A blog is the ideal machine for turning flow into stock: One little blog post is nothing on its own, but publish a thousand blog posts over a decade,… - Austin Kleon

Whenever life gets overwhelming, go back to chapter one of this book and think about your days. Try your best to fill them in ways that get you a little closer to where you want to be. Go easy on yourself and take your time. Worry less about getting things done. Worry more about things worth doing. Worry less about being a great artist. Worry more about being a good human being who makes art. Worry less about making a mark. Worry more about leaving things better than you found them.

You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influences.

We make art because we like art. We’re drawn to certain kinds of work because
we’re inspired by people doing that work.