do the thing
wise words on just doing the thing — need all of it i can get
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do the thing
To have a story, characters have to be placed into situations where they have to make choices, and those choices have to have consequences for both the character and the story. In other words: things have to happen.
Heather Parry • Things Have to Happen
“DOING SOMETHING It is so much easier to not do something than to do something. Even the smallest task, like filling out a Scholastic Books order form or putting away the butter, requires time, focus, and follow-through. It’s astounding, actually, that anything gets done at all, by anyone. But then, let’s say you finally are prepared and determined
... See moreSo when you do go, and I hope you do, go with your flaws, your doubts, your boxes still unpacked. Go messy. Go late. Go unprepared. Go with nothing but the whisper that you were meant for air.
Because if there’s anything waiting on the other side, it’s not perfection. It’s breath. It’s possibility. It’s a room with light. And maybe, if you’re lucky,... See more
Because if there’s anything waiting on the other side, it’s not perfection. It’s breath. It’s possibility. It’s a room with light. And maybe, if you’re lucky,... See more
Tamara • Why We Stay in Rooms We Should Leave
The more you release, the easier it becomes.
The more you release, the closer to your truth you get.
The more you release, the more you see who you really are.
The more you let your guts out, the more you shine a light for others to do the same.
The more you release, the closer to your truth you get.
The more you release, the more you see who you really are.
The more you let your guts out, the more you shine a light for others to do the same.
Jamie Nami Kim • Creative courage and letting your guts out
"I believe this is the heart of adulthood. It's about the day you stop avoiding the truth of your life." — Ava Huang, avabear.xyz
but what if my investment is an experiment, a question to which I don’t yet want the answer? What if I trust that ideas come on their own time?
Anna Fusco • My Dream is Not a Baby
"Sometimes when you make yourself do one thing, you are sort of daring yourself to do the other. I was making myself read, when all I really wanted to do was make." — Es Devlin
"You just have to trust that you are drawing a line round something and you don't know where the line is going to end. If you already know what shape you're drawing then you are not developing your craft." — Es Devlin
choices are like a mini-death, where we lose a possibility of what our lives and work might become.