Git Gud

I'm going to say something that's awful, but it's also true.

It doesn't matter how kind and friendly I am - no one is going to support my work just because I'm kind and friendly and putting things out into the world. No one is going to say, "They've supported me, so I should support them too." Social networking is great, but only if you can manage to convince people that you're worth their time and attention. The only way for me to be supported, basically, is to be worthy of support.

My goal for the summer is to improve my art skills to the extent that I can manage to trick people into liking my work. I will readily admit that this is shallow, but improvement is improvement.

My ultimate goal is to get to a point where I'm doing what I do simply because it brings me joy. I'm going to have to work to get to that point, and it's fair to acknowledge that it won't necessarily be fun or make me happy. Until then, I'm going to need to rely on discipline and the borrowed energy of hardcore motivational playlists.