Do it!
“Choose your art, practice your art, always, always choose your art over and above anything else. If you can’t do that, then you have—what, a few more years?”
Ava • how to avoid half-heartedness
More than half of the value of writing an essay lies in how it forces you to reorganize and refine your thoughts. The finished essay itself is a bonus.
François Cholletx.comBBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | Adeju Thompson: Taking fashion label Lagos Space Programme to the world
bbc.comFor a long time I’d wanted to get a dog, but I had carried this belief that I shouldn’t do it, shouldn’t tie myself down. Some people would say, Don’t get a dog while you’re still single! which really meant, You wouldn’t want to make yourself unappealing to a man who doesn’t like dogs!
Jean • My best friend and my witness
It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it.
If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment.
James Clearx.com
There is this immense mental cage that people construct, plain to see: The "ideal" place to do something is always one level up from the responsibility you can affect. That way, you're never responsible for it not getting done.
this is an example
Simon Sarrisx.comStart your next project with a giant scroll of paper
I learned this from my friend Rob Kalin, founder of Etsy. When he starts a project, he gets out a giant piece of butcher paper — like three feet by sixty feet.
When you start the project, you put your first ideas down in the top-left... See more
Yancey Stricklerx.com