Learning new skills at any age is tough but as we age we begin to lose some of our neural plasticity and I noticed this during the last month. At a couple points in the class the coursework seemed especially hard and because of this I started to procrastinate. Every single breakthrough I had while taking the course happened when I decided to plant myself in a chair, throw caution to the wind and vow to just try my best.
There were a few things about the class that I didn’t anticipate. One of them was how few people finished. If I were to guess only less than half of my classmates completed all of the required coursework and projects by the class deadlines.
We all hear from the self-help and life-hack gurus about how imperative it is to “show up” but this experience got me thinking about the importance of seeing things through.
Looking back on my own life, persistence has been the one attribute that has paid the most dividends. I can thank my Dad for instilling this in me. I now have a new skill and it'll be fun to see where the filmmaking journey will take me.
If you’re interested in learning filmmaking this link will get you $20 off the course.
This past month has been a great reminder that, when faced with important decisions it’s often best to choose the boldest amongst them.
For those of you who may've missed my previous posts about the class projects here are my two major ones:
This will be the longest we’ve ever been away at any one time so it should prove interesting. While we’re down there I plan on looking into a modular home manufacturer called Zennihome. They’re based in Arizona so it’ll be very convenient.
We had originally thought the RV life would be for us, at least to travel and live for short periods of time but buying some land somewhere and building one of these modular homes for a winter getaway is starting to get equally attractive. It makes much more sense from an investment perspective.
What I envision is three-to-five acres with a Citizen and Denizen model Zennihome attached by a breezeway. We could even add another Citizen model at some later date to use as an Airbnb for extra income.
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I hope you all are having a fabulous week!
-Eric
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Poetry should move us, it should change us, it should glitch our brains, shift our moods to another frequency. Poetry should evoke feelings of melancholy, whimsy, it should remind us what it feels like to be in love, or cause us to think about something in a completely different way. I view poetry, and all art really, as a temporary and fragile bridge between our world and a more pure and refined one. This is a world we could bring into creation if enough of us believed in it. This book is ephemera, destined to end up forgotten, lingering on some dusty shelf or tucked away in a dark attic. Yet the words, they will live on in memory. I hope these words become a part of you, bubble up into your memory when you least expect them to and make you feel a little more alive.
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