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How Many Weeks of Life Do You Get?

And how to make them last longer. — How many weeks does the average person live? Maybe your first thought is way up there, like 150k weeks, 70k weeks for sure. Believe it or not, it's much less than you'd think. Oliver Burkeman asked this question to a host of people for his book Four Thousand Weeks: Time…

Life

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How Many Weeks of Life Do You Get?
How Many Weeks of Life Do You Get?
Life

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Published in Creative Passions 💖

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Finding Your Purpose is Simpler Than You Think.

Here’s one undeniable way to discover yours. — You’re looking to find purpose—a reason to get up in the morning or a career to fulfill your heart and soul. I know the feeling. You try this and try that for a little while, only to be disappointed you don’t fall in love right away. “When will my calling…

Life

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Finding Your Purpose is Simpler Than You Think.
Finding Your Purpose is Simpler Than You Think.
Life

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Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Jan 23

3 Drawing Tips That Could Improve Both Your Art and Your Life

A comic essay about not complicating things —

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3 Drawing Tips That Could Improve Both Your Art and Your Life
3 Drawing Tips That Could Improve Both Your Art and Your Life
Life

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3 Drawing Tips That Could Improve Both Your Art and Your Life

A comic essay about not complicating things

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Jan 9

You Can Give up on Art And Come Back Later

If you’re sick and tired of creating — then stop. — If you love something, let it go. You’ve heard the saying. It doesn’t have to be forever, though especially when it’s a hobby or skill you love dearly. I’ve been drawing all my life (at least since I was three years old), and it’s a skill I’ve worked hard to…

Art

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You Can Give up on Art And Come Back Later
You Can Give up on Art And Come Back Later
Art

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Dec 12, 2022

Tire Pressure

A comic about stress and patience. —

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Tire Pressure
Tire Pressure
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Tire Pressure

A comic about stress and patience.

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Nov 28, 2022

The Time Traveling Anthropologist

A comic about visiting a lost culture.

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The Time Traveling Anthropologist
The Time Traveling Anthropologist
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The Time Traveling Anthropologist

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Nov 14, 2022

Why Time Travel Shouldn’t be an Option

You’d probably die in a month and miss your current life. — Movies and TV shows make you think traveling back in time would be so much fun and full of endless adventures. You dream about possibly jumping to another period in history to relive famous events to meet well-known people. Or, you could put things in place that would set you…

Life

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Why Time Travel Shouldn’t be an Option
Why Time Travel Shouldn’t be an Option
Life

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Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Oct 27, 2022

How “OTD” Could Give You Creative Confidence

If your work is getting out there, you can grow. — Are you creating art or writing to make yourself happy or to inspire others? I bet it’s a little bit of both. So, go ahead and make your art, then put it out there for people to see. Simple, right? Some creative people have trouble with this concept. …

Productivity

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How “OTD” Could Give You Creative Confidence
How “OTD” Could Give You Creative Confidence
Productivity

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Published in Japonica Publication

·Oct 18, 2022

Visiting a Secret Japanese Festival

A comic essay about confidence. —

Japan

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Visiting a Secret Japanese Festival
Visiting a Secret Japanese Festival
Japan

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Visiting a Secret Japanese Festival

A comic essay about confidence.

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Published in Creative Passions 💖

·Sep 27, 2022

Letting go of Your "One Ring"

How to move away from precious creative failures. — “The job of an artist is to move away from what he considers his failures.” -Robert Genn (Painter and writer) I'm trying my best to watch the new Rings of Power show based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of The Rings books. The movies were fantastic. This new series is, in…

Art

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Letting go of Your "One Ring"
Letting go of Your "One Ring"
Art

7 min read

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Khalid Birdsong

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Visual artist, teacher, and world traveler. Writing articles makes me smile. Join my newsletter- https://khalidbirdsong.substack.com/

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