“People tell me slow my roll, I’m screaming out, ‘Fuck that’.”
—Kid Cudi
February 2012
53 posts
“If you can touch one person profoundly, you can touch the whole world”
—Jens Laugesen
“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn’t make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life the better. The minute anybody makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.”
—Amy Poehler (via drinkyourjuice)
“Each day I live my life, I hear people of far older age than me saying “I wish I could’ve”. This motivates me to take every initiative that I’m able to, and work towards a bright future. Remember that when you’re not practicing, there’s someone else out there doing so. Treat every moment with value and act accordingly. If you find yourself to be sidetracked, keep the end product in mind and motivate yourself to push forward. If nobody else is willing to motivate or inspire you, you should be there for yourself.”
—Justin Amoafo
“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.”
—Mark Zuckerberg
Change
I think I might change the way I do things around here. I’m thinking of resorting to making myself out to be tho emotionless, carefree guy. After all, this is the internet right? Nobody (except a few) actually know me in real life, so what does it matter? Every time I show some sort of optimism or positive outlook on life, negative feedback ensues. I’m not exactly moved because this is life. For every good person you meet, there will be tons of nasty human beings that want to condemn you and your dreams. My message to you guys is to move past that, in any way possible and go after what you want. Although selflessness is a good trait, in order to affect others in a positive manner, sometimes you have to put yourself first.
Now that writing this put me in a better mood, I can conclude that I’ll be the same genuine, constantly happy Justin that a lot of people enjoy. As per the people who’d rather see my downfall and low points: I’m genuinely sorry that I couldn’t cater to you. Maybe in another life, a long time from now, I’ll be a different person with different intentions.
Thoughts
The world and the people who live in it//how they function is so interesting to study. Today, I watched two movies: “The Lottery Ticket” and “Coming to America”. While alot of people watch such movies for amusement and entertainment, I took alot of different things from these two films. In “The Lottery Ticket”, Kevin, the main character wins the Lottery and after a full day of hatred from his neighborhood friends, they all decide to be his friend once they learn of his new fortune. Girls that blew him off previously (gold diggers, specifically) threw themselves at him. “Coming to America” was similar, but the moral of the story was more mantaining your humility. Taking both of these things into account, I think it is interesting how circumstances change people. These movies apply directly to real life. Some have to search far and wide to find genuine love and affection. The world is poisoned by the very material object that runs it: money.
The moral of the story is, look at everyone who claims to love you and appreciate you. Subtract all of your material posessions and things that you cant and wont change. If you can be confident that they’ll still love you and show their love for you after subtracting these things, you’ve found a true companion. Otherwise, these people aren’t worth your time and you should probably seek better people in your life.
“Minimalism is not a lack of something, it’s simply the perfect amount of something.”
—Nicholas Burroughs (via notitleforyousir)
“I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.”
—Kwame Nkrumah (via justbeenjustin)
“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
— Dale Carnegie
“This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a better camera to buy and new software to download. The user never has time to become comfortable with the tool. Consequently too much of the work is merely about the technology. The HDR and QTVR fads are good examples. Instead of focusing on the subject, users obsess over RAW conversion, Photoshop plug-ins, and on and on. For good work to develop the technology needs to become as stable and functional as a typewriter.”
—“Toy Fatigue”, Alec Soth (via tokyo-camera-style)
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”
—Paulo Coelho (via mutualaddiction)
“Your mind is just this powerful machine, whatever you set it to and you believe, and you work towards achieving it, you can do it.”
—Super Saiyans are Real
