Today’s Words of Wisdom:

I used to think that being stuck, incapable of generating new ideas is the worst feeling in the world (especially if the job relies on coming up with new ideas every day), but I have quickly learned that there is a feeling more disheartening than that. Being stuck in momentum can be much more impaling, no matter how hard you try you just can’t get the ball rolling. Fighting a constant uphill battle can be taxing to both the mind and the body. That feeling you get when you have an Idea, and a plan, but can’t seem to get anything moving is entirely unpleasant ~like a deep sinking feeling or a slow rolling fog of despair. Today morning, as I sit here with an acacia tainted coaster, clasping at the helms of my pearl white teacup. I find that I too might be clasping at ideas whose implementation might be out of my reach. And I realize, just as the coaster can’t impact the mug, I can’t impact these ideas. This neither makes my ideas less real or worthless to pursue, But a realization that this baby might just be for someone else. Just as the coaster serves a purpose, so do I. And so, do you. The coaster holsters the cup, until someone else comes and picks it up, takes it away from you. And like that, we should learn to not holster ideas, but in fact, help desiminate it, If you truly feel that it is a great idea, ) it might be beneficial to let it go and have someone else take a flight of it. So, let that idea you’ve been harboring go, let someone else take a proverbial sip of the tea you’ve been holding on to. It will not only free you up for the next cup of steaming hot press, but it is refreshingly beautiful giving that opportunity to someone else.

Lessons to Learn:

From my last post I have been steadily working on a few more posts (Subscribe to keep updated), however, I learned that because of my skill level and rougher writing skills it takes me longer to put out a ‘good’ piece in a traditional time — I am entirely aware of that. Therefore I have decided to implement a different strategy. I am going to be deploying a few different kinds of articles. ‘The Majors’, ‘The Minors’, and ‘The Movers’. This right here is part of ‘The Movers’, very tiny update articles with singular lessons and something to get the day moving. Let me know what you think of this strategy.

The Longer turn times for ‘The Majors’ is due to not only the story telling aspect, but making the article look good, if you haven't noticed, I put time not only in designing the graphical style of my page, but also creating graphical content that complements the article I am writing about. If i am critiquing an Application, I will mock up how I think they can solve the problems I highlight. If I am writing about an Idea, and I feel like creating a short explanation complimentary video might serve best, I will do that. Whatever I feel has the best story-telling potential is going to be the way i complement my words. but I have a problem: I don’t have a clue how to use these apps. My exposure to the Adobe CC Suite is very minimal, I can totally see it’s story letting power, and I want to make the most of it. But this requires me taking the time to sit down and learn these tools. So please bare with me :) In the mean time, why don’t you go ahead and follow. Let me explain the Process of making a post: