V In Everything

Category: feelings

  • I Can Do Hard Things

    I think I had another epiphany just now and I love those moments! I had an interview with a recruiter that reached out to me, which is great timing given that I’ve been laid off last week. The interview went great and I think I’m perfect for the job, but the next step is the…

  • The Work Is Not Done Until It’s Out in Public

    I’ve been thinking about all of my unfinished projects lately. They’ve been weighing on me for many years now. For some, I’ve been able to let go, for others they are still sitting there waiting for me to finish them. I find that this is also the case for projects that I have finished making…

  • Let It Go

    Since I started taking painting more seriously at the beginning of last year I have felt a creeping anxiety about taking my art to the next level. Not necessarily skill-wise, though there is that too, but more in the “become a professional artist” sort of a way. All signs (books, articles, blog posts, videos, etc)…

  • The Nature of Creativity and Originality in Art

    I often worry that I’m not very creative. I don’t really come up with out of the box ideas or with anything genuinely novel. I do like making things that are artistic though, which colloquially falls under the “creative person” umbrella. But I don’t think I really do anything new or unique. The thing that…

  • Get My Plan Face On?

    I reread my post about going with the energy flow. In its conclusion I stated that I’ll be focusing on my energy levels and seeing what feels like what and figuring out a system that might work for me. As soon as I hit “post” the idea of tracking that sort of thing completely flew…

  • It’s All Connected

    It’s All Connected

    I’ve been feeling a lot like the conspiracy meme lately. I’m Charlie Day, ranting in front of a conspiracy board. Conspiracies are interesting because they tug at our love of puzzles and mysteries and ultimately reach a satisfying conclusion: it’s all connected. To anyone who is paying attention it’s perhaps not at all news that…

  • Keep Going

    The kids have been needing me a lot more in the evenings and throughout the night lately, which has left me with no time or energy to work on my creative pursuits. In looking at my thorough documenting of my writing every day, I decided to come up with a system to keep track of…

  • All the World’s a Stage… and I’m a Player, Babey

    Shakespeare’s famous quote came to mind today as I thought about impostor syndrome in tech. Specifically, I was thinking about my own impostor syndrome working in tech, but the writing on the wall of my current company has made me anguish and become very blasé. As one famous tumblr user put it, I’m going to…

  • Tiny Measures

    I’ve perhaps already written about this. If not on this blog then certainly on tumblr. On the night of January 17, 2024 I read a post on tumblr about some award winning author who writes something like 200 words a day. He is a writer as his primary occupation so the limit is not due…

  • Go with the Energy Flow

    I read a Substack article today that has been bouncing around my brain for a bit. The thesis of it is that capitalism and the structure of the workday, ie: expecting consistent productivity and output, is based on the hormonal cycles experienced by men (testosterone peaks in the morning, wanes throughout the day, resets at…