You are perfectly imperfect
I am supposed to be me. I am supposed to look how I look. I am supposed to be where I am. Everything that has happened in life was supposed to happen. I will grow because of my unique life experience. Life is happening for me, not to me.
Your dreams are possible. Funnily enough, they were put here for you to achieve them.
Ask yourself, “Who would I rob in my neighborhood?” Now, do everything you need to do to make sure that someone isn’t you.
“We are the observer – there is no future and no past – just the present.” This statement is one that I wrestle with constantly.
If you change the way you look at things, the way things look changes.
No one is perfect, and no one has to be.
Dream or die.
“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work” – Chuck Close.
This quote may relieve a lot of pressure. It’s not about waiting for hours for this ephemeral moment of inspiration to strike. It’s about showing up and getting started; and your effort makes it such that something amazing will happen. All that matters is that you enable the chance for something to happen. For that, you have to sit at your desk and you have to work.
Some of the best artists had something in common; they produced A LOT of content. Choosing to produce many works increased their likelihood of having that “eureka” moment, rather than opting to produce less content in the hopes of only producing masterpieces.
Learning machines always win.
Having the right answer is smart. Having the right question is genius.