Hey there readers,
Hope all is good. Here’s the next instalment of my infamous newsletter (infamous now, and maybe one day it will be world famous - I can but hope). This post is pure ramblings so don’t take too seriously what I am saying.
Disclaimer:
This is not perfect, and there will be typos and parts that are not neatly glued together. But the point is more to build up my newsletter count and have a bit of fun. You can point out my mistakes, and I will ignore you and make more of them.
You’re welcome!!
So, what’s on my mind? Keep reading….
If you keep knocking and nobody answers, find a new door.
Thinking
This time round I am going to expand on the quote above. Generally I believe friendships form a purpose, that should benefit either yourself or the other party (ideally both). And when that purpose has achieved its goal, you can move on. That’s not to say that you can’t have certain friendships that last a lifetime, but generally certain people in your life are for the short term. Some people can be quite toxic in your life, the ones where if you look deep into it and see no benefit, but pain and sorrow, you should try and exit to make for a better future. You can learn a lot from people and see things in different perspectives, but not to the extent of becoming sad and drained.
Surround yourself with people that will help you (and even them) better versions of yourself. Search for ones that have similar goals and desires, and grow together in achievements; pushing each other to improve oneself.
If you are the one trying to help someone and you find yourself gong round and round in circles, or always being the one to keep the fire burning..get some water and extinguish it.
Life is about fun, love and laughter; improving what you have, learning, helping and making the very best of it. If you are not getting that from the people in your life, talk it out or get rid. It’s as simple as that. Over 8 billion people in the world, so you have plenty to choose from :)
News
2023….and beyond
I try not to focus on the real news that gets reported, as you never really know how skewed this is into making you fail. Governments will always give you money in one hand and then find a way to recoup that from the other hand. Just accept that this is the way life is and concentrate on what you are in control of and make the very best of that.
This time of the year is about reflection for me, and for this year I have tried a few different things, and I can see that next year I will need to focus and plan a whole lot more to achieve goals that I am going to set myself. Without planning there is just a headless chicken rampaging around with no real direction. Don’t get me wrong I have done quite a lot of fun, exciting and cool things, but I really prefer to set goals and visualise them along the way.
Reading
The Daily Stoic
You may wonder where some of these words of wisdom come from. Well, when I remember I do get inspired by daily nuggets from this book.
Watching
The Lazarus Project
What would you do if you were in a loop of your life (where you only progressed forward when everything is “perfect”)? It sounds quite cool doesn’t it. But what if you just couldn't get something right and you kept on repeating the same part of your life over and over again. this is part of the plot of this action packed series, that turns out in parts to be quite a nightmare in practice.
Listening
Listening to music has always been part of my DNA, and generally I steer more in the urban space. Having said that, I will open that boundary to almost any other genre just to inspire in the experimentation of my own productions.
An assortment of Grime, RnB, Dance and Afro Beats.
Creative Zone
Creativity is the core of my existence, It’s a creative rollercoaster of producing either music tracks, mixtapes, 3d scenes, or digital garments. Sometimes you have to take time out, engulf yourself in new techniques and ideas and then go again. Watch this space….periodically new stuff will be here.
3D scene image creation
It may not seem like anything brilliant, but this is my chill zone, my creative space.
Advice
Check your bills; don’t just pay blindly
Hands up who has Direct Debits (DD) set up and doesn't even know how much they are paying out from month to month? I’m sure quite a few. Well, I guess I am generally in that group too mostly. However, there are times where I will just do a random audit and make sure things are in check. It seems that especially the energy companies are the biggest culprits in this game. Recently I had bills that make no sense whatsoever and had to persist with my queries and pause payment until they right the errors in order to move on. This is why I don’t like DDs, as it seems that payment can be taken immediately, however, refunds seem to take forever.
Till the next time
And that is it, the end of this post. Hopefully this is enough to encourage you to return for more. Each post will be different, and include different elements of my thoughts depending on what has happened in the day-to-day life from the last post.
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Stay safe and I’ll catch you in the next post.