
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Artists and creators become so because they feel they have a special taste to share, a special view of the world that is significant and different. But to really be able to bring it to life and share it with the world takes time and work.
James Clear • Ira Glass and What Every Successful Person Knows, but Never Says
As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.
Be an adventurer, an inventor, an entrepreneur, an artist. Suggest your own ideas instead of reacting to everyone else's. Be an active participant in life and contribute to the world around you. Make good conversation. Make good art. Make a good adventure. But above all, make something.