Finding your craft vs the crisis of the pursuit of passion

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I wrestle with this idea. More so then ever in this year I’m coming into my forties though I’ve struggled with it all my life.

In my first 25 years the questions were two.

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In my 40th year and it’s down to one question.

I wasted a lot of time on wondering who I was instead of acknowledging I already knew that by the time I was sixteen. So what was the hang up?

I was obsessed with my passions and not focused on finding and perfecting a craft.

Passion

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A thing that feels good doing it that may or not yield the equal exchange of value for the time spent in the activity.

And Craft

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I speak of craft in the meaning of a trade that your obsessed with perfecting that has a benefit of a exchange of resources or money or something of value.

Art is a subjective value. Craft has a defining or definitive value a needed valuable service or produced goods.

Some times passion or art can lead to an exchange of value. What is the leading factor for passion to be turned into high value exchange?

Maybe blind luck? You never know for sure because again passion or art is subjective value or if you can brain wash people into being addicted to a certain art or medium then you can have instant value because of the dopinmine effect.

Examples:

Social media

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Music

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The list goes on.

I’m NOT interested in being a poor artist that is obsessed with the art and potential for equal exchange for value. I have a craft that has earned me money on a consistent range for me to Allocate time to the mastering of it and growth in the value it gives others and can gain from it.

Fiction writing ain’t it. So why do it? For the fans of course. For people that say they like my shit or find a value in it and mainly for my own entertainment and for someone to steal elements for their own creations.

I am a realist. I’m not the best writer/blogger. It is what it is. I have a voice and a interest in entertaining others and myself. That’s the artist side me.

The craftsman or tradesman side of me is all about getting proof that what I’m doing holds value enough for people to pay for it. I got to pay bills and I got to position myself for now and my future self.

Conclusion: I would rather be great at my craft and entertaining enough for a like for my art.

Warm Regards 

Guardiandogg

Superbowl Sunday…Yeah. Yeah. Whose excited?!

Not much going on. Oh yeah there’s a super bowl Sunday happening in this side of the western clown world. Two teams are playing that nobody gives a fuck about and I find myself sighing for what if’s.

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I’m at a different point in my life where I see the bullshit everywhere now. In movies, in the news and in the face of the decade that conveys every bit of contempt I have for the rulers of the west. They won’t stop. They set this face in front of me and it conveys the depths of what is clown world. This is the face of NFL Football.

What do I have against Taylor Swift? Nothing at all. Average looking, flat chest, no ass having chick with a good work effort. It’s the fuckers that keep reminding me about this chick I didn’t give a fuck about that are my problem. It is a personal hobby of mean to live my life ignoring shit I don’t give a fuck about. I realized later in life the beauty of admitting I don’t give a fuck about certain things but there are people in this life that do. More power to you but for me but please one day acknowledge the people that don’t give a fuck about your shit or at least leave us the fuck alone about your shit.

Warm Regards

GuardianDogg

BREAKING NEWS! People are still watching the GRAMMYS.

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Why?

Anyway, the last time I gave a damn about the Grammys Alisha Keys was a new artist and had won maybe five those weird Idol Trophies. I could look it up but I honest don’t give a damn even now. I’ve heard some conversations on the innerweb’s about Jay-Z of all people with that fucking weird ass hairstyle at the award show bringing up old shit about a time many moons ago about the black & brown folks deciding to ban the elite group of music rich folks award show. Dude I couldn’t even bare to listen to him talking because of the fucking hair and the facial expression of I-don’t-give-damn and I-ain’t-shit painted on his face that had me going….

Why?

Other news is that rapper named Killer Mike being taken away in handcuffs after winning three of the Idol trophies that the rich elite folks deemed to give him for their own reasons and….

I can’t with this shit. I wasn’t even surprised when I heard the last part about Killer Mike being taken away in handcuffs. I am not surprised by anything that much these days. I’m an old fuck. I maybe jaded. I maybe just have dark sense of humor but holy shit.

I would rather watch podcast on YouTube or scratch my ass then even think about the Grammys but on the other hand this gives me the opportunity to write and shit on an old as a fuck award show.

Warm Rewards

Astro Bros Episode 10

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“A bit messy is a under statement.” The man said. “You’ll have to leave the city and head into the Outlands and take a portal to-“

“You were a bit to good with the job.” The man said. “You caught the attention of the Kings, Kooper and the authorities in one night. They’re all hunting for you and the person that hired you. It was supposed to be a quiet job.”

“Funny. You don’t seem the least bit afraid either way. Must be because of what that girl gave you at the club? Who was she? Some old girlfriend or model that you took for a turn?” He said in a dark humor deadpan tone of voice.

“Judge. Give em his pay.” The man said.

The man turned around. I stared in shock. I knew who this fucker was. Head of authority. Alpha Wolf of one the largest nomad packs in the city. One of five Kings of Newark City State..

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MoneyTalk: The Management of income streams

Welcome to cyberpunk 2024. If you don’t have at least two streams of income your dead or a house wife living in on the income of some dude with five. Her main job is taking baths pretending she’s reading a book for an hour.

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I don’t know nobody in my immediate or the outer wall of my reality that doesn’t have at least two or five gigs or businesses going. I had a to think about this shit regarding my own income streams and realize that I had going at least five income streams going and only one of them is on autopilot and generating me cash consently.

Why though? Why is every normal joe getting multiple incomes?

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The fucking worth of a dollar is going to shit every fucking second my dude. People used to say that the dollar isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Fuck I can’t remember the last time I had the shit in my walllet. I went all digital before the powers hit my wallet C unit 9 from 2020-2022.

I had thought that I needed to add one more Income stream but fucking hell I realized I had to many going already that I needed to manage better.

Listen. No bullshit. This is the shit the financial wizards don’t tell you about. Getting the shit going is the easy part. Managing more then two streams is the hard part and none of them generate at the same rates of return on my initial investment. When one income goes up during one season two flatline and another gets a bump during a odd week in the middle of the month. Alright let’s get to the sauce. The moneytalk

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How do you manage multiple streams of income?

  1. There are twenty-four hours in a day. Sleeping takes up most of it and the fucking market doesn’t open until 9.a.m only during the week baring a fucking holiday nobody gives a fuck about. Map out what you can get done by the hours you have left in a day.
  2. The calendar is your biggest tool in your financial career. Use it wisely. Fuck Valentines Day.
  3. In North America. The United States currently. Every American of the Republic Empire is a fucking business. You don’t have to start a business the day you were born in America, a business in America was started the day you were born. So mind your own damned business and make it profitable. No. I’m not talking about a mindset. You are a fucking business. I’m dead ass. Fuck it. Even world wide. People get it. Samsung. Sony. Toyota. Trump.

In conclusion

A. Mind your own damn business. B. Protect and invest in your own damn brand.

Warm Regards

Guardiandogg

I miss the days when Propaganda was sexy

and entertaining.

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I grew up in the 90s when propaganda was much more creative and again way more sexy

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Think of a time when the 1980s came to a end and what was left over was a hangover and a rainbow puke color fashion sense.

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Still though the movies and television like today were filled with bullshit brainwashing that normalized a lot of the “it’s okay okay your a real winner Billy because you tried hard and got third place in the race.”

Fucking hell. The mindset of that there aren’t any real losers in life only people that didn’t win first place is the greatest psyop of my generation well that and the pussification of the men of the west.

Pussification

action verb. Diffiniction: To put a genetically XY chromosome born male in to a state whinning, crying complaining about why he isn’t winning in life or letting some chick make him her bitch.

See also form of mentality poison only known cure is the red pill to the nuts.

I got mean late in life but it has done wonders to the increase in the size of balls.

Anyway, propaganda was clever back in my generation. You young folks don’t know how fucked up you have it right now. Our writers sold us mindfucked movies with clever words, awesome cartoons and this….

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You young folks got Godsdamn stories with fuck ugly art and trash like this…

Holy fucking shit,

Thank God for the expendable movies….well 1 and 2. I don’t know about the third one.

Warm Regards

Guardiandogg

What does it mean to win?

In life. In career. In relationships and in general what does it mean to win? To be in the pursuit of winning in the game of life.

Yes. Life is a game. Yes. You can lose. But, what’s worse in life is purposefully losing. Getting in your own way or just not giving a fuck to pursue a prize you fixed your mind to.

Does it matter? It matters a hell of a lot to me because I know what losing is like and know what winning feels like. Losing and depression go hand in hand. The mindset behind “does it matter if I try?” Does it matter if I push myself a little harder give it everything I have is some bullshit.

“IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU WIN BY AN INCH OR A MILE. WINNING IS WINNING.’
@FASTFAMILY
DOMINIC TORETTO

Do you know who losing matters most too? Your enemies with friendly masks and your internal doubts that spring up to get in the way of your rise and progress forward. Life is competitive and there is always a given moment your in the mud wrestling your way for a winning pin against another foe.

So fuck not trying. Fuck self doubts. Fuck depression and fuck anybody that gets in my way of the pursuit of the win. The opposition is real in life. I am not surprised when people attempt to get in my way. I am annoyed when events happen to block me but I am not surprised nor am I backing up.

I am pushing through and when I can I’ll enjoy the ride along the way. I will sleep win I am dead. I’m alive now so the struggle is on but am not to deterred because I’m on the move.

Warm Regards

Guardiandogg

Tales of my depression of late and other events….

The worst periods were from 2020-2022. Now the U.S. is having a secret war with Russia everyone knows about but I’m managing pretty good. Again, my humor is growing darker by the day.

I still have my flashes of haunting memories about my mother’s death and my past failures and difficulties in other family areas but I can breath better now. My daily work days easier because of the thought that I really don’t have the time nor do I want to spare any for the shit.

What’s changed? I’m taking control of my time.

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My days are a lot more ordered to a daily schedule. All intentional. I ended 2022 in the month of December by rescheduling my day work, my writing and my entertainment. Everyday I am squeezing in what I can. To maximize my time to achieve current goals for Present and the future.

I also included time to start two business and to study philosophy and time for my spiritual growth.

I’m in my sixth month of 2023 and I’m noticing changes in my mood and my perception of time. 24h hours. It doesn’t seem like a short time span when your younger and in school or wasting away. But,, I’ve learned twenty-four hours is a short span of time.. I’ve had to automatic a few tasks and make an analysis on the cost of what I spend my time on and how I can off set that cost by reordering my life toward other activities better for my mind and wallet.

My mind is more on the present and future so I spend less energy on less productive time wasting habits. Time is valuable to me. Money I see as a tool to achieve the means of owning every minute and second of my time I have left.

I have a ten year plan now and I can already see current things in life having to be adjusted along the way. I don’t plan on having job in the next twenty years and I for damn sure have to fill that time in my calendar for something else.

Warm Regards

Guardiandogg