The world’s most awkward family breakfast
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase; they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative, work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know that it’s normal and the important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you finish one piece. It’s only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take a while. It’s normal to take awhile. You just gotta fight your way through.”
— Ira Glass (via oddhour)
“Based on small case studies, the top 5 regrets of dying are: 1) Not living life being true to self 2) Having worked too hard 3) Not having the courage to express feelings 4) Not staying in touch with friends, and 5) Not letting yourself be happier.”
— I read something a while back and from then I made a decision to change so that none of these become my lifetime regrets and so far it’s working! ☺️🙌🏾 (via kushandwizdom)
the good place: relatable edition
As I get older I’m finding that a lot of the “intellectuals” I used to admire are actually just condescending and pretentious. And also realizing how much more important it is to be present, considerate, and empathetic because nobody really knows what they’re talking about and anyone who claims to know everything about anything is feeding you bs.
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
I am also realizing that actual intellectuals make their subjects easy to understand, and faux intelectuals will attempt to baffle.
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”
- Albert Einstein
“In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well for years I was smart, I recommend pleasant.”
-Elwood P. Dowd, “Harvey”
this unsettles me in ways I cannot understand
the new year is fast approaching and although I initially wanted to write my new year’s resolution, I decided that they weren’t going to be effective at all. However, I did find out that there are other ways to make 2018 as fruitful as possible. Here are some things you can try!
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 16: (L-R) Patrick Gomez of People and Actors Darien Sills-Evans, David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, Rell Battle, Jermaine Fowler, Judd Hirsch, Katey Sagal and Anna Baryshnikov attend SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Conversations with ‘Superior Donuts’ at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Screening Room on March 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Meet the Pussycats.
maybe.. rebel without a cause?