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

Life Coaching 101: practical life strategy

These are possible strategies for young men.

Be a dedicated worker. You can build on your wealth early and alot sooner now.

Earning money: Start earning money early with your physical labor or selling shit off Amazon or eBay or become a remote customer service representative.

Money management: Spend 75 percent, invest 15 percent save 10 percent. Use a calculator or excel spread sheet to calculate how long it would take you to build resources to accomplish your goal. Research roth IRA and other retirement accounts.

During this time learn about real-estate from books or be-friend a real-estate agent.

Group economics: Pull your funds together with your family or close friends you trust and are of the same mind to grow in wealth.

Life is a series of goals you make one after the other at this point until you reach your end. This all advice from a life coach that has tried a lot of this shit.

Warm Regards

Guardiandogg

Money talk: The Richest man in Babylon

Just finished listening to the book and I have thoughts. I highly recommend the book for ages 10-40. Overall a good book and helpful in teaching basic financial discipline and budget mindset.

I got to this book late and some of the principles I have learned by experience or observations of highly effective productive people.

My favorite chapter is the luckiest man in babylon.

The jest of the book is parables of stories to illustrate how to grow, maintain and advance yourself in wealth.

The takeaways. I have two.

1.”Where the determination is the way can be found.”

It is not enough to desire to have shit or cash. You have to have a determination. A will of Iron that there is no other way but to push forward and defeat or win over the enemy before you. Debt. Procrastination. Lack of Motivation.

Only when you have a determination then can be open to seeing a way or solution to defeating overcoming the challenges of gaining wealth or fearing yourself from slave mindset or en debted slavery.

Every man has to make a determination on what type of man they are. A slave or a free man. What class do you fit in?

2. Luck is found or created when you learn to enjoy working and mastering a skill.

Lady lucky does exist. She just only pays attention to a dude who enjoys putting in long hours into perfecting his craft and getting the bag.

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When you make working your friend lady luck comes looking for you. Opportunities come looking for you and wealth is a by product of a determination to use work as a means to rise a step above the rest.

The principles of wealth are old and simple. It isn’t at a dice roll or at a gambling table. It’s 40 hrs a week at the day job, four hours a day at the side hustle and two hours a day studying your craft and pushing yourself to get to the top so that you can get two weeks at the beach with your girl and not worry about whether or not the bills will get paid.

Warm Regards

Guardiandogg

Last weeks game is over time to start over…..professional advice

I feel like starting over….

Over the last two to three years I’ve heard about some great reset going on in world. In my head, I don’t get it because every month or week I get a mindset to start over. To reset my thinking accordingly. It’s something that just happens to my mind like a switch. Change is consent because I exist in the present. So I move in a way.

I feel it when I cut my hair, shave my beard and look in mirror and know. I’m starting over. I’m letting stuff go and not thinking about going back. I’m pushing forward. I may have days I get dragged down or lose focus but the Callender has been reset. I’m changing how I move because I’m tired of the results I had or I see a difference in one change I made can make to my overall goals for day, the week, the year and ten years to proceed.

Being intentional and realistic. I write on the subjects a lot but they go hand and hand for me. This is a consent in my mind as I blog and I look at the results of my current output of content and the through-put goal.

That’s why it’s hard to think of blogging some times as a hobby. Hobbies are activities you do to enjoy and add color to your life.

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Blogging for me is setting goals, putting out content and thinking about whether or not I can meet my over all goal for day in progress to 2 million readers, a hundred percent entertaining and thoughtful. Every day counts, every post I put up has to be intentional to meet the goal.

I start at 0 every day. I have to get my numbers up everyday. What are the benefits of this mindset that blogging as in a way increased?

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I bring the same mindset to my day job. I start at 0. I have to bring my numbers up to a sufficient number to meet my overall goals for the week, month and year. Every day counts and my performance and ability to be come more efficient at what I do as a means to increase my success is what I care about..

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I have to level up to a position that will meet a level of challenge and pay grade to warrent my time spent. There is a certain coldness to it but really

Work isn’t about being happy for me. I have moments I am entertained by what I do to eat. But, really I don’t define myself by my day job or care whether I am happy doing what I do. Did I get the job done? Did I achieve my goal?

This is what defines a professional I believe. Do you have a intentionally mindset and overall goal your aiming at? Certification. Degrees. Tradesmen training. These are only the tools to the means of achieving the goal at sufficient amount of time with positive impact on meeting your personal professional mastery.

In plain speech…..fuck your feeling my dude. Are you getting the bag? Are you about your business or are you all talk and bullshit? No one wants to be appreciated for being shit at something.

Warm regards

Guardiandogg