YOU NEED TO BE BORED MORE OFTEN

Loved this video! Yes!

I very much enjoy going out for a run for this same reason: when you're "bored", you have time to think about things you don't make time for, and you get to think about questions and answers you wouldn't have had time to think about if you would have been "entertained" scrolling through your feed. 

I'm trying to get better at it.

[Video of: Arthur C. Brooks via HBI]

NOW PLAYING: ALABASTER DEPLUME - IF YOU'RE SURE YOU WANT TO

Honestly, I knew nothing about them before writing this post. Their music came up and I had to look them up! It makes me feel like a character in a whimsy silent film. If that makes any sense. 😆

P.S. Music links by odesli, a site I discovered via Chris Glass.

WHY DO WE NEED TRINKETS | A GRAPHIC DESIGN DISCUSSION

 

What are trinkets and why we love them. Is it nostalgia? An act of escapism from the day to day life? A way to express our personalities and interests?

Loved this short, sweet and insightful video by duda creative

PACITA ABAD - FIRST RETROSPECTIVE NOW AT THE AGO

The work of the late Philippine-born artist Pacita Abad is making its Canadian debut at the Art Gallery of Ontario as part of her first retrospective.

 

FIVE THINGS I LEARNED AFTER BLOGGING DAILY FOR A WEEK

Hi, I'm Carla, I love blogs, and for the past little while I've been running some experiments online. 

I haven't told a lot of people I've started a YouTube channel nor that I've started blogging again. Instead, I'm now trying to figure out what I'm trying to say as well as finding a style and rhythm. 

Getting to this point has been the culmination of a long process overthinking the process and at some point I decided to just go for it, so here we are!

For context, I enjoy writing and reading about daily life as much as I love a good blog sharing about musings and curiosities, so I figured the most honest thing I could do was to keep a balance of these two.
 

Here's a bit about my posting strategy and some things I've observed so far: 

• Not every post needs to be a masterpiece. 

• It's important to build momentum. Smaller pieces help with that. 

• This video really helped me reframe how I think about these two.

• You become more aware of ideas that might be interesting to share.

• It feels less daunting to work on bigger posts knowing there is content being shared and that not everything relies on that one bigger piece.

* I've established to blog throughout the week and to take time off over the weekend.

I've also realized I need to figure out a few things like: 

• Find a system to bookmark links I'd like to save to revisit / share in the future. 

• Should I make a routine to find a time to blog during the day (morning/night) or should I blog whenever I find the time? I've realized it's easier to share as soon as I can, otherwise I can start second guessing myself, I get busy, the excitement gets lost or I simply forget about it.

• Do I feel comfortable creating content in advance? For interviews, features and special projects this sort of makes sense but I think the excitement of sharing something when you see it is something I would like to keep.


My main priority right now is to keep building the habit and to enjoy the process.