dickmcvengeance:

I’m looking to make these decisions in my own life — subtracting tasks from my thought process so that I can actually get things done. I’m constantly feeling restless — as though there’s something bigger that I should be working on — and I can’t seem to make any real progress on the bigger goals I’ve set for myself. With three months left in the year, I’ve cut out surprisingly few of my half-year goals. I’d like to fix that, and I think that writing out my ideas on here will be one part of the process.

So, I read Destructoid.com and Japanator.com pretty religiously, despite never getting around to actually playing games or watching anime. There are plenty of reasons for doing so, but one is that they are full of incredibly smart people with great stuff to say. One of those people is Brad Rice, the editor-in-chief of Japanator, and his Thanksgiving post linked to his personal tumblr. I’m reblogging it because all of his original-content posts make me feel good about life. From what I understand he’s in his late twenties (please don’t let this be wrong), living with his parents, editor of a relatively successful and relatively well-known anime blog, and through that, got a job working for Vonage that lets him continue his editorial duties.

        The fact that there is nothing uncool or wrong about any of that is what makes me feel great. Yeah, he’s at an age where a lot of people would say “whoa japanese cartoons, what are you doing with your life”, and he lives with his parents (or lived as of one post), and he got a “real job” - thus “selling out” or what have you. But dude’s got his life in order, and I think I won’t be the only one inspired by that.

        I’m reblogging because that’s pretty much the easiest way to make your existence known to someone on tumblr, and hopefully that won’t be weird. Given that I’ve mined a public site on the internet for details about someone’s life to share with a few friends, that’s questionable. At any rate, here are some highlights that I would classify only as “recommended reads,” simply because your mileage may vary.

• A Scene I’m Proud of Writing
• Learning How to Manage My Time as Editor-in-Chief
• What I’ve Learned: Every Day is the Most Enjoyable Day
• Calm Down, Sheeple

        And a lifehacker post titled Why Technology is So Addictive, and How You Can Avoid Tech Burnout was linked somewhere, but I lost the post, so there’s a bonus that is a must-read.