Routine can get the best of any artist.
Therefore the true artist must learn to live a life of uncertainty, leave the routine to the non-artists.
Once you except uncertainty as part of the process of becoming a great artist, you'll see life's problems merely as challenges. You'll begin to see how each instance the big, the bad, the ugly, and whatever else, they all are propelling you toward your art's creation.
Of course it's easier to go to grad school...
It's easier to have a normal job...
It's easier to wake up every day and do the same thing...
And yes its much, much HARDER to not know your plan of attack at any given moment, or month from now, or a year from now. But that doesn't mean its any less noble to be uncertain, quite the contrary, it's the true calling of an artist.
(Now that doesn't mean we don't set goals, but instead we set flexible goals, that propel us toward our art everyday, month, and year.)
Learn to embrace living in uncertainty, while still taking action toward your artistic goals... And this uncertainty will lead to your greatness.
We grow up in a society where it's excepted and encouraged to follow the same routine, go to school Monday through Friday, go to work Monday through Friday, follow the herd, that's routine a its best.
But don't let routine stifle you're creativity. You need to live in the unknown to find your genius. Let your muse fill in the gaps along the way, and your art can't help but flourish.
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