I’m sorry for being so late with this post again, tough few days with work, being ill and such have kept me occupied. One thing I’ve noticed in the past few months is that each and every person who I’ve met or become friends with is driven, motivated and have some kind of passion that makes me want to work harder and better my craft . I lost a lot of friends in 2011; not so much them giving me the thumbs down like in Primary School but just naturally growing apart. My friend’s circle is small, the people in that circle are a blessing to my life. I’m grateful for that, it’s important to surround yourself with people that influence you to do greater things. Steer clear of bad company! Apologies, I will fix up the typography and photography game for next week. This isn’t my best work. I admit.
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This year, I’ve had some great victories in my life. Goals that were set way before the start of the year, I don’t do resolutions! these were personal goals such as graduating from university and finding a job. Resolutions are nice, if you can stick by them – I’m a goal orientated person, always have set goals for myself throughout my life on where I want to be and what I want to do. The latter seems to changed all to often as circumstances and new doors & avenues open up out of nowhere but that’s the beauty of life. Visualising your victory can help us look and hone our focus onto our long term goals. The struggle is part of the process, it’s thrill of growing and changing that I most look forward to. One day at a time folks! Right…time to get to work.
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Stuck? Frustrated? Let Uncle Niran help. No I kid. I love how life always has ways of bringing us to a place where we need to make a fresh start. This week has kind of been that way for me with the new website launching. The whole journey was gruelling and my patience was definitely TESTED – glad I’ve made it through without giving up on the redesign. Working towards your goals and feel like you’re not going anywhere? Stick with it, hard work pays off. Results will start to appear. Don’t get distracted, focus. Right, new year’s resolutions time….eff that. I have new week resolutions. Why wait till the end of the year?
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I came across this quote via my fellow post modernist Indian brother @stylecupidblog on Twitter. Identity is a major issue with many these days and one of the main causes? The media, internet and all that jazz. We’re constantly being fed information and images of what and who we’re meant to look/act like. We live in a celebrity obsessed society, let’s face it we’ve all looked up to someone in the media limelight at some point in our lives. Don’t let the idolisation make you lose sight of who you are, just be yourself. Remove that mask before it’s too late. Otherwise you might end up in regretting not being YOU in the future.
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I love my Grandma, real talk *cue girls simultaneously making aww sounds*. She’s looked after me throughout most of my younger years as my parents both worked full-time jobs. Till this day, she’s the most understanding out of my family – she even approves of my tattoo! Imagine in 50 years time when we’re all grandparents, what rules would we set? I’d imagine they would be a hella different to our parents. Meet Chacho Puebia – a Spanish designer working for Leo Burnett who has found himself giving the same kind of sermons to his children. So he’s decided to conjure a few tips that his gran should have given him to prepare himself for the social media world baptism. More on the reverse.
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Up at 7am on a Saturday, I need to get ready and head to Yang’s for a morning of feature shoots. Lots of product reviews coming your way! @GeekySneaks linked me to this manifesto the other night – incredibly inspiring manifesto that a lot of people need to realise. Most of us already live by this mantra but a lot of us are controlled by our worldly problems that we forget about the brilliance that lies within us. We have just got to learn to unlock it by tapping into it. Hop on after the cut to read the manifesto, go digest it.
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I’ve often questioned why I haven’t found myself working in the industry I want to be working in yet. Sometimes I be true to myself and say that it’s because, honestly, I don’t put enough effort into finding a job on top of the fact that I have next to no experience in that field. And then there are times where I’m a little deluded and think that its because the world is unfair and that I’m being punished, dramatic I know lol. However I stumbled upon this quote a few weeks back and it made me think, maybe I’m not ready for a proper job yet or maybe I’m not ready to dive straight into a job and that doing voluntary work and/or my own side stuff would enable me to gain experience before stepping into a full established role. Going beyond looking for a job this quote can be applied to other aspects of people lives, such as relationships and all that jazz. Over the last week or so I’ve decided that I am now ready for a new challenge and in turn its time to start making things happen.
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