This swishism can be prefixed with the sentence: “You know you’ve got it bad when you…”
It should also be taken as advice for artists when the idea, piece, concept, lyric you love knocks you back.
Redraft, it’ll probably come ’round.
Everytime I stumble across a new word that I like, I have the compulsion to investigate it’s meaning. If I don’t find my mouse gravitating towards the Merriam-Webster bookmark, it’s cause I’m quick-drawing for my trusty dictionary. After 17 years together, it’s so worn there is no A section left. I use it quite a lot. Appnraetly.
On the other hand, all the things that are met with hesitation on my to do list, are all the things I’m not very good at. Take numbers for example, I always delay working with them. Yesterday I sat down with a friend, who, without hesitation - looked at some numbers I put in front of him, did a a quick investigation, and gave me a few workable solutions for how best to structure the financial particulars.
Everything has it’s season, but if your good at something, and it’s your passion, and you investigate it without hesitation, then for your own sake, find other people who are good in areas where you’re more hesitant.
Hustle. I’ve always liked that word. By hustle I mean ‘to obtain by energetic activity ‘ (not the underhand kind). It reminds me of 5-aside football coaching screamed from the sidelines way back in Primary school.
“Hustle, hustle, give and go. Shut him down!!”
The BBC did a survey recently that said the UK works the longest hours in Europe. I think this is true, but I would go further and say that the UK works the longest hours at stuff they absolutely loathe. I say shuffle on, but if your gonna shuffle, then whatever your (other) hustle is, do it with passion and skill, relentlessly. (’stubborn’ is also a good substitute for ’skilled’ in this swishism)
For today’s caveat though, I like the way, Canadian rapper, Shad puts it:
“Just recognise this, success won’t make you happy, at best it makes you rich / at worst it makes you paranoid, bitter and afraid - anyways, there’s no use for cash in the grave”
