The New Year provides all kinds of hope. Both real, and false. If your gym gave you back a dollar for every day you went, would you make money on your New Year’s resolution? Better yet, if you made a bet with yourself to write, every day, would you put yourself in a position to succeed. […]
It isn’t a secret that beauty is born of pain. If you want abs, you need to put the work in… on the road and in the kitchen. If you want money, you need to put in the work. If you want family or meaningful relationships, you have to be able to give them the
People don’t jump mountains. They climb them, one step at a time. It’s hard. That’s the point. If it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth doing. Whatever you’re struggling with right now… you’re not the only one feeling that way. We are all behind on pages. Behind on making time for others. Behind. Behind. Behind. No matter what, when you’re trying to do everything,
The lights are always red, before they are green.They just are.There is a sea of red in front of you. What are you doing to do about it?Life has a way of laying quicksand in front of you when you are in a hurry and things just aren’t going your way.The world is against you.
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No matter what your medium. There is always temptation just before the finish line. Whether it is a writing block, a life circumstance, or another project that suddenly pops into your head that you think is even better than the one you’ve been working so hard on… and if you just take this moment to
Smarter…then HarderIn the middle of a long stretch, right around the time people’s tempers flare and their wits end, I often hear the phrase, “work smarter, not harder.”It isn’t helpful. It isn’t smart. It isn’t that the person saying it is dumb, that’s not it at all.It’s never a smart move to assume ignorance with a counterpart.
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There are way more work ponies than there are show ponies. If you don’t believe me, look in the acknowledgements section in a book. Open the front cover of even one of our comics. Sit through all of the credits on the next show or movie you watch. It takes a village. That’s not just a
None of us want to be a stepping stone. We don’t want to be buried on a hill overlooking the promised land without actually getting to go. But, that decision isn’t left up to us. In the case of artists, it is left up to the populous. That reliable. Dependable. Populous. That’s how writers go
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Everyone is afraid of the dark. Maybe not in your room. Maybe not in your home. But outside, with nothing but a clear sky to light the way, the darkness consumes. Every sound is accentuated, nature is alive in an audible array, and size becomes small. It is a nocturnal realm, akin to swimming with sharks. To
