Motivational Post: Positive Thinking, Constructive Self-Criticism, and Potential Growth

Over the years, I've never been one to just sit back and formulate a plan on just what I, was doing, I was always one to dive in head-first. Now, as I've grown a tad wiser, perhaps a tad more cautious, I've begin to do what I've hated most: map out my ideas in the off-chance I'll actually have an original idea. Writing about writing, well it grows tiresome, and having to always map out ideas, or to keep your peaking interest for longer than a thousand words is more improbable now than it was a decade ago. I try to formulate opinions of merit based on personal experience, and first-hand accounts. However, I find my act growing staler than it's been for the longest time. So I'm not going to do a post on NaNoWriMo right now, nor am I going to update you on writing, or the factors needed to write, because we've beaten that horse to death not only with the last several accounts, but I believe it's a topic everyone discusses, but never actually says anything relevant about. If you will amuse me for a few paragraphs, I would like to discuss a few things about myself that hold water to this blog post: I've always been the curious type, reading, hypothesizing, and thinking of what's coming up, not necessarily what's right now. My life has always been about pressing toward a destiny that was befitting an individual with such insight and wonder in their eyes. I always believed I was going to be the person that made it in this world, because I didn't lack fortitude, I had courage, taught by a strong nuclear family unit. The world was my caricatured oyster, and I was sitting pretty on it's half-shell. Yet, I find myself lost in the now, struggling to stay afloat, but always focused on the next task. Because I've always written, or read, or discovered something that would get me the $2000 question on Jeopardy! I never thought to challenge beyond my style, never learned to deface all that I've learned, and start anew, because comfort was more abiding than struggle. When you've rarely struggled with the system, when you've never had to worry about knowing, the world is a pretty easy place to get alone in, no matter how vicious it all seemed. That foreboding thought was my essential downfall later in life. I've not necessarily been a loser, because longer have no vigor, no dreams, or personal goals. I have those things, just not in the traditional sense, hence my collective failures. I always say failure is a greater learning tool than success,,but that does wager that a person inherently succeeds often enough to be humbled by failure, not expectant of it at every twist and turn. Yes, I am self-depracating, I admit that, but who among this readership has not bee down on themselves for what could only be perceived as constructive criticism? Who among any of us could say we haven't issued a demerit to ourselves to restart the Initializing process to stand firm once again? All of us have had trying times, most of us have had times of utter distraught, but we bounce back! For me I've always been the type to bounce beck after diving headfirst blindly into empty pools of misled hopes and dreams. I've never committed to anything, or had a brush with a destined, certified winner. Granted, this would make anyone irritable, at very least, it would make someone hospitable, even a bit disillusioned, jealous of those who've done less, got further, and succeeded longer with little effort. Take that in stride I say, because in the end, everything is going to falter, everyone is going to criticize, and you will be left without a lending hand in the civilized world. Success means less help, less chance of bouncing back, and a call of perfection that feels like torturous rhythm. Embrace that feeling of intolerable suffering, because it sure as hell beats the feeling of unaccomplished misanthropy. Never be afraid to criticize yourself, in life, or in any goal you stove to achieve. Never feel you're better than you are, but never think you're any worst! You are as potentially brilliant as the next fool who sought fame and glory through a profound study or purpose. I've learned over the years to never shy away from criticism, it means someone out there took the time to believe in you, and sees that merit, that lingering feeling of magical accomplishment that is vastly growing within you, it makes you as promising as the next person, but separates you because so one has seen some self-worth in your endeavors. Whenever I think of what I want out of life, it's the simplest things that bring a smile to my forlorn face: a spouse, a strong family bond, similar, but not an exact copy of what I had, and the role reversal of giving my potential offspring a great, if not better childhood than I've received. Sure, the American dream since 1776 has always been to have a foundation of strong family values, but other than my constant dreams of the picket fence in a suburb untouched by the world of mundane depravity, and a loss of innocence, I tend to care fondly about having a steady career, which if this were ten years earlier, would be already kicking off strongly. Granted, I have a lot to do with my current position (ie, self/unemployed) but they're is a lot to do with the rapid change in culture over the past several decades. Yt, I still smile, knowing that I have a quality skill that supersedes the layman, I have an inquisitive mind, and that is worth more than all the printed, minted, and mined capital in all the world. I believe most of us who strive to be better than the current generation, aim high, we procure our place in history, by thinking beyond ourselves, seeing how our future will be beneficial, not a drain on current societal trends. We tend to abolish constructs that we as a society have to be as filthy, as morally bankrupt, or as pessimistic as the past. We are our own endusers, the global market, along with the upstart capital has made even the wifi hotspot navigator a Captain of Industry. Today, we all get wealth from individualism, not some faceless corporation that hides behind the mass market, trickling down whatever volatile means for the dry palettes of the masses. No, today we all fund what we want, as we so choose. One person makes a difference in the industry far more often, and with far less starting capital than ever before. So be sure to know that success is not always measured on sales anymore, or through digital communications, or even market streams that have been guided haphazardly in the past. Today, even a dog can become a star with enough you tube hits, or likes on Facebook. You are your own brand, and that's not always an easy torch to carry, but never are you alone, you are always connected with people,who will strive on your success as much as you, in a cooperative, albeit competitive market. Do not ever give up hope! Especially young, cautious writers who, like me, have the treacherous information highway to trek, looking for what worms for you best, not so-much what should be prevalently simple with all the choices to help you succeed. The problem is that with choice, it's not always better to have so many roads to travel: eventual the fiber optic thickets will gobble you whole, and failure is all you will obtain. Choose your course, stay true, until it abandons you, then adapt quickly, so not to be dragged undertow. Good luck to you all in this brave new world. Thank you for reading the Malacast Editorial. Twitter: Twitter.com/mcasteditorial E-Mail: mcasteditorial@yahoo.com I'll be posting my updates every Monday for Monday Blogs (@MondayBlogs/#MondayBlogs) on twitter during the entire month of November for. NaNoWriMo. As always, thank you very much for supporting the Malacast Editoral, have a great week, and support the art of writing!