YOU ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ON PINTEREST

I have know doubt that if you are reading this you love art and are on pinterest. So, come join my "every day art" board! It's a mixture of interesting art styles really. When I find something I really like but don't know where to pin it I put it there. Only requirement for content is that is has to be some type of art form and visually interesting. To be invited comment on this image on this image on pinterest [link for the board: http://www.pinterest.com/artpoliticslife/everyday-art/ , link for the image: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/435371488948334296/] or click the pin it button and pin it to your pinterest account [I'll find it I have my ways].

Notable: working on accomplishing these goals, can't wait to see what is pinned

PERSPECTIVE

Theme of my life lately: perspective. I don't know why but it seems like whenever I gain something I immediately begin to undervalue it. Instead, I focus on the one job rejection, bad grade, or lost friend. How is happiness ever possible with that kind of thinking? Why is it so easy to let failure be the headlines in life? 

I think it stems from self value. When I evaluate my life I can just as easily find instances where I have rejected or undervalued good friends, internships, boys, and school work.

It's so much easier to strive for things that might not be the best fit for me. For instance, I recently had two internship interviews. One was for a smaller, less prestigious, but more innovative position. The coordinator literally found me through my universities career center and emailed me this position for which the coordinator thought I was a good candidate. I was offered the job pretty much on the spot in the interview. The other was a position I found, and trust me I wanted it. It was for a very corporate well connected company in which I would be at the very bottom. It was impressive going downtown and up nearly to the top of a skyscraper for the interview. But the person that interviewed me was incredibly unprofessional. It was pretty obvious by the end of the interview I wasn't a priority nor would I get the position. I pretty much went straight to my car to cry. 

I pulled myself down about the second interview, even though someone had went out of their way to give me a different opportunity. In this economy someone randomly finding my resume and going out of their way to find a place for me is pretty much a miracle. So I am trying to appreciate those rare (but awesome) people who truly value me and the credentials that they help me attain.

Notable: linking up (late whoops) with the happiness project ( a really cool linkup, trust me I'm picky about these)

GOALS

Notable: with the start of a new semester comes goals,  why not blogging goals too?

1.Quality over quantity. Expect less posts (because I want to focus on posting better quality and will be much busier this semester). As always I am trying to improve+grow my blogging skills.

2.Get out there. I want to explore art locally. It's way to easy to rely on the internet.

3.More from me. I've tried a few posts where I produced the art (like this one). I love the creative challenge. Expect more.

4. Unique and unified. I'm in the process of updating my other social media outlets. Expect each one to have a unique function yet relate back to ART+POLITICS+Life.