Perhaps one of the greatest downfalls that’s been known to befall our crew is our inability to remained focused on the tasks at hand. This is actually a pretty common fault amongst American youth, one that is often attributed to ADD and ADHD, but really just goes along with short attention spans which is a part of our lives granted to us through a constantly evolving media-rich environment. However, the laziness on our parts brings up my own rant, which I hope to be far shorter than the usual author.
People rarely look back upon their lives and measure it by standard methods of time, but rather utilize adjacent events in order to establish what time in their lives that occured. I use this example to bring your minds to the subject of goals. Take for example, the last time you went to a concert. It could have been last weekend, last night, or maybe a few years ago. In any regards, this was in a certain part of your life when you were working for a particular goal. Maybe you were trying to focus on education, writing a book, sketching out a cartoon series, or just figuring out what the next step may be. What makes people great is their constant striving towards goals, be they long-term or short-term.
Obvious examples of long-term goals spring to mind such as finishing school, starting a family, publishing a role-playing system core book, etc. These are what I call ‘the bitch goals.’ Think about it… how often have you married yourself to an ideal of a long-term goal, only to lose interest after a few weeks or months and set it on the back-burner. I know from personal experience that there are many books that will never be published in print that have already completed themselves mentally. In retrospect, I think I do the world a great service in this regard. On the other hand, I’ve finished college (twice).
Short-term goals are far more common. Maybe you want to save up to buy that new video game… beat said video game… write your favorite detergent company to express how much you love their product… you get the idea. We like these because, as the name implies, they’re much closer to our grasp. Regardless of the length, there are still levels of difficulty between tasks. Maybe you want somebody’s attention on you in a romantic sense. Insecurities and social heirarchy can play a devastating role before anything is even initiated. My advice: Just smile and tell yourself, “Yo bitch I may be ugly, but at least I ain’t got no money!”
It takes a lot of heart, motivation, and dedication to live up to your goals, but it makes the events along the way all the sweeter. Ghost recently told me that, although we don’t all have the natural talent to succeed at things and/or do them well at first, there’s nothing that can’t be improved if you keep working. So that’s my rant for the week. Just keep telling yourself that you’re a badass (even if you suck) and keep with it. Inevitably, you’re going to improve… and once you reach the ability to tackle your goals with your head held high, the impossible seems a lot closer. I’ve got faith in you, go out and take the world for all you want
-Felix Out
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