One of life’s most fundamental decisions — What I regret most about how I handled last year’s chaotic events is that I wasted a lot of time listening to clueless people and feeling unhappy due to immobilising despair. How about you? When you turned on your tv or radio, all everyone ever talked about…

They will tell you it’s a waste of time until you start earning money. People who’re not familiar with the artist’s life will define your talent and sanity by your level of income. …

Finishing projects is what predominantly advances your skills. The internet provides us with a plethora of resources for studying. We can hop from one course or teacher to the next — and that’s precisely what we do. Voluminous amounts of information overwhelm us. They cause self-doubt. Meanwhile, we’re spending significantly more time on learning the tiniest details instead of sharpening our creative arsenal through producing. Successful creators and athletes insist that the most extensive progress emerges from doing. Yet, we convince ourselves to ‘wait until we’re good enough’.