#chase your passion

[lifeinspiration4all]

Embrace Contentment and Stop Chasing Happiness

Embrace Contentment and Stop Chasing Happiness. “Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.” ―Henry David Thoreau Have you ever noticed how elusive happiness can be? We often find ourselves chasing the next big promotion, the perfect relationship, or the latest…

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#be content with what you have #being content with what you have #blind faith chase and status #chase your passion #content #don&039;t chase happiness #don&039;t chase happiness enjoy your life #don&039;t chase money #don’t worry be happy bobby mcferrin #dont chase your happiness #happiness #happiness is not a pursuit #how to be content with life #how to be content with what you have #how to be content with your job #how to be content with yourself #how to be happy and content with your life #i don’t chase #i don’t chase i attract #learn to be content #real happiness #stop chasing happiness!

[tapan4evr]

Tru2Day1140

Do not chase another human being. Instead, chase your curiosity. Chase your development and your goals. Chase your passion. Strive to work for something bigger than yourself.And instead of trying to convince someone that you fit within their world – build your own world.

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#build your own world #chase #Chase your passion #convince #curiosity #development #fit #goals #human behaviour #human being #lifestyle #Strive to work #tapan4evr #world

[kpd-zero]

I love bard Astarion so much, he's such a silly little rock star

#go chase your passion for music babe #i'm here to support you all the way #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 astarion #bg3 #astarion #astarion ancunin #gifs

[heph]

Hey, I remember you mentioning on your IG something about two types of popular artists and one being good at social media and the other being good at art or something like that (I can't really remember lol). But it got me thinking, any tips for how to be good at social media? Cuz I'm certainly not even after posting art for six years lol

Heya!

What I meant by that is that there are traits that allow you to grow on social media, and traits that determine what a highly skilled artist is, and those traits do not always necessarily overlap.

I've seen so many amazing artists that post artwork that blow my head off, and yet they don't have many likes. On the other hand, some artists at the same skill level who draw more popular things will get way more attention.

That is not to say that either is the correct way to create art, but there is definitely a formula to social media that is in play.

There are a lot of posts about how to grow a social media account, particularly on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram art spheres, and imo you really need to examine what you want from your art before jumping into social media mode

The stuff you create to pander to social media might not be art that you want to create at all - I'm lucky, because I am less artist more storyteller, and what I enjoy is telling jokes and silly stories to liven up people's moods :] this, of course, conveniently does well on social media. On a personal note, I have a history of being a recluse and not connecting well with people, and art is my way of trying to communicate my feelings, one way or another.

So of course, if you draw for any reason other than my own, my approach to art and it's relation to social media might be inappropriate for you.

All that being said, if u take a look at those "get big on social media" videos they always cite the same few points... And you can look into that, for sure, but this video sums up how I feel about all that.

I spent like 20 minutes drafting words after the above paragraph, but I really ended up regurgitating sentiments from the video... So really don't listen to me, listen to that video

EDIT:

I just realised I didnt actually answer the question with my anecdotal experience, so here's a list of things I did

1. Posted like 3 doodles a day on social media

I did this for 6 months on a side account on Twitter recently and got the account to 11k followers... And I did this for 3 months on Instagram a few years ago and I think got 3.5k followers. Of course, do not spam maliciously and make sure your art is still of good quality, but for those artworks I posted quickly, I did not colour, and mostly did clean sketches. This also trains you in the matter of line confidence haha. Again, this worked for me because of my set of circumstances (love for the media, want to tell stories, simple art style)

2. Focus on my favourite aspects of media

This helps with respect to burnout - kinda hard to burnout when you love what you're making! For me, it's character interactions and comics. I want to see my blorbos kiss and if I'm not the one drawing it who will?!

3. Interact with people

People eat up work that they can interact with. A choose your own story situation, one of those like/rt to strip a character 😭 those do numbers for a reason.

Additionally, if you post stuff people love, people will respond to it with comments, maybe their own headcanons, adding on to the work... I've gone into long looong Twitter thread conversations with people who added onto my ideas that I threw up onto the screen and I think it's also a nice thing to do to respond to positive comments haha... I'm not very good at this (read: bad at communication)

I think that's the key points... Hope this helps!

#people who are good at social media are good at marketing basically #theyre their own hype man who has something cool to show #and would like to show everyone that cool thing! #its not purely about art its also about charisma and trying to get people to be convinced that youre cool as well #thats why there are social media influencers #people who vlog and get popular because of the way they present themselves #me i am very much my own hype man #not really because im particularly good at art (im not) but because i have so many thoughts in my head that i want to share #and i need people to also be poisoned by these thoughts so i enthusiastically promote it #side eyes the blood soup comic i dedicated like 20 pages to #on my end it comes from the love of media and my desire to build upon the established canon #but i understand that not everyone is so intensely passionate about their own work... but yknow #you need to love your own art in order for it to succeed #just like you need to love yourself before you can grow as a person #its easy for me to say because i do have social media attention though #i remember so desperately chasing social media validation when i was 16 #so really i cant really say much regarding that haha #but do watch the video and hopefully it helps! #i wrote so many words... #heph answered

[saltpepperbeard]

It’s the way Stede goes from just pressing his lips against Ed’s to TAKING 👏 THAT 👏 TOP 👏 LIP 👏

#OFMD #Gentlebeard #Blackbonnet #Stede Bonnet #Edward Teach #Revenge Rambles #Like YES HONEY #GET IT #GET YOUR MAN!!! #It’s the way he actually takes a bit of initiative himself #Like Ed leads a lot of it #But STEDE is the one to chase after the initial brush of their lips #HE is the one to readjust and part their lips for a Bit More #Only for Ed to follow that and press them even close together like #GOD #If this more chaste kiss makes me this insane #I have no idea what a more passionate kiss is going to do to me #Like if they kiss open mouthed or we see tongue at any point? #Besties…………………………….

[raspberryjellybrains]

its been a billion years since I posted anything meaningful about mcga but I'm thinking about Alex helping Magnus with clothes.

I think Blitzen would love to help style Magnus, but I think he might accidentally end up being a bit overbearing, albeit with good intentions. He wants to help, but would probably end up tripping over his own fashion opinions more often than not, and Magnus would want to make his friend happy too much to actually voice his own opinions consistently. But Alex would understand that identity through fashion is something slow to be discovered on your own. It's not instant, it's a slow process of trying things and finding out what makes you feel good physically and emotionally. You can't pressure a person finding their own style, especially someone who's never had much room to do so and will likely feel guilty about making that room. She's gone through the process, and she'd probably be more than happy to help someone with it too.

I'm thinking about them going around to different stores and finding that Magnus likes second hand and low-end boutique stuff more than anything. Alex letting him onto her etsy account and buying his first piece of jewelry, taking him around to all of her favorite stores where she's greeted as a friend. Yeah, they could do all this in Valhalla, but where's the fun in that?

I think Magnus would like earth tones and dark, muted colors. He would avoid synthetic materials for their unnaturally soft textures and blue would make rare appearances. Alex would parade him around in his first pair of White Guy Khaki Shorts in five years, glowing with a silly sort of pride and Magnus feeling something kindle back to life in his chest at a growing collection or flannels, just like his mom. I'm imagining Magnus learning what it's like to live with his body, rather than despite it, and feel comfortable with himself in his surroundings for the first time since he was a little kid, taking a hike in the woods. And I'm thinking of Alex holding his hand the whole time.

#feeling sooooo sos normal rn #and i dont mean to make this post and trample the people who feel clothing has no bearing on their comfort or self perception #i just want to talk about how much it can mean to someone trying to find who they really are and come to terms with that person #and when i say style i dont mean aesthetic or fashion. i simply mean personal preferences for comfort and look (if that matters) #your personal style can literally be cheap graphic tees and basketball shorts and if that makes you happy then have fun!! live your truth!! #this is just me noting that magnus seems to almost intentionally avoid clothes except to mention discomfort and i think he should get a #happier relationship with his outer appearance than he has especially considering the royal fuckery thats happened with his bodily autonomy #and confidence within the context of the series #i might be crazy and projecting but i just want to give him something kind. as a treat. #and alex does seem to enjoy sharing her passions with those she cares about!! its quality time without any kind of social expectations #regarding the nature of their attachment. she can just spend time with someone she likes doing something she likes no strings attached. #im sure its qlso fun to gently heckle things throughout the process with someone whos gonna just nod along 💀 #im thinking way too hard about this #but im gonna hit post and know. i am still thinking. #magnus chase #alex fierro #mcga #mcga headcannon #raspberry rambles

[hella1975]

the boys' first commentary on keating's lessons being cameron and neil saying 'that was weird' / 'but different' is getting to me like the entire film is a narrative on the suffocation of heavy academia and how it prioritises certain subjects (medicine, law, business, engineering) while condemning creativity and passion and how institutions are promoting conformity and grades-over-wellbeing teaching methods more and more as you both move up the elitism scale and as time goes on, and how that was okay for these kids and like so many generations before them they were going to let it happen to them, but one teacher was different. one single teacher told them to seize the day and make their lives extraordinary and he made them look directly at the state of things, and for a little while it was beautiful but they're just kids; how could they ever change things? and sure enough it catches up to them and the institution wins because it always does and suddenly the suffocating thought of what neil is so sure his life is going to be is so daunting and terrifying that he cant even face it

#he's just like me fr just without the gun #like yeah the world is actually a harrowing monotonous place and my generation is the last one to play outside as children #and if you dont chase a certain career path or excel in certain subjects then you're deemed inherently lesser #and your success is measured by your bank account and there is no warmth #like damn this film realeased in the 80s and set in the 50s had no business capturing the terror of being young in our society so perfectly #the ONLY saving grace is the 'o captain my captain' scene at the end #it's proof that the beautiful passion-filled independent lives the boys dreamed about #dont just become food for worms and we dont just go right back to the beginning #there's hope at least even if half the time im too busy BAWLING MY FUCKING EYES OUT to even see the screen at that point #godddd girl watching this doing an 'academic subject' that you despise and on bad days think might be the thing to beat you #but you do it anyway bc you're stuck now and besides your parents kinda made you do it when all you ever wanted to do was write #but that cant happen bc writing isnt 'good' the way economics is 'good' and maybe #maybe all that'll happen is i'll lose and start a career in business and work an office job for two decades #in a world that's melting and owned by corporations that want to bleed me dry #maybe that's all there is #i need a fucking cigarette #dps

[hekateinhell]

DA here and 😠 let me just say that the fact that dacryphillia isn't winning by a fucking landslide is a disgrace lmao jk I love y'all and I'm always open to expanding my kink horizons/range of understanding re: all things vc and its underlying sexual complexities but like... that should've been a given imo!!! babyboy LOVES a good crying session in the throes of passion, loves weeping as he's getting fucked and sucked, he starts sobbing and then stops then starts again and at the end of it he has mascara and blood running down his face and it's a sight to behold and I will not hear otherwise.

DA YOU ALWAYS SPEAK TO MY SOUL 🤧

And did you somehow peek in my WIP notes and see that I'm gonna have rockstar AU Lestat with snot, tears, ruined eyeliner and mascara on his cheeks as he gets dped? You know too much 🫶🏼 <- Lestat's hole when I get this done js

But honestly, aside from it being hot to me like through the lens of 'I want to see how X character does in Y environment under Z circumstances', I really love that Anne didn't shy away from showing Lestat exhibiting his emotions — they're out there and he doesn't care! He literally says he loves the release that comes with crying! That kind of emotional display isn't very common in male characters, but especially so back then. And even more incredible to me is that Anne said she did that intentionally to make her male characters more relatable to a female audience.

I miss her a lot tbh, I would've loved to ask her more about this.

APPRECIATE YOU DROPPING IN TO FURTHER THE GOOD WORD ♥️

#i also have him crying already in a separate wip but you have to chase your passion yk #i wonder if i'm projecting because i cry a lot like i cry when i'm sad when i'm mad and when i'm happy lmao i'm a mess #also DA babe idk if you messaged me earlier this week & it got lost just like it did in apoptoses' inbox (tumblr's been glitching bad) #dungeon anon #vc #you ask and hekate answers #lestat de lioncourt #CRYING

[girlwiththegreenhat]

i hate you hollywood i hate you unnecessary sequels i hate you executives admitting they don't want original ideas anymore because IPs are more profitable i hate you thoughtless nostalgia-bait i hate you generic walking trope stories shit out to play it safe and appeal to the biggest demographic possible i hate you bingewatching i hate you disney i hate you contracts and cancellations written and stamped to screw over the actual talent and their residuals as much as possible i h-

#liz blogs #hollywood #its the capitalism lol #train of thought that came to me while i was wondering why there are like 9 fucking jurassic park movies #nobody wants to make original stuff anymore because its a gamble! you have to reinvest people in a new idea #and that's haaaard :( waaaahhh executives don't want to gamble when they can just shit out another #nostalgia-bating sequel and make bank #anyway i love you independent creatives i love you webcomic makers i love you people with passion projects #i love you people making art and telling stories and not Soley chasing Profits and trying to high-score your bank account #i love you people bringing your own new and fun ideas into the world!!! #weekly reminder please stop watching hollywood's crap #this is my blog i will bitch about the world as much as i want

[adderess]

From what I’ve read, aemond in the books is one-dimensionally evil. But in the series, i think they are trying to add nuance to him (he doesn’t slap joffrey but is instead unjustly attacked by the kids, he doesn’t want to kill lucerys, he defends helaena twice /one is a recorded conversation that in post production is not heard/, his love for his family is shown, his distate for aegon’s proclivities, his family’s bullying of him, viserys’s indifference, wanting to console lucerys and jace at the funeral, etc). He does some pretty morally questionable things but he is driven by trauma in 100% of them. I understand that. Trauma doesn’t make you nice, especially towards people who hurt you. I hope they keep this level of nuance in season 2, instead of making him a mindless killing machine like the books did. Honestly, the books have given him the voldemort treatment: he is evil and one-dimensional.

#trauma doesn’t make you kind: i abused my abuser mentally and physically and sometimes enjoyed that #i pitted my abusers against each other and enjoyed that #i manipulated my abusers and enjoyed that #when you have been severely abused by others like aemond was #you want to hurt those people #you hate those people #with a passion #so no wonder aemond wanted to gouge out luce’s eye #no wonder he took great pleasure in chasing luce #no wonder he taunted them for being bastards #i honestly truly understand him because I’ve done horrible things to my abusers myself #yeah he is cruel #‘you will die screaming in flames just like your father did’ #but his cruelty stems from trauma and I understand it #aemond targaryen #hotd spoilers

[travelersrest]

🪽🌅🪽

#take your shoes off #sand between my toes #ocean water #pacific ocean #chasing rainbows #journey #lovers #destiny #passion #self love #self healing #genuinely #a garden of love #a gentleman

[gayemoji]

for how bad killing eve got the books are infinitely worse.

#youve gotta believe me phoebe walker bridge worked miracles on that source material. jesus christ. #the story is dogshit bc there are no stakes. it is literally just implied cat and mouse between eve and oxana #implied as in the book will just SAY theyre chasing after each other. and TELL you they feel anything. #in reality the characters do not interract do not acknowledge the other and are literally just doing their jobs the whole time #no b plot . just villainelle kills someone > eve investigates while villainelle kills someone else > eve investigates whi #the first book also just immediately dived into ALL of oxanas backstory. so its like. we dont even get to discover WITH eve. #we just get it handed to us through dream and nostalgia and flashback exposition . #and then eve just magically figure out who she is based on sheer fucking divine visions or some shit. #like she gets told the name of a perfume and just INSTANTLY knows thats villainelles callname. #and thats before we even talk about the male gaze writing of lesbian sex scenes. which are certainly male gaze writings of lesbian sex . #but seriously theres no Konstantin plot #no real niko drama other than the stress eves work puts on thei relationship #no caroline. shes just not even a character. her son isnt a character. her son doesnt die. #eves coworker gets murdered and im convinced she didnt even care bc her divine spidey sense immediately prompts her to say some shit like #'its villainelle sending me a message' #girl what #how tf . can i see you do any research . can i witness you do any work . #where its your passion for criminal psychology. where is your OBSESSION . who ARE you #they are truly both just little dolls luke jennings put in a lesbian fantasy world. theyre not anything. tbeyre not interesting . #i hate them actually. theyre so fucking boring it grates on me. #whatt he FUCK did phoebe walker bridge see in this shit man . oh my god. #killing eve #code villainelle

[instantpansies]

i am judging this basic ass four year old so hard rn for his favorite paw patrol pup being chase. everyone knows the real cool kids stan rocky and marshall

#joke post but like. this actually went through my head when i asked him who his favorite pup was #and he said chase #like cmon bro youre choosing the chris pratt of paw patrol pups over the actually endearing and interesting characters of rocky or marshall #smh. #also zuma needs more appreciation but thats not what this post is about #i dont watch paw patrol but i am Passionate about things #paw patrol #kyewyeweeyewee

[oatbugs]

found a bunch of old voice memos and this is the first time i've listened to my own voice and thought yeah it makes so much sense that people have loved this person . woah

#personal #i was singing a song under another song (saw my wings with the bodies in the gutter). there is someone else and i cant #recognise their voice . i think maybe i was drunk and maybe so were they . i have no idea who they are but their voice is so pretty. #i ask them if theyre ok and they ask if im sure im okay with this. and then they say see you soon and theres the sound of the door. #theres the voice of someone else after this too. they say listening to chase atlantic feels like sex . i have no idea who this person is. #this file is full of strings rising and falling. reverb of a massive space. some symphony inside interrupted by another symphony. #i remember laying on the floor of the orchestra hall to listen and to hide. i remember laying my hand on the floor and thinking i could #recognise this piece just by the way the ground vibrates. #i've been thinking a lot about mereology. sorry for not talking about nihilism the past week - everyone around me has been falling apart. #this month i have watched others be stricken by grief. the other side of the equation. one day i will create a poem about the way holes are #one whole part. the way disconnects are connected to the fabric of absence. (i saw your guts without the skin attached) #i could hear how in love i was when i asked the unknown voice if they would like some water. i blew out the candles and one stayed lit. #you don't need to tell me. forever and ever. strictly fall for academics and people with a passion. asked my mathematician about manifolds #and he asked me about his hair. i will wake up tomorrow if only it is to spend half an hour making tea. the concept of going to my country #is an oncoming train with a minute's delay. i told them i want to be their friend and they told me theyd like to meet up soon #and test how deep they can bite like good friends do. do you feel ashamed of my degree? do you feel ashamed of #your dry lips? skull fast-tracked to the floor. i have a jar of hand-picked dried damask roses for tea. ill tell you about k-theory until #you shut me up.

[saintlesbian]

also brook lynn wtf. like i thought this whole plan was about getting revenge on linc. taking his stupid deal is just putting all that hard work to waste...

#pentababbles #general hospital #like girl im disappointed. you said you wanted to make sure linc never gets the chance to hurt any girl ever again #but now youre throwing that all away just to get your songs back??? that just aint right #throwing blaze under the bus when you can clearly see shes in trouble #and throwing CHASE. your TALENT. your BOYFRIEND. under the bus after sacrificed his career to help you and keeping him from his real passi #*real passion????? like girl COME ON #its not worth it. what r u doing.

[locallibrarylover]

thinking about seduction deduction again. autism 4 autism or whatever

#musings #LIKE HELLOOO theyre just quoting stuff back at each other for like a minute straight. anyways this song fucks!!! #criminal propensities and calculated risks! motive opportunity poison and plot twists! #made for prime time thrillers crimes of passion alibis! we're consumed by blood and guts! but in the news room murder flies! #its normal curiosity to thrill at the notion of engaging in foul play... but in civilized society we stifle that emotion in fear of #judgement day! tell the truth youre seduced my theory your career fills a need deep within #mischief fills the mind of more than killers your bewitched by the deadly scent of sin! #i enjoy amassing modus operandi im entranced by exploring brutal acts yes a criminals confessions captivating but not compared #to dissecting maniacs! criminal propensities and calculated risks motive opportunity poison and plot twists!! #made for prime time thrillers crimes of passion alibis we're consumed by blood and guts but in the news room murder flies!! #THE DESIGN OF THIS GAME IS NOT MERELY TO ENTERTAIN ITS COMING IN FOR THE KILL THAT EXCITES ME!!!! #we're seduced by the challenge then reduced to the chase! on the heel of hot pursuit to prosecute! to execute! #AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE!!!!!