The Daily #10 – Purpose, the process, and why I worry

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It’s been a while since I last wrote a so-called ‘daily’ post and I’m starting to feel like going to bed now, but for whatever reason, I have the will to write one of these out.

I like to think deeply about the things that I do before I do them. I like to ask myself why I want to do the things I want to do, and when I don’t ask, I can’t keep up the work for long. Eventually, the question catches up to me and starts to slow down my progress, sapping my willpower like frost creeping up a window. Continue reading

The UnFun Game Project: On Hold?

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No one ever did things for the sake of doing them. I’ve found what fun is, to me. I’ve found how to motivate myself to do things that I would normally avoid. The UnFun Game Project? It’s on hold until I see how I might possibly be helping someone with my work. ‘Cuz that’s how I do things, yo. That’s how I make things fun once the fun in the thing itself is gone. Meaning and purpose are important to me. They make my world go round.

Life is… …Without Imperfections

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Things like this used to knock me over sideways. I think of you more than I’ve thought of most people. But just like that, I already have something else to think about. Maybe my mind is just too busy to be in love at the moment.

I think that money is an imperfect language because things are always getting lost in translation. But what I mean is that I put a lot of effort into my job maintaining the front-of-store stock on thawed, formerly-frozen donuts and pastries, and that I believe I put a lot more effort into my work than other employees but most of them still got paid Continue reading