#designing

My favourite book was probably “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. Poetry wise, I think my favourite play that I read was “The Duchess of Malfi” by John Webster.

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To be honest I think I liked all of the books I read for various reasons, some leaving an impact more than others (such as “1984” by George Orwell). The only one I really struggled with was Wuthering Heights, as I couldn’t stand the characters 🤣

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Luckily I had to read a fair amount of books and plays for uni as well, to put my own creative spin on designing the world and characters within them. My favourite book there was “The Castle of Otranto” by Horace Walpole (hands down, the most ridiculous gothic book I’ve ever read! To be fair, it was one of the first of its kind) and play wise, “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde is stellar, and so funny :)

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Wow, it’s quite scary to realise that, it didn’t quite hit how far we’re into 2022 until seeing it written down! 😅

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In terms of what I’ve achieved… it’s hard to say really. Everything that I’ve been doing, especially the last few months, is hustling as hard as I can, for a major deadline that if all goes well, means that it will be a colossal burden lifted for my family. So while that’s not exciting to do or read about even aha, everything that I want to do (art, etc) is kind of shelved until I can get that done, on my part.

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In terms of more interesting things though!

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✨ I’m very close to finishing a painting I’ve been working on for @nurbzee! As to the above, it’s been difficult carving out the time I want to give towards creating, but I want it to be to the best of my ability and because she deserves the absolute best! 💫✨

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✨ I’ve now finally seen in person some of the work I did way back in last December that was graphic design, in terms of designing chinaware (teacups and saucers primarily), and such. I saw two of the designs on Friday and I’m so, so chuffed with how they came out! Actually selling them to people was the most amazing feeling. Unfortunately I can’t post them here due to my contract, but I’m glad that the hours spent on them paid off! 😄

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My goals are to continue what I’m doing, finish my painting and hopefully some of my own personal work as well, and if everything goes okay, I can then start looking properly into garden studios to do my art!! 🎨

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When I was in the Army I got accepted into the biomedical program at the University of Washington. My girlfriend at the time talked me into going back to Michigan for the summer, my plan was to head straight to Washington and get settled and she was going to join me after a month or so. Well I went to Michigan. Then she talked me into putting it off for a semester which I did. Then she dumped me for another guy. Well here I am in Michigan still, now going to a community college. Fucking women will ruin your life if you let them.
This is for the dads out there. When my kids were little I went through this weird selfish stage (the reason isn't important) which as a result I missed several of their birthday parties. Blew it off at the time but years later it started to really bother me. They usually went to one specific pizza / gaming place, and I can't drive past it now without feeling regret.
Not meeting someone I met on-line that could very well have changed my life. He's well known in his genre of books, but I was hesitant because of a couple of things that seem rather silly and petty now. Couple of months ago I had another opportunity to meet him face to face, I was embarrassed to approach his table because of our on-line relationship (it became sexual). I regret that I cannot be a fan on his FB page and interact with fellow fans, I'm so embarrassed by what we did.
Not changing my major to something else when I came home from college to a community college. tl;dr I had a nervous breakdown at a small Catholic college because it was cultish and I didn't fit it. I also was an education major and went with it in community college until I transferred to another college and saw designing lesson plans was not for me.
Six years ago I broke up with a long time girlfriend, she was coming out of a severe deppression due to the death of her parents in a car accident, we were fighting one night, I don't even remember why, I just remember it was a stupid meaningless fight. It was 2 am, she told me she never wanted to see me again, then grabbed her keys to her motorbike and left. She was drunk too, She drove out to the beach and drowned herself. I still know I could have and should have stopped her.
This is probably going to sound like a petty first-word problem, but I have huge regrets about not accepting my admission to the Naval Academy. I was already enlisted in the Marine Corps at the time and the thought of signing away 10 more years of my life scared me away at the last minute.
I ended up finishing my enlisted contract and going to an Ivy League college, so it's not like it had any negative effect on my life, but I still regret it a lot and get really jealous every time a new class starts their plebe year. By now I'm too old to attend, even if I wanted to.

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Discrimination against women and girls in education, work, and politics. Even if we think purely self interestedly educating women pays. I read somewhere that Statistics Norway (www.ssb.no) says that women entering the work force in Norway in the last sixty years has had a greater positive impact on the country's economy than North Sea oil. Unfortunately I can't find the reference now. And of course educated women have fewer, and healthier, children which means less stress, less demand on health services, and higher future income. Reality shows. None are real.
Finding things to be upset about. On the one hand you have a few people who don't have to bother do anything because they have everything, all they need to do is lean on their wealth leverage to stay where they are. Who have more than most of mankind combined. On the other hand you have billions without the resources to do anything. And even if they have the resources to try to do something, they usually can't afford to fuck up even a little bit while doing so. It even completely distorts all the incentives. As long as there is this extreme inequality, it will always be a lot easier and a lot more lucrative to mildly amuse one of those super wealthy than it is to improve the lives of billions. Wars, and conflicts between countries in general. Imagine if the world was just a bunch of intelligent humans who work with each other, don't have any reason to be mad at each other, and care about the planet. Too good to be true.
40+ hours work week. Waste of lots of potential human relationships of all kinds. Don’t get to be with family, friends that often. Lots of people are sucked into their work that it can impact their personal lives. Education. Surely there’s a more efficient way of schooling so it doesn’t take someone sooo many years of general education (primary/secondary education). General education that doesn’t qualify you for much. Money. Finances blocks so many things we could potentially achieve. Think of all the things we could have done if lack of funding were not an issue. We would have much more data for all areas of studies/academia etc.
Intelligent people toiling away at menial labor because they don't have the financial means or confidence to rise above this capitalistic society and apply themselves to the greater issues that plague humanity.
People have stopped inventing things. All the way up to the 1940’s and 50’s it wasn’t uncommon to see young adults in their garages wiring things or designing something new or in their bedroom with ac chemistry set doing experiments. Imagine how advanced society would be if everyone in a local area got together even spent a few hours trying to invent something.

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It really depends on how crazy I can go 😂 I have some ideas that are pretty bonkers Haha But if I had an endless budget there'd be three things I would definitely get:

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🔵 A dedicated room for movie-watching, gaming and VR. Definitely the most realistic thing on this wishlist Haha It'd be so cool to have like a huge projector and really comfy seats. In one corner there'd be a sick gaming PC but also enough room so I could play VR in there. I'd want some sick blue LED lighting in there too 🎮

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🔵 A big saltwater aquarium! I think aquariums are super cool and I find it quite soothing to look at fish. I'd want some quite unique and colorful fish in there, maybe even some small sharks if I wanted to go nuts lol 🐠🦈

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🔵 And finally: A huge indoor pool fit to swim laps in. This would be the DREAM for a swimmer like me. I'd never even need an at home gym with something like this Haha No need to share a lane with someone far slower than you cus guess what? You OWN it 😂 I'd probably want an outdoor pool too but it could be circular and more fit for pool parties. As long as I get to have one pool that's rectangular and I can use all year long 🏊‍♂️

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