Where Did My Capitalism Go?

I have a lot of ideas that I want to follow through with to completion. The problem is that I get distracted as I formulate a certain idea into a reality…so much so, that sometimes I leave that certain idea and don’t revisit it until weeks later. I don’t know whether to continue at my current pace, working on mutlitple projects at once, or to focus all my efforts on just one endeavor. Take this blog for example. I definitely want to continue writing it because I believe in the idea that underlies my writing here (a resurgence of capitalism in unregulated form), but I made a push two weeks ago to write more and only got one post out of it. Other things came up: I’m trying to get into furniture building, I also write and record music, and I just got back into writing for a certain project after getting my personal studio set up in a new place, and I’ve also been focused on developing my ability to make really good cocktails (studying up on mixology and making a different drink every night to increase my personal library of drink knowledge). It’s a varied list, and those are just some of the ideas/hobbies that have been on my mind and taking precedence lately.

I also have business ideas that I’m interested in pursuing. My inclination is to focus on these since they have potential money-making ability, but if it’s just a good idea rather than something I’m genuinely interested in, why bother to pursue it? Capitalism would essentially tell me to “capitalize”. Make the most of what you have, and use what you own to engage in and profit from other endeavors. Even if I’m not making money by engaging in my hobbies, I’m essentially profitting from them since they bring me happiness. And I know that I’m making the most of my mind by using it to immerse myself in activities that stimulate it. Time is the problem. I don’t think I use my time wisely enough to engage in all the activities I’m interested in. I guess I just don’t feel like there’s enough time in the day to do all that I want, and that’s discouraging. The discouragement sometimes hinders my ability to further engage in these hobbies and ideas, but that’s what I need to overcome.

Destroying discouraging thoughts and laziness is the only way to progress, create and capitalize. Every person has thoughts of doubt and suffers from laziness…but only truly great people can overcome these plagues time and time again. I hope I can educate myself in the ways of destroying these hindrances, because I want to be great. I want to do so much in my life to take advantage of the time given to me. Plan the work. Work the plan. That’s my new mantra. If I continue to write this blog in the next few weeks, you’ll know I’ve decided it’s worth the effort, but if you never hear from me again, you’ll know that I’ve found something to do that’s adding more value to my life.

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