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Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay | WIL WHEATON dot NET
When I was younger, I would have completely ignored the first one, and obsessively focused on the second one to the point of feeling shitty about myself. Part of having Imposter Syndrome is believing that people who praise you are dupes, while the people who criticize you can actually see through everything. But the thing is, the guy who isn’t thrilled has every right to feel that way, and I don’t take it personally. Not everyone digs what I do and what I bring to a project, and that’s totally cool. At the same time, it’s also pretty awesome that a lot of people do dig what I bring to a project, and that is also cool.
Consider this, about having perspective on criticism: If you enjoyed making a thing, and you’re proud of the thing you made, that’s enough. Not everyone is going to like it, and that’s okay. And sometimes, a person who likes your work and a person who don’t will show up within milliseconds of each other to let you know how they feel. One does not need to cancel out the other, positively or negatively; if you’re proud of the work, and you enjoyed the work, that is what’s important.Don’t let the fear of not pleasing someone stop you from being creative.
The goal isn’t to make something everyone will love; the goal is to get excited, and make a thing where something wasn’t before
via Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay | WIL WHEATON dot NET.
RIP Nelson Mandela
Saddened but not surprised. RIP.
The Next Philippine President
I think I am a busy person but interacting with people such as my bosses leaves me to believe that I am not nearly as busy as I can be.
To combat all the down time that interacting in this world entails; Things like waiting for the 15-45 minutes that will take to cook your food or other stuff like waiting for a meeting or lunch date; I’ve devised thought experiment like games that try to think about either medium/hard solution, medium/long horizon , and or medium/hard cooperative problems.
One of these mental games I’ve played the past year is to envision the next Philippine President. To be more accurate who are the candidates that can better lead our country than our present presidential wannabees like Binay, Mar, Bong Bong and the like.
To answer this question entails answering some bounding questions. Some of which I will state next.
- Winnability.
- Personal/Organizational Network.
- Integrity.
This is a short list and I actually have a much longer list in mind.
I am writing this down for posterity’s sake.
To state that I’ve been thinking about this for more than a year.
And it has been a very fun thought experiment.
The problem with all the Haiyan outrage.
The problem with all the outrage is that the outraged people have never had to move hundreds of tons of goods hundreds of miles without the benefit of the pan philippine highway. This makes the outrage of slowness more of a gut reaction rather than an examination of the physical constraints that the men and women of the government/military have to deal with. As highlighted by Winnie Monsod. Did you really think you could have done better? If you did well you probably have a healthy self worth. What our nation needs to heal is a truth commission like post mortem for us to understand what we could have done better and what we did wrong. As an aside, Notice the lack of outrage from veterans of calamities far smaller than Haiyan. Mr Peque Gallaga/Mr Anderson do not forget the physical constraints. Mr President do not forget that sometimes people just need to know somebody is in charge.
Making a Difference In Our Own Ways
A few years ago I would have been first in line in these drives to pack relief goods for disaster victims.
I have to take the practical route. Each overtime hour I log in work is around 400 pesos of donatable cash.
I’ve already donated 4000(practically 10 hours of my life earmarked for and iPod Touch) in various charities mostly the world food program since I’ve been donating to them consistently since I started working in 2008.
I just have to take the practical view. To earn by doing overtime and donating is where my efforts are best spent.
A note to self when I get the urge to go do something physical to help our countrymen.
Nirvana's 'In Utero' and Counting Crows' 'August and Everything After' 20 years later – Grantland
The second camp is a lot less glamorous — it’s just realistically sad. “Anna Begins” by Counting Crows is an example of a realistically sad song. It describes a scenario that occurs in nearly everyone’s life at least once (if you’re lucky) between the ages of 16 and 23: A person falls in love with a friend, the friend is interested in possibly reciprocating, they consummate their feelings, it doesn’t work, and the relationship is ruined. The song is so direct and plainspoken that it hardly seems like art;11 it just sounds like dialogue that’s been transcribed from a million arguments between emotionally exhausted parties:
It does not bother me to say this isn’t love
Because if you don’t want to talk about it then it isn’t love
And I guess I’m going to have to live with that
But I’m sure there’s something in a shade of gray
Or something in between
And I can always change my name if that’s what you mean
via Nirvana’s ‘In Utero’ and Counting Crows’ ‘August and Everything After’ 20 years later – Grantland.
rePost::The 7 Questions That Tell You Who You Are | Thought Catalog
The 7 Questions That Tell You Who You Are
APR. 28, 2013 By BRIANNA WIEST
Many of the answers we’re seeking are answers we already have. We just don’t know how to access them. Understanding who you are isn’t something you stumble upon one day. It’s embedded within you; you just have to be vulnerable long enough to uncover it. Your everyday actions are shouting what you may not be conscious of.
1. What would you do with your life if you didn’t have to pay the bills? If money weren’t an issue, what would you do with your days? Would you write? Read? Sing? Whatever it is, you have to do that thing. Money is an interesting phenomenon that completely controls our everyday lives without having any purpose other than sustainability in the form of purchasing from others what we could produce and create right in our own backyards. Consider that when you’re deciding between a soulless job that will make you rich versus a life that will feed your passions.
2. What cuts you the deepest? So much is defined by what we’re most affected by. Really, what do you not even want to think about right now because it brings you so much emotion? Let those things in, and sit with them. Consider them. Integrate them in your life. We call this acceptance. It doesn’t mean you have to like it, it just means it is something that moves you very deeply for some reason, so you shouldn’t ignore it. Figure out what that reason is.
3. If you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today? I’d write. I’d sit outside, go for a walk or hike, and write. I’d write letters to my family. I’d probably write articles or ideas for articles. I try (and usually do) those things every day regardless. Not because I have to, or because a writing career is what’s going to best pay off my student loans. But because it’s what I want to do most. It’s who I really am.
4. Who do you love and why do you love them? The first people that come to mind are very much a part of who you are. But what’s even more important is why you love these people. Where is your love and what is it based on?
5. What do you quote? I’m always interested by what people quote, especially on social media, because really, they’re not bringing your attention to something that someone wise said as much as they are trying to tell you something about themselves. Look at what you want to perpetuate to other people, when you yourself can’t find the words. What strikes you most is who you are.
6. In those rare but life-changing moments, how do you act? When you’re at the end of your rope and you have to make a decision, which way do you choose? Notice the patterns in the paths you choose to take. Notice how you help others when they ask for it. Notice more how you help when they don’t. Your instinctive, intuitive reactions do say something about you. I know some would argue that instincts are just by-products of technically being animals, but our instincts are also formed by the thoughts that we craft in our minds.
7. What do you think about most? It’s the little things that add up and create who you are, and if you really want to see where you’re at, write down the things you think about most. They are where you are most invested. They are where you are most curious, interested, perplexed, pained and inspired. These are the things and people who most tell you who you are, because they are the things and people who have remained with you, even if they’re not physically there anymore.
via The 7 Questions That Tell You Who You Are | Thought Catalog.
rePost::CHOKING ON MY ADOBO: P10B WORTH OF PORK
This is soo sad in so many levels
Let’s get real here and put penis-envy aside. There is nothing wrong wearing your Leboutins, Jimmy Choos or sporting all your Stella McCartneys, Herve Legers or Narciso Rodriguezes if what pays for your credit card bills was not extracted from the withholding tax of some humble employee who has to brave the long lines to get into the MRT and invest even greater courage cramped into the tiny space of a train coach overflowing with daily commuters just to get a salary of less than P9000 a month.
It is OK to stuff your mouth with delicious sushi filled with luscious salmon roe if what pays for your food was not filched from the VAT incorporated in the purchase of goods from a grocery that a minimum wage earner must pay for to feed his family on a
via CHOKING ON MY ADOBO: P10B WORTH OF PORK.
Musing 2013 08 14 2305H
Having not so good thoughts lately.
Why the hell am I feeling this way.
The more I am pushed to the front, the more I feel I need to just run.
I am in flux.
What the fuck?
Circles just going in circles.