February 18, 2010 – 3:37 am
I have a curious form of writer’s block going on lately. I think of an idea. I totally flesh it out and know the idea in and out. I even run the idea by other people and see if they like it. If they do, I get prepared to write about it. Then when I go to write about it I just can’t do it. I get nervous, self conscious or suddenly end up hating the idea. It’s weird and I don’t really know what to do about it. It’s pretty infuriating actually.
I do have an idea though. Ideally, this writer’s block is caused by a failure to concentrate. Why am I unable to concentrate? There could be a lot of reasons for that, but the one I choose to blame it on today for the purpose of this post is that I have too many thoughts. I can’t focus on a single thing because I am trying to focus on a lot of things. Basically, I have too much on my mind to properly concentrate. How do I solve this? Well, I just sort of spit it all out. RIGHT HERE. RIGHT NOW. Sounds fun, right? Well, let’s get to it. read more »
November 22, 2009 – 12:40 am
I have been thinking about the notion of having goals lately. I have never been a person who plans that far ahead in life or sets goals with deadlines. In my experience every time I have tried, it hasn’t worked out as I planned it to. This isn’t to say that I don’t have goals, just that they don’t really mean anything. Here’s a few goals that I have.
- Own a BMW: BMW’s are awesome, one of the finest cars you can possibly drive. I’d like to drive one.
- Buy a house.
- Take all my friends to Disney World: I have this memory of my whole family (my parents, my cousins and their parents) and a few of my parent’s friends all going down to Disney World when I was a kid and I just think it would be awesome to recreate that experience with my friends because, well, we are a lot more fun. Also, Disney World is awesome.
- Be a guest on the Adam Carolla Podcast: I think I’m a funny guy, but if this ever happened I would have undeniable proof.
- Sell a screenplay: This has been a goal of mine since I was 17 years old and it will remain a goal of mine until the day it is accomplished, no matter what.
Looking at that list these are all decent goals, right? Maybe a little farfetched, but definitely some things to strive for. The thing is if I were to accomplish #5, the rest would be pretty damn easy to accomplish because they are all tied into money and success. Without money, I am not going to get to drive a BMW and that’s just the way it is. Does that make these bad goals? Does that make me a failure if I never accomplish any of them? I don’t think so, but if I did accomplish them all it’d be pretty fucking awesome wouldn’t it? In the end that’s why I set them and set them so high because if I don’t accomplish them I can live with that and still be happy, but if I do accomplish them it will be the coolest thing ever and we’ll all go to Disney World.
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