Tag: inspirational

Don’t Destroy your Own Creativity

 

The amount of Creativity we have in us can get destroyed by us. The reason I say that is because there are many times when we do not listen to our gut. Instead of listening to our gut we do what is safe. Then we fail later on to believe in what we know that we are capable of doing. Our creativity has to be nourished and cared for.

When we are working diligently towards a goal that uses our creativity we can think that it is going to not lead to anything. I learned that your wave is coming just give it time. Give your wave time to form. Because the process and journey is what will make the difference. We have to realize that this is a marathon.

There is no shortcut to achieving a goal. You can try to cheat and take shortcuts but there is no strength or validity to keep you where you have arrived. The days of working on that project you have took on to do for your portfolio to try and get that job and or product you’ve created to sale will be worth it. There is someone out there and an agency that will employ you.

I’ve learned that to be the truth from many experiences. Being difficult to not destroy my own creativity and what I am capable of. The saying that we our own worst enemy is the truth. The way that we think as a person determines a lot. Getting inside of your own head and not believing it will ever work out for you is what will happen.

When you stay determined as a creative and believe in yourself you’ll start to see things working in your favor. By that I mean the nights and days you work towards a goal you will be able to get closer to it and then eventually it will be achieved..

Swim in your Own Current

As a creative person and or a person in general we tend to not follow what we enjoy. By that I mean we follow what is so called trendy at the time. Then we conform our mentality and work to be cool. But don’t let me come across as I am saying it is bad.

What I am saying is that you should stay in your own lane. Staying in your own lane aka swimming in your own current. Instead of following doing what everyone else is doing do your own thing. There’s nothing wrong with following trends but if you do it your own way you’ll stand out more.

Which will show you basically putting your own mix on what is trendy. Then you’ll have people copying what you are doing. When people start copying you, you know that you are doing something right.

So do not be afraid to stay in your own lane and or swimming in your own current. The fear is nothing to be afraid of. Especially standing out and doing things your own way, that’ll be more fulfilling than just following what society puts upon you.

Hard work and Patience

Hard work and patience is one thing that is needed to get ahead in life. Because you cannot have one without the other. There are many people that want to take the shortcut or find a platform that has different company ownership or whatever. Well I feel they are not doing it for the long term or in other words putting in the work where they started.

Because putting in work for the long term is more valuable than a person who just shoots in the dark or go where the crowd goes. If you are following the crowd you should rethink your current mindset. You should not follow the crowd you have to realize that there is hope.

The reason why there is hope because you have it deep within you to achieve what it is you want to do. If you are not executing backing up your words you are not being honest with yourself. Another thing is if you are pretending to be popular when you know your followers are fake there are no shortcuts. 

Because those who are focused on the numbers will lose in the long run. The reason why is because they have not planned for the long term. One is better than zero. People talk about starting from the bottom when they have not wrapped their head around that saying.

Starting from the bottom and embracing the climb. The climb to go from something to nothing. Whether its getting the Graphic design job that you wanted or whatever. You have to be willing to put in the work. Graphic design projects everyday in whatever way possible. You can do it if you believe.

Also remember that there is hope for you. Hope is what will allow you to continue to move forward. Start executing and get your ass to work.

Hate losing more than you love winning

When it comes to losing you have to hate it more than you love winning. You may be thinking how is that even possible to do that. Well it all stems from desire within. This is something that you overtime can develop.

You know how wonderful we feel when we win something. You should have the same feeling when you lose and you have to develop the mentality of hating losing more than you love winning. Because the more we take the day to day systems we have established in various aspects and do not make the change for something better we will get left behind.

When you lose it should not be just a temporary hurt. The feelings should be one of anger and hate towards losing. I’m pretty sure you have had times when you got so upset with not achieving a goal you desired. The goal could be various things or maybe even emotional things.

Failing to achieve a goal that you know you did not give it your all, all the way through. I will be the first to admit that there has been times when I said to myself  “you know you half ass job on it”. Then I sit and think about what I could’ve done better well you know how the story goes. A life of what if’s but I do not dwell on that.

Keep hustling and stop crying. You have to work and grind your wishing is not going to get you anywhere.

Continued movement and still going strong

 

One thing that I am so proud of is that I am still going strong throughout all of the trials and tribulations I’ve endured. I’m pretty sure that you’ve been through some and you may be going through them right now. Well you have to keep at it and make it through them.

Because on the other side of the situation is what we all want to have. You have to continue moving forward meaning do not give up. I’ve experienced people who were so ignorant and no supportive of my goals. Well I know that I should not expect anyone to be supportive of my goals because they are my goals.

So therefore I should not expect them to be supportive. When this is a present situation that you can see right in front of yourself do not get out of character. Just keep your head down and focus on what you set to accomplish from the beginning. You may have experienced when you are out for a jog and your body just turns on a switch where your legs are just moving with ease.

This is the same way your mind can work. Because at first when you are just starting out running it will be hard and you’ll want to quit right away. Having the Mental capacity to be able to defeat the voice in your head that tells you stop wasting energy and just sit and wish for things to get better.

Continue moving and Keep going strong.

Weakness

What is a weakness that you have and you are just avoiding it? Because it seems to difficult to tackle it head on. But if you stop being scared you will make a drastic change in your life. You could be doing things that you know are bad for you or you have projects that you’ve planned.

Don’t worry I have been in the same predicament. The reason is because at times we try to over shoot. By overshoot I mean we think that the more we accomplish the better and more rewarding it will be. When in actuality its not as great as it sounds. The only way such a thing can be is if you have set goals and focused energy.

I learned that focused energy with a definite plan is golden. For example if you are setting out to go on a trip you have gps. Therefore you know which turns to take and even have an estimate on how long it will take you to get there. The same thing can be applied to your life.

Focus on your weakness and diminish it. If you are terrible at attention to detail set up a bootcamp for yourself. By bootcamp I mean for you to set rules for you to follow in regards to diminishing your weakness.

Jobs don’t have futures people do

We get so caught up in our job and then we tend to believe that it will lead us to our future. When actuality that is the not the truth. We think time and time again our job is our future. Well more or less that used to be the case with a lot of people.

But now times are different we as a world are smarter and have more access to each other than before. You create your future whether you believe it or not. Of course society tends to put upon us to do the norm which is go to school and then college, get into debt with student loans find a job and pay them back (hopefully) and well you know the rest.

Do your best to follow your heart and not let others silence you and crush your dreams. Whether you believe it or not you are capable as much as you believe you are. When you feel like giving up keep your believe in yourself to do whatever it takes to get to where you can see yourself.

Remember you get what you expect out of your life and what you deserve

Be Proud of who you are

 

If you are not proud of who you are I want to ask you why not? Whether you’ve graduated from college and you have not been able to land a job in the field you studied don’t worry. You should be proud that you have even made it this far. Just think of the people whom you studied with in school that just gave up.

This is part of the process of this thing called life. If you have graduated from design school or wherever you have to stay committed. Do your best to not be afraid of trying new things. Trying out things that they did not teach you in school matters. Just think what they taught you in school is from a book and your sheltered.

A great example is a mother who never really lets her children experience how it is hanging out with friends and other things. You will fail and fail some more. I have been failing and I know that it is something I cannot avoid. But what I can do is take notes whether writing them down or mentally and learn from it.

One major thing that shocked me was when I learned that right now may not be your time. Because you may want to be the best and change the industry you have the utmost passion for. Until the time comes make sure you are working on yourself and your skills. Because if you are working on yourself and improving your skills the time is going to come.

 

Have a great weekend.

What will die with you?

What are you doing right now that you know you should and or could be doing? Therefore what will die with you ?

Because at times we can be so scared to attempt something because of the social conditioning we’ve gotten from friends, family and society in general. So think of it this way its better for you to live life saying “I’m so glad I tried” instead of “I wish I had tried that”.