Believe In Yourself
believe in yourself
Whenever you sit to work, remind yourself that you don't have to finish a thing ASAP or arrive at a solution ASAP
You just have to think about the solution and your brain will start making connections. Then all you have to do is go on about your task, slowly, without wanting it to be perfect or exactly as you want
You can do it, you have it in you
You just have to be patient
Don't try to finish a work task ASAP
Don't try do do it so well that you blow everyone's mind
Instead, do it with patience and remain aware of things around you
Believe in yourself
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humility and generosity
Humility is acknowledging your weaknesses, not denying your strengths
Generosity is elevating others, not diminishing yourself
86 units shy of a stupid degree
I don't have a marketing degree, so I work harder than those with one.
I don't have that piece of paper to point to when people ask for my qualifications so I've built a body of work that I can point to instead.
Work that I've poured my everything into.
Work that shows bottom-line improvement numbers because I don't have grades to show.
When I take up a project I put my back into it because I know that if I fail people won't attribute it to market conditions, budget constraints, or bad luck but to my lack of a marketing degree, formal education, and theoretical knowledge.
Salted Chocolate + Caramel Ice Cream Cake
life after death
Of course, there's life after death
For those in the living world
For those left behind
For the rest of us
silly little comic about chronic pain
[image id: an 8 panel comic
the first panel has a conversation between two people. the one on the right is a light gray, and facing away from the viewer. they are meant to represent a generic person. they are saying, "wow, chronic pain sounds like it sucks." sucks is written in a dark pink. the person on the right has tan skin, a pink shirt, and pink hair. he responds "haha yeah."
the second panel shows the same two people, with the first person saying "how do you tolerate it? i'd go crazy!" tolerate is written in a dark pink. the second person responsed "um..." and trails off
the third panel shifts to a drawing of the second person sitting curled into himself. it is entirely grayscale, except for his pink hair, which is a little more muted. the text around him reads "i tolerate it because not doing so isn't an option". 'isn't an option' is written in dark pink.
the fourth panel shows him sitting and leaning against the left edge of the frame, with his legs stretched out. it reads "because what else am i supposed to do?" supposed is in all caps and written in dark pink.
the fifth panel shows a torso up drawing of him in the bottom right corner. the text reads "i can't hope for a day i'll wake up and be better." better is written in dark pink and all caps on the left half of the panel.
the sixth panel shows him sleeping, with a brown dog near his head. the text above him reads "all i can do is make sure i wake up." wake up is written in dark pink.
the seventh panel is all text, reading "i tolerate it because it needs to be tolerable". tolerable is written in dark pink.
the eighth panel shifts back to the conversation between the two people. the man finishes his response to the other person's question with "i don't know".
end image id]
Human beings are not rational being, we're rationalizing beings
this guy gets it
autonomy and accountability go hand in hand
Autonomy without accountability is useless. You're free. Free for what? Free to do what? We need to specify. You're not free to fly like a bird and fall like a stone. You're not (always) free to travel without a visa.
Direction is important with freedom.
If you want autonomy you have to be accountable for something. The reverse is also true: If someone holds you accountable for something, they should give you autonomy.
