A ticket to hating your life

"There is this insane myth in our culture that if you do what you love, the money will naturally follow. It’s one of those deceptive half truths that often leads to humiliation.

Most people’s passions make them feel good about themselves. If you’re good at painting, for example, then it’s likely that you receive lots of social validation from others regarding your painting. Your job might suck, but at least you feel fulfilled as a painter.

So what happens if you try to become a professional painter and fail at that? What happens if you have to make more paintings just to make ends meet and the quality of your paintings suffer? What happens if you fail as a professional artist?

If you fail at job-ifying your passion then it’s likely that you’ve lost a large (in some cases, the largest) source of your self-esteem. And most people don’t want to risk that.

If you try and fail at job-ifying your passion, then one of the greatest sources of your energy and self worth may start making you feel like shit.

That’s why . . ."

This sums up alot of what has happened to me recently, thus why I have been quiet for a long time!

Comments

Cymry said…
Pet! Good to see you back! Love the new blog theme..are those your kitties? Stop hating yourself, we all love you ;)
August 10, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Ima Peccable said…
Those were orphaned kittens I was hoping to get a home for, but ended up taking to the county shelter after having them here for two weeks.
I still have Gomez and Chewy, will try to post some pictures of them on Flickr and hang a link here for you to see them.
I am rebuilding my website and applying to jobs on Odesk and at Semper, will keep you posted!
*hugs*
August 13, 2008 at 6:14 PM
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