don’t be discouraged
weathering the ups and downs of creative projects, life, relationships. one brick at a time.
by sari and · updated 3mo ago
don’t be discouraged
- The thing that no one ever tells you about your calling is that it’s boring. Oh, everything is interesting if you’re interested… shut up. Yes, it will be exhilarating and fun and fluid and and natural and meaningful. It will also be tedious. It will hurt. You will encounter obstacle after obstacle until you feel like you’re in a video game with alg... See more
andrea and added 1y ago
- I think a lot about the fluctuations of belief—the inevitable up and downs of maintaining engagement with something over long periods of time. Most people seem to think that love is unchanging versus merely enduring, that if you’re really passionate about something you wake up excited to do it every day. I don’t believe that’s true. In fact, it set... See more
from belief over time by Ava
sari added 1y ago
- Work, family, or friends: pick two. You can have it all, just not all at once.
from The best thing ever written about “work-life balance” - Austin Kleon
David Pennington added 6mo ago
- “Ignore the boos. They usually come from the cheap seats.”
from Haters and Critics: How to Deal with People Judging You and Your Work by James Clear
sari added 1y ago
- Trusting the process becomes much easier when you regularly run into these little reminders that we’re all kinda going through the same ups and the same downs... “The tough thing is that consistency can feel like it’s not paying off for long stretches of time. You feel aimless, like you’re going nowhere. You’re not improving as fast as you like. I’... See more
from Tweet by charlottegrysolle
sari added 1y ago
- Lesson #1: Great Products Expand Markets Taylor Swift moved to Nashville at 13 and went door-to-door to record labels. They all turned her down. Labels saw country music on the decline with young listeners, and didn't see a market for a teen country artist.
from Tweet by Rex Woodbury
sari added 1y ago
Do you have a “number one principle” that guides you through the ups and downs of running a business?
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While it’s not a principle, I often think of the parable of the Taoist farmer. The Taoist farmer has one horse, and the horse runs off. The villagers lament his misfortune, and he replies “We’ll see.” The horse returns with four more horses, and tfrom What We’re Reading by Morgan Housel
sari added 1y ago
- “Generally everyone is misunderstood, and you realize it’s not your job to make people understand you,” Le Bon said. “It’s your job to work and align yourself with your own integrity. I think that’s even harder to harness when you’re an artist as big as Annie. But she does.”
from St. Vincent Dives Headfirst Into the Darkness
David Pennington added 6mo ago
- Before he was Han Solo or Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. In 1964, Ford moved to Hollywood to become an actor. “But I arrived on a metaphoric bus full of people who had the same ambition,” he said. So he came up with this plan to prevail over the competition. As Ford spent time around the other aspiring actors on that metaphoric bus, ... See more
phoebe added 1y ago