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Your Heroes
It's said by someone I'm sure, you should never measure yourself to your heroes. A quote I came across earlier this week though said that "you shouldn't be trying to network up, you should be networking across". I don't particularly remember where I saw this quote, as I have a shitty memory, but I know it's been at the forefront of my mind. I also think the latter quote has been the cause for my personal introspection, and now I turn that outwards to you. The idea is explained that you shouldn't be trying to network with those who are already established, yet with your friends and neighbors who are establishing themselves. To this concept I say yes. That's why I work very closely with a network of like minded individuals and groups like Mehji Ent. I myself run a blogsite I just started up called The Renaissance Project. It's an art initiative I started to follow happenings if the underground art communities in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania currently. I hope to cover more as I get the chance to travel and meet more artists. I have been inconsistent in my content upload though. Not because I don't have things to post. The Mehji's have almost ten tapes on Spinrilla alone. Most of which were uploaded in the last couple of months. It's because I have been doubting why I even do what I do. I look to others who are more established than myself and think that I am foolish to be doing it all. It makes it hard because there are peers I have, that are significantly more successful. And admittedly sometimes, I wish to reach out to them. Sometimes I feel guilty for even wanting to say hi. I don't want them to feel like I'm mooching off of their hardwork and successes, so I leave them be. Honestly though, I needed to. I needed to stop putting so much pressure on where I wanted to be as an artist and start focusing more on what I wanted to produce as an artist.
By Dan-O8 years ago in Motivation
Meaning of Happiness
Happiness. The feeling that most people are hopeful to actually "feel" and experience. The feeling that is so difficult to describe. The feeling that I work hard towards achieving in my life and one that I wish to experience more of. I seem to be searching for that feeling lately, that experience, those moments that I can just sit in and soak in and hope that they never disintegrate. Happiness, is it a feeling? Or is it an experience? Or is it a place? Is it a state of mind? Or is it just one more thing that people search for and rarely find? Or is it something that a person finds but can't hold on to it for a prolonged period of time?
By Shelley Langel8 years ago in Motivation
Ready to Manifest?
This amazing app for manifestation is fresh on the app market! It is a must have for anyone who is awake and conscious of your energetic creative abilities. This app has it all! Jennifer Casolary, the creator of the Subliminal Vision Boards App, has thought of every detail. As I worked my way through the app, it continued to blow me away. It just kept giving and giving. As you move into using the experiential features of the app, you’ll create momentum! The more momentum you create, the more magnetic you become!
By Missy Conley8 years ago in Motivation
Best Self Help Books for Women in Their 20s. Top Story - January 2018.
Though it might seem like being in your 20s is an easy breezy time period in your life, it comes with a lot of questions, responsibilities, life changes, and an overwhelming feeling of being lost. Being in your 20s, you must admit you need all the help you can get. And there's nothing wrong with using the resources that are made just for aiding your success.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in Motivation
The Anti-Cliché
Before I begin, I ask of your forgiveness The holidays are over and I’m feeling pessimistic. The stress of expectation and anticipation is over, but so is the spirit of hope and new beginnings. So I ask you to bear with me as I criticize some of your favorite chlichés, point out what I believe to be some harsh realities, and get altogether down on myself.
By Ashlinn Parsons8 years ago in Motivation
I Want to Change the World
May I start with a little story, something that just found its way into my head? Thank you... Imagine it; a vast barren land, the smog is so thick you can't see the stars or the horizon no matter where you are. The rich live in domes, a bubble of indulgence with an artificial, projected sky, with rich, delicious, genetically modified superfoods. They have every lavish thing you could ever ask for, they're happy, without a care in the world. Machines do everything for them. They're all identical and they live healthy for over 150 years. The poor live outside, breathing the floating dirt output by the domes. Their homes are built from of scrap and trash, which are no match for the dust storms, their meals are just slime made of old discarded superfood. Not a single thing grows out here, and there's nothing to hunt. Everyone looks different from those on the inside, they have different skin, different eyes, voices and minds. They fight for the survival of one another... In vain more often than not, you're lucky if you live to 45.
By Liz Mountford8 years ago in Motivation
Stress Is Optional
If anyone had told me two years ago that "stress is optional," I would have rolled my eyes and then asked them what they're selling. But here's the truth of it—where you can't control your initial emotional response to stress, you can control the thoughts and decisions you make in response. When I first began practicing the techniques I will share here, it was very difficult to change the automatic responses I had wired my brain to make. However, I put the practice to the test every day and every time I remembered to. It wasn't long before I rewired my brain so that my automatic response to stress was to remain calm and think things through.
By Becca Willson8 years ago in Motivation
Life Is More Than a 5-Year Plan
“Where do you see yourself in five years?” The dreaded question that forces you, in that moment, to pronounce your planned career trajectory, allowing the person to whom you address your response to judge your character, ambition, talent and several other of your most important traits.
By Josh Firmin8 years ago in Motivation
Being Average
I always avoided being shirtless. Always. I never even wanted my own family to see the torso I was ashamed of. I set my standards low with everything and even developed a way of sitting, walking and breathing that wouldn't show anything I didn't want people to see. Especially wearing black, I wasn't an Emo, just self-conscious (that was a joke).
By Kyle Wright8 years ago in Motivation
