On doing what you love
“The key to eternal happiness is low overhead and no debt.”
—Lynda BarryAnybody who tells people to “do what you love no matter what” should also have to teach a money management course.
Low overhead + no debt + “do what you love” = a good life.
“I deserve nice things” + debt + “do what you love” = a time bomb.
(Image from Steal Like An Artist)
The Future
Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, October 2011Shot with a Diana F+
Kodak Ektachrome E100VS, cross-processed
Mercury, Venus, and Saturn align with the Pyramids of Giza for the 1st time in 2,737 years on December 3, 2012.
(Source: arpleiadian, via dewdropink)
Hello All:
Here is a link to a piece that I was ‘required’ to release immediately, by virtue of the impending legal deadline. I love being able to reach people directly, but in an ideal scenario, I would not have to rush the release of new music… but the message is still there. In light of…
1) Start with a clear, clean idea
2) Lose that idea by caking on notes and research
3) Hack away at the crud until the original idea emerges(via)
"I was fascinated by the idea of an English novelist writing such serious, metaphysical, almost European prose as this. … “Apparently,” said my friend knowledgeably, as we watched McEwan swing his new wife around the dance floor, “he only writes fifteen words a day.” This was an unfortunate piece of information to give an aspiring writer. I was terribly susceptible to the power of example. If I heard Borges ran three miles every morning and did a headstand in a bucket of water before sitting down to write, I felt I must try this myself. The specter of the fifteen-word limit stayed with me a long time. Three years later I remember writing White Teeth and thinking that all my problems stemmed from the excess of words I felt compelled to write each day. Fifteen words a day! Why can’t you write just fifteen words a day?"
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Zadie Smith recalls being struck by Ian McEwan’s rumored writing routine upon attending his wedding when she was nineteen and still unpublished.
Pair with the actual rituals and routines of famous writers and Zadie Smith’s 10 rules of writing.
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"Baumeister suggests many strategies for increasing self-control. One of these strategies is to develop a seemingly unrelated habit, such as improving your posture or saying “yes” instead of “yeah” or flossing your teeth every night before bed. This can strengthen your willpower in other areas of your life. Additionally, once the new habit is ingrained and can be completed without much effort or thought, that energy can then be turned to other activities requiring more self-control. Tasks done on autopilot don’t use up our stockpile of energy like tasks that have to be consciously completed."
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Riffing off psychologist Roy Baumeister’s fantastic book Willpower, Erin Rooney Doland advocates for learning new habits by starting small in an excerpt from the forthcoming 99U anthology Manage Your Day-to-Day.
Also see how to rewire your habit loops. Because, as William James knew, habit is everything.
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Nacho Ormaechea is the creator of these incredible digital collages where he replaces human forms with contrasting visual elements. While definitely reminiscent of double exposures, these images are defined by the portrait’s clean-cut lines that open portals into distant scenes.
Portraits With Human Forms Replaced by Visual Portals
via Colossal
