sandell.

firstly, I just want to say that I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with after effects and making these motion graphics. it’s taken a lot but after messing with a lot of tutorials, I think I am starting to learn the fundamentals. prior to making this one, I had to scrap the one I was working on because I ran into a problem I couldn’t solve, but I made it better. I spent a lot of time admiring how far I’ve come so far, and there is still so far to go. how fun hahaha.

onto the main topic of the week:

I can’t stop thinking about this image that I saw last week:

I’ve found an opportunity for myself. I need to make a decision on how I want to approach it.

it’s so different from what I’ve been doing and I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t scared about approaching it.

but like I said, I’ve been thinking about this quote a lot. I can’t even say that it’s attributable to an author, all I see are these words and they mean something to me. I gotta swing the damn bat. no other way around it.

nothing changes if nothing changes.

and years can go by with no change.

I finally feel like I’ve found the timing to make what I have going work, and it seems like now is time to jump ship once again. this is the nature of life thought right? just when you get it figured out, it’s time for something new.

vitality, moments, and everything else that matters seems to only be found in the now. and that “now” is constantly changing. I’ve wanted my life to be static and constant for so long, but I don’t think that I knew what I was asking for. like a child begging to touch a hot stove. it keeps going. it just keeps going.

growing is not an easy thing to do. it rarely feels like a good thing, but I can recognize the good that lies in this opportunity.

fortunately and unfortunately; life does not reward those who merely think, but those who can toss their thoughts by the wayside and dive in regardless.

we keep losing people. we’re always losing people. hug your family, tell them that you love them, make amends if you can and just practice love, man. as often as you can. as fully as you can. the absurdity of how short we are on this earth is crazy. love from a place of strength, it doesn’t make you weak.

push yourself. while you still can.

all praise is due to the most high.

action / everything.