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Tag: Productivity
The Creative Life – Episode One
Getting to grips with the Bohemian lifestyle from a guy who loads trucks for a living. Expert shit here.
Including douchy acronyms!
In order to bring something to fruition you need several things.
Material
Energy
Time
Honesty
Organization
Desire
Skill
METHODS!
Being an artistic type is just as simple as that! Mmmhm. Formulas are great!
For just ten thousand easy payments of 9.99 you are kan art too. Now open that wallet Guru needs a Maserati to inspire people to art.
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TFS 8 – Feng Shui, O and A Origins, and talking Talking Heads
As I swing in right after a major organizational effort I introudce Mr. Money Moustache’s concept of hedonic adaptation somewhat (eh..) accurately. I then go on to discuss the participation trophy trope and how puzzlingly popular it remains among right wing blowhards. I then launch into a wholesale investigation of blowhards (ok I’m giving myself too much credit but I get a good peek into the world of hot air) and blowhardiness in general.
Who the fuck cares what Joe Rogan is reading?
Mr. Money Moustache’s Badass Site: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/?s=hedonic+adaptation
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TFS 7 – Bureacratic Limbo, Inescapable Flow States, and Breakfast Cake
A semi-solipsistic shotgun blast of impromptu theorizing.
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TFS 6 – Canned Experience, Language and Inclination, You are the “Audience”
HD and beyond bring a level of immersion that destroys a barrier we might have been better off keeping. Do world languages shape cultures and the capacities of the people that comprise those cultures. When creating for an audience remember that the audience is really your own conceptions. Don’t worry too much about pleasing your own conceptions. Your audience will thank you.
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TFS 5 – No one respects your time, Timing Out, and other Temporal Woes
A mess with wine stained lips (and something in his teeth: it’s suggested you just listen and forego looking at the disaster) sits too close to the camera and prattles about the following:
Nobody respects your time as an artist – nobody respects your time period – you don’t respect your time
Benefits of making topical YouTube videos (maybe everybody should do it)
Am I too much of a grouch about popular shows like Walking Dead and Game of Thrones
Probably Not – (See: Saw Movies)
Back when I was younger I somewhat considered doing standup way way waaaaaaaaay back in the back of my mind
I’m thirty years old should I start now?
Considering I’m not really funny probably not but still it’s a fun question this age cap thing
My thirty something male friends freaking out about their love lives/futures cause they’ve had a shitty marriage etc…it is to laugh
There’s two types of creators in this instant info world – ones who are reticent due to actual professionalism and ones that do so to cultivate a sense of mystery that keeps audiences guessing
examine: being real vs being cool/put together
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Imperial Japan, Bertrand Russell, and Productivity (Vlog Thing)
Finally back in the house.
It’s a touch difficult to pick a title for one of these vlogs that’s all over the place. So, I sort of just listed some of the main topics under discussion.
I go over those and some odds and ends of life and new responsibilities. I take that rabbit trail to less solipsistic ends by talking about the importance of applying discipline at opportune times.
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The Importance of Setting Limits
So, I was just considering finishing a vlog and posting it. But, I realized it’s late and I have not been getting adequate rest. So, I asked myself: How good is this vlog going to be? Sure, I feel the creative juices surging RIGHT NOW but how much of that is fatigue induced illusion? I’ve already posted today and some distance and reflection would probably be a good idea…
Furthermore, don’t I know better? Haven’t I spent hours reading health blogs, books, and listening to podcasts about sleep?
Sure, there is that old writers trick of staying awake in order to slay inhibitions. But, as someone who also works a rather gruelling day job is that really wise?
And, finally I concluded. Hey, your goal is consistent content, consistent creative effort, and learning new things. That means you need to know when you have energy and when you have time. These things don’t very easily come to those who do things simply when inspiration strikes. Furthermore these things DEMAND sleep in order to be fully digested and utilized.
So, while there is the nagging desire to DO MORE RIGHT NOW to really MARATHON IT; there is also the sobering knowledge that doing more means you have to do it smarter.
I hope this helps folks with similar itches.
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Are You Lazy
We often describe ourselves as lazy. But are we?
I caught myself making this ‘Mea Culpa’ in yesterday’s video.
Considering my day job, my workouts, and my attempts at writing and learning computer science odds and ends I don’t think this is entirely accurate.
But then again it kind of is. First, because I could do all these things a lot better. And second because I still avoid boring or difficult activities even if they’re necessary.
And that I think is the way you can really tell to what degree you are lazy.
To what degree are necessary and useful things within your power to do being left undone as your finite time on this spinning bit of space debris slips away?
My self score is a solid 7/10. I should do something about it. But this wine sure is good and it would be nice to go for a stroll.
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Journey Addiction
When looking for a flow state we immediately want to make drastic changes to our environment. Or to run to a totally different environment. Why is that?
In my teenage and early twenties years this desire manifested itself as rather unworkable visions of hoboing around the states. Living in forests. Or some remote set of cheap apartments whose antique spartan interiors would be the catalyst for lots of work.
Now approaching thirty I’ve come to view this as a form of procrastination.
That being said I don’t think this is necessarily just an adolescent phase.
Work is transformation and whether internal or external so is travel. These things are likely associated on a subconscious level. So it’s no wonder that folks of all ages crave pilgrimages of various stripes.
The idea of sequestering is not without merit. There’s a lot to be said with laying back after chopping up some fuel and watching the evening moon bob between swaying trees. It is a superb catalyst for creativity and flow states.
But for most folks camping trips are vacations. Yes, if you’re dedicated to being a crazy forest dwelling artist then it can become your life. But of course you now run the risk of the new normal. Perhaps getting over the lack of novelty is part of the art of longer journeys.
But…if that’s the case why not simply get over the lack of novelty right now and pull out that notebook?
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