- i can get anything i want, but i would need to know what i want. and from there, do the work
- lilcowgirl7 on tumblr says... ⤷ "you cannot live alone on the fantasies you feed to your mind, eventually you have to touch your life for real, assess and analyze your habits, understand your character, try not to hate yourself for your character as it was shaped when you were very young by circumstances outside of you, and begin learning how to cope with your character, how to build habits that work for you, finish small projects, finish big projects, expose yourself to more uncomfortable situations, assess why you want to leave that friendship before you leave it, raise your anxiety levels on purpose, so that you can grow, raise your work load on purpose, so that you can grow, so that you can build resilience, so that your life expands, and can be experienced by you in full and in reality."
- ankit @poetofgrindset on twt says... ⤷ "slowly realizing that there's a huge gap between people being ambitious about bringing their ideas to life and actually starting with small projects and eventually becoming at ease at executing big projects that span months, and years. what really closes the gap is this tough realization that no amount of ambition, gathering knowledge, and conveying your ideas can compensate for getting your hands dirty and failing for a while..."
- ohthebrave on tumblr says... ⤷ "it doesn't happen like that. you don't just wake up one day and find that everything has worked itself out. you must get out of bed, morning after morning, and make a conscious effort to control the circumstances of that given day. you must learn to handle your issues with grace because you respect what they are attempting to teach you. you must drown your insecurities slowly, one self-realization at a time. you must allow yourself to feel the fear bubbling just beneath your skin but you must never allow it the satisfaction of crippling you; grit your teeth and march on. you see, they never tell you how hard these things will be. this fight to reclaim yourself is not easy or straightforward but, my god, is it necessary."
- 6i on tumblr says... ⤷ "it takes years to develop your craft. do not romanticize the idea of an 'overnight success'. be a student. grow organically. get really good. hate your work. start over. find new ways to express the same ideas. the student becomes the master. your time will come."
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