How to live a
better life, be a better artist, and get happy:
1. Approach everything with a sense of joy. Whether it’s cleaning
your room, going to rehearsal, or working out at the gym. We always focus on
the negative – we don’t want to do it, we’re tired, it’s stupid, you’d rather
be doing something else etc. We never focus on the positive. There truly is joy
in everything. Instead of sighing and trudging through you daily activities,
take a deep breath and dive in… and find the joy. Let’s take cleaning your room
for instance. No on likes cleaning their room. I think that’s a fact. But if
instead of focusing on how annoying this task is, you focus on how good it will
feel to have a clean and pretty room… there you go! You just found some joy! To
learn to live your life with the cup half full is a difficult feat – but it
makes life so much more enjoyable. Erase the phrases “I don’t”, “I can’t”, and
“Ughh” from your vocabulary. Replace them with “I have”, “I will”, “I can” and
“Yay!”. Last but not least, smile.
2. Don’t let fear stop you. The best things happen between the
intersection of “I’m scared s***less” and “I can’t do this”. Like I said before
we always focus on the negative. We use fear as an excuse but it really should
be a motivator. The whole idea that fear paralyzes is a load of BS. Fear causes
a flight or fight response. Our heart starts pumping, we sweat, we’re filled
with adrenaline… sounds like a perfect condition to create something amazing. I
can’t really tell you how to conquer your fears. All I know is that you have
to… Wait. Let me rephrase that. I don’t think you can conquer your fears. We’re
always going to be afraid of something. But, the key is to accept them, not
fight them. Learn to live with them and use them to your advantage.
3. Gratitude. In your work or in your life – as an artist or as a
person (well it’s really all the same thing), you have to be thankful. No
matter how bad things are, we all are so incredibly lucky, and we don’t even
know it. This will sound corny (I’m sorry), but we’re a live. Life is a gift.
If nothing else be thankful for that.
A part of this is happens to be… Stop complaining! We all do it.
And I’ll admit it’s fun. But it’s the most toxic thing we can engage in. Wallowing
in our own self-pity is never healthy. We don’t come to any solutions and
nothing gets done.
4. Last but not least – Just do it! We think way too much. Do you
ever wonder why dreaming is enjoyable? I think it’s because we don’t think. We’re
creating stories in our heads but we’re not worrying if they make sense, if they’re
funny enough, if it’s stupid. You just let the ideas flow. Turning off your
brain and all the second-guessing and judgment that comes with it will make
everything a lot easier. Just do it, but better yet, just don’t think while you’re
doing it.
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