I'm the kind of person that likes to be busy, and when that comes around you would expect me to like to do new things. This is true however I still suffer from not doing things, namely things I don't like to do. An example of such a thing would be the paper I have due next Wednesday. So I will break down what I do to not do something.
Step 1: Do research. I end up doing a lot of research to no particular gain when I could have actually started the project. This is actually quite low on my part to be honest. I don't actually do too much research because sometimes, depending on the situation, I find that doing research simply equates to starting the project.
Step 2: Social Media. I think everyone goes through this at some time where you end up checking to see if you're up to date on everything and I go through a rotation of the various sites to end up on the first one again and check it for any updates. At a certain point I will continue rotating through sites even though I know there is going to be nothing new. At this point I move to the next step
Step 3: Start a new Project? This is something that I do that I'm not sure a lot of people do. Because I like to be busy I love starting new projects. Every project has a goal of improving something about myself. A written project would challenge my writing skills and narrative skills. You may be thinking is this really a way of procrastinating? Yes, most of these projects become unfinished and only end up being time wasters. The only thing is that I never delete any of them so that perhaps someday they will come back and be useful. I tend to start working on one or another to avoid doing something else like my paper. Do I try to stop myself from doing this project? No because by doing this project I don't have to do my other one. If I didn't have any projects to work on I would be very bored and maybe I would end up doing my paper. On the other hand I might revert back to steps 1 & 2.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
"Terrorism"
On the topic of fear, this song had something along the lines of overcoming so I decided to share it.
By: Neru
Singer: Kagamine Rin (鏡音リン)
Fear in ______
There are things we like and things we don't like. One of the things we like is acknowledgement. No matter who we are, even if you're the most selfless person on Earth, there is always a part of you that wants to be acknowledged for something. On the counterbalance of acknowledgement is rejection.
Rejection is one of the biggest fears that people have. It's what drives people off the edge and is the number one producer of fear. While people have a fear of other things namely death, there are countless situations where people's fears of rejection overpower their fear of death. This fear of rejection is the leading force that drives people to stop trying to do something. This will result in failed projects no outcome.
Fear of failure is something that everyone runs into and it's the thing that keeps us back. It's been a running trend of mine to create massive amounts of projects to do. More in the sense of quantity over quality so that I can get over my fear of failure. Typically the problem I run into is the sense of this gets boring or there is simply too much work. That results in a dropped project and unfinished work. The amount of unfinished and dropped projects I have is something that strikes me as remarkable. This leaves ideas floating around that tend to congregate and form into new ideas. When I start working on new art forms it always shocks me how much I'm afraid of messing up. This is something I've noticed recently when I start drawing. I know where I fail and it discourages me from trying because I know it will end up bad. At the same time I know I need to keep doing it or I won't improve.
As a system to combat this problem I tend to do everything I'm confident in first and then leave that part untouched until the end. I will use a reference image and copy it. I do this multiple times over an extended period. I don't like to do it in a short period because of discouragement, However there is one thing that art has really taught me. It's that to achieve something one must be confident. When you draw a line you want a solid and smooth looking line, that requires confidence and determination. While I still like to use scratchy lines I'm been using more solid lines and finishing most of my drawings. I'm also started trying to draw in pen to improve my confidence in my lines. There are times when I realize that I should stop worrying about whether it's good or not and just to get it done.
Nothing was ever achieved with fear. Fear only holds us back from achievements and nothing is finished or done when fear is present. When a dictator takes hold of a country, he rules with fear. Fear so that no one does anything, so that he is the only one with confidence and he leads his country. While fear is necessary for the survival of a person, it's something that we need to overcome to be able to succeed in life.
Rejection is one of the biggest fears that people have. It's what drives people off the edge and is the number one producer of fear. While people have a fear of other things namely death, there are countless situations where people's fears of rejection overpower their fear of death. This fear of rejection is the leading force that drives people to stop trying to do something. This will result in failed projects no outcome.
Fear of failure is something that everyone runs into and it's the thing that keeps us back. It's been a running trend of mine to create massive amounts of projects to do. More in the sense of quantity over quality so that I can get over my fear of failure. Typically the problem I run into is the sense of this gets boring or there is simply too much work. That results in a dropped project and unfinished work. The amount of unfinished and dropped projects I have is something that strikes me as remarkable. This leaves ideas floating around that tend to congregate and form into new ideas. When I start working on new art forms it always shocks me how much I'm afraid of messing up. This is something I've noticed recently when I start drawing. I know where I fail and it discourages me from trying because I know it will end up bad. At the same time I know I need to keep doing it or I won't improve.
As a system to combat this problem I tend to do everything I'm confident in first and then leave that part untouched until the end. I will use a reference image and copy it. I do this multiple times over an extended period. I don't like to do it in a short period because of discouragement, However there is one thing that art has really taught me. It's that to achieve something one must be confident. When you draw a line you want a solid and smooth looking line, that requires confidence and determination. While I still like to use scratchy lines I'm been using more solid lines and finishing most of my drawings. I'm also started trying to draw in pen to improve my confidence in my lines. There are times when I realize that I should stop worrying about whether it's good or not and just to get it done.
Nothing was ever achieved with fear. Fear only holds us back from achievements and nothing is finished or done when fear is present. When a dictator takes hold of a country, he rules with fear. Fear so that no one does anything, so that he is the only one with confidence and he leads his country. While fear is necessary for the survival of a person, it's something that we need to overcome to be able to succeed in life.
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