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We have two options in a crisis:<\/p>\n
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- Accept the reality and accept the crisis as a catalyst<\/em><\/span> for the change that we have always wanted to make..or<\/li>\n
- Resist the reality and accept our temporary circumstances<\/em><\/span> become our permanent identity<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The worst thing you can do when you are unemployed is to spend all your time looking for a job<\/em><\/span>. Why?<\/strong> because what you are doing is spending all your focus, energy and attention on the greatest source<\/em><\/span> giving the maximum anxiety<\/em><\/span> in your life.<\/p>\n
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Let’s remember that an economy<\/em><\/span> that once rewarded people for fitting in now rewards<\/em><\/span> people for standing out<\/em><\/span>. Probably a rude awakening for some of us sitting around waiting.<\/p>\n
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It’s been a while since the dreaded Corona<\/em><\/span> pulverised us but that said ” have we fallen prey to Cornona Fatigue<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 The new term that has been coined to describe our collective sense of exhaustion, helplessness<\/em><\/span> and inertia<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n
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That means we seem to have dropped the ball on our creative work<\/em><\/span> and doing the bare minimum that needs to be done( plus Prime and Netflix of course!) . We got tired, frustrated and just waiting for better days.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nCreativity is future proof<\/em><\/span>. Some of the most remarkable works of art were created in dire circumstances and in response to adversity, social injustice<\/em><\/span> and major uncertainty.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Here goes a few examples:<\/p>\n
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- The seminal work of Viktor Frankl<\/a>(inside a Nazi concentration camp)<\/li>\n
- The Hemingway<\/a> & Steinbeck<\/a> novels<\/li>\n
- The Diary of Anne Frank<\/a><\/li>\n
- Picasso’s Guernica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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If you have read up until this part of the rant, you would discover a gap between your capabilities and what you are actually doing. Maybe you are thinking:-<\/p>\n
I’m my own greatest obstacle<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
My self-doubt is an obstacle<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
My own motivation and focus or lack thereof is my biggest obstacle<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
We may feel that there could be something better and more fulfilling to do with our time and energy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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Enough of (doom)scrolling, tweeting<\/em><\/span> and obsessive email checking<\/em><\/span>. What else can we do and what can we do and what prevents us from doing those other things?<\/p>\n
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The pandemic has made us hyper-focused on what sucks and short sighted about other things that we still have control over.<\/p>\n
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Everyone feels like a fraud<\/em><\/span>. We are all making it up<\/em><\/span>. There is only one difference<\/em> <\/span>between people who get out of their way and those who don’t. People who get out of their way, persists<\/em><\/span>, even if they feel like a fraud.<\/p>\n
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You don’t have to have your shit together in order to create<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n
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The fact that you don’t have your shit together doesn’t mean that you are stupid or don’t know anything- it just shows that you are human<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n
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We use our creativity to express our humanity<\/em><\/span> and we connect with each other thanks to our common humanity<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n
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So, let’s get out of our way<\/em> <\/span>to shovel a mountain of shit<\/em><\/span> for our ounce of gold<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- The Hemingway<\/a> & Steinbeck<\/a> novels<\/li>\n
- Resist the reality and accept our temporary circumstances<\/em><\/span> become our permanent identity<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n