people have mad respect for farmers who get up early every morning to collect eggs from the chickens but nobody ever talks about me, the guy who has to get up even earlier to put eggs in the chickens so they can lay them before the farmer gets there
pretty shitty how baseline human activities like singing, dancing and making art got turned into skills instead of being seen as behaviors
so now it’s like ‘the point of doing them is to get good at them’ and not ‘this is a thing humans do, the way birds sing and bees make hives’.
I know I’ve posted this before, but it bears repeating.
This is a thing humans do; you don’t have to be good at it to enjoy it.
This. Yes.
I want to stick on another addendum though. Never define “good at it” by comparing what you do to what others have done. Never get in the mindset of “my stuff doesn’t look/read/sound like what this person over here made, therefore mine is awful and I suck.” Nooooo, nonono. Comparison is the delight-killer.
Embrace your differences, style, quirks, weirdness, what have you. Explore them, enjoy them, have fun with them! What makes your creation important is YOU, your unique perspective, your unique being and doing. Your unique humanity.
honestly, normalize quitting. it’s so okay to drop a course, quit a job 3 weeks in, leave a relationship when it isn’t giving you what you need. quitting isn’t a sign of weakness, isn’t a sign that you’re not trying enough. a lot of the time, it’s a sign that you are prioritizing yourself and your values, and that should be honoured.
i feel like it’s pretty fucked up how it’s just a given that if you work back of the house in a restaurant it’s gonna be a fucking nightmare? please god could we just have like government PSAs about how you might have to wait a little for your food so that people aren’t becoming alcoholics because they work at five guys
I’m not kidding. I have zero problem ordering ahead and waiting an hour for chipotle so that some 19 year old isn’t subjected to cia torture tactics because they aren’t prepping beef fast enough. insane industry.
if you’re a praying mantis, it can be all three at once
Okay but consider a crime family related comedy based on this concept… Like child asks mob boss for permission to take someone out, mob boss parent thinks the child is interested in finally joining the family business, child actually wants to go on first date. Cue lines like “Do you want to meet them beforehand?” “No, I’m sure that you know what qualities to look for in your mark.” “His name is John…” Cue shenanigans
Alternatively, the same concept but backwards. Child is actually asking for permission to assassinate someone but the parent thinks they want to go on their first date. Parent is insistent on meeting them first, making sure the location is right, etc. The child is like “…okay.” but assumes parent is just overexcited about the first kill. Cue shenanigans
