This might seem insane, which it is.
It's good to have goals, which I clearly have. The point of writing all this hoobastank is to show that having a visual could help you achieve anything.
Let's just run through this step by step...
1. Wear The Fuckin' Zoot Suit.
What does this shit mean? Mmm good question. (It means don't get comfortable, which is also #2 lol. Just a bit different) I have been a creative person for the last 20 years. I used to paint under my real name, real alias, real skin. When Covid first popped off, I had a change of heart and decided I didn't want to create under my god given name. This was the birth of Kaba and its led me here. With Kaba, I wanted to create without the fear of being judged by the way I look. I wanted the work to be judged solely based off the work. That's where the costume comes into play. Artists are always recognizable, perhaps its once they're famous that their face is important, or perhaps its because they look unique. I wanted to look unique. Damn I suck at blogs haha. Six years of College and I can't write my thoughts down for shit.
Now, Bill Murray has this quote that I think about a lot when I see the rich and famous creators, and that quote is "I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'." Maybe in honesty, that's why I wear the costume.
But why does #1 say WEAR THE FUCKIN' ZOOT SUIT? Because It's a reminder to stick with your initial idea. I told myself I wanted to see where this goes and I can't get there by changing course. I'm literally going to hyperfocus on stuff like I'm driving through a corn field, only going straight. The suit is the character I will continue with because it was the reason for Kaba. If I don't wear the suit, then I'm not following the goal.
2. Avoid The Buffet
When I go out to eat, I indulge. Buffets are my mecca and they are my destruction. This was originally going to be called "Don't get comfortable" but I figured I'd change the slogan so it'd stick better. Really though, it's just saying DON'T GET COMFORTABLE. It's when you become comfortable that you become stagnant. A buffet has everything you want and no reason to leave. Instead of going to the buffet, forage in the forest and see what happens in the morning.
3. McDonalds Until You Die
In High School, my class was told to write what we wanted to do after High School. I wrote an essay saying I want to have a McJob until I make enough money to do what I wanted to do. That was a shit essay and I had shit ideas. Not much has changed lol. McDonalds Until You Die is my way of telling myself; don't quit your day job. The reason I can create is because I'm forced to NOT create at times. If I ever find small success, where I wouldn't have to do anything besides paint, I wouldn't do it. I always need another job because it helps me create. When I used to wash dishes at Pizza Hut, I would fantasize about screenplays in my head and then get home, write that shit, and pass out. I found creative juice by doing other shit. So... Until the day I die, I will work doing something that isn't creative just so I can work doing something that IS creative. Lol.
4. Kiss The Baby
Politicians shake a lot of hands. They get far in life by meeting people, seeing the problems in their community, and kissing babies. Kiss The Baby is finding community. It's meeting people, doing weird shit, making friends, enemies, whatever. It's getting out there and MEETING PEOPLE. You can't find success if you're in a fish tank. Gotta get into the pond to start swimming. Kiss The Baby could also me implied as sucking up to people. It's just doing shit you don't want to do so you can do what you do wanna do. Go kiss some babies and shake some hands, kiss some babies and get out of your comfort zone.
5. Sticks And Stones
Don't listen to the negative Nancies. Avoid the people who bring you down with words. If they get into your head, use the words as fuel. They said you're shit? Fuck them, prove them wrong. Words can never hurt me. They only HELP ME GO BEAST MODE. Why do men work out after a break up? Because they've got shit in their head and they need to do physical shit to get out of their headspace. Words can never hurt me. All press is good press. Lots of sayings on the basic idea but really, just follow your dreams and fuck the people who say shit that's lame. Its' your dream after all, go fight for it.
6. Bad Movies Don't Exist
At Film School, I had this teacher who showed us some pretty shit films. We wrote papers on them. We discussed them. From all these movies, he taught as that we could learn from the bad. Learn from your mistakes? Hell yea! Learn from other peoples mistakes? EVEN BETTER. A Bad Movie Doesn't Exist because at the end of the day, its just a movie. It's been created, its out there, and it evokes something from you. THAT IS THE POINT OF A MOVIE. You go out there, fuck up, and it evokes something from you? THAT'S THE POINT OF A MISTAKE! LEARN FROM IT. *Also I just really like watching bad movies. They're fun.
7. Save Often, Save Early.
Another thing my teacher would say in elementary school. We'd be typing stuff in the typing class and she'd go around "Save often, save early!" Because one, our computers were trash and might turn off at any moment, and two, well... Yeah just one. BUT! This is a good point to take into life. Save often means you progress on something and then evaluate what you just did. You go over the steps, you let it become rooted in you. You saved what you made by remembering the steps you took to get there. Save Early? That means you constantly check yourself. You're always checking in on the goal!
Alright that's it. I wrote this while talking to my bank. I'm trying to increase my spending limit so I can buy this fucking plane ticket to Japan.
Oh here's another thing...
7.1
Have fun in life.
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