I've been sending comics to various individuals for the past couple of weeks or so. Daydreaming about this or that person liking what I do enough to hand me the keys to the kingdom comes with the territory whenever I send stuff out. The other day I tried to think a little critically about that whole thought process. I concluded that the best way for me to achieve success at what I do in any creative endeavors would involve taking care of myself to the extent that i could enjoy a many-years-long period of mental and emotional stability that would allow me to create a substantial body of work.
That means: no cigarettes, booze, or drugs, taking my medication as prescribed, eating right, exercising, and at least one more very important element. That important ingredient involves my ability to refrain from romantically pursuing unavailable women. Nothing undermined my mental and emotional stability more in the old days than my tendency to get caught up in my obsessions with unavailable women. I figure that a robust\ ability to take care of myself in all of the above areas, especially the area involving women, will contribute more to whatever success I may achieve than finding that one gatekeeper and pleasing that person to the extent that they need pleasing.
That means: no cigarettes, booze, or drugs, taking my medication as prescribed, eating right, exercising, and at least one more very important element. That important ingredient involves my ability to refrain from romantically pursuing unavailable women. Nothing undermined my mental and emotional stability more in the old days than my tendency to get caught up in my obsessions with unavailable women. I figure that a robust\ ability to take care of myself in all of the above areas, especially the area involving women, will contribute more to whatever success I may achieve than finding that one gatekeeper and pleasing that person to the extent that they need pleasing.
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