C7 FAMILY
8/27/26
#16 - TIME
ONE OF THE ONLY CONSTANTS IN OUR LIVES AND ONE THAT WE WILL NEVER HAVE CONTROL OVER IS TIME. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, TIME WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN PUT LIKE THIS, IT BECOMES VERY INTIMIDATING, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT WHEN REFRAMED IN OUR MINDS IT CAN BECOME VERY MOTIVATING. I THINK ITS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT TIME AS A RESOURCE AND NOT A PENALTY. ESPECIALLY IN THE WORLD OF ART, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT TIME IS GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. IF YOU KEEP MAKING ART AND GIVING YOUR ALL TO YOUR CRAFT, THEN EVENTUALLY YOU WILL BE REWARDED. THE KEY WORD HERE IS EVENTUALLY, A WORD THAT DIRECTLY RELATES TO TIME. WE HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE SAY TO NEVER GIVE UP, BUT THEY NEVER EXPLAIN WHY OR WHAT THAT MEANS. THIS PHRASE IS REMINDING US TO UNDERSTAND TIME AND THE WORD EVENTUALLY. IF YOU NEVER GIVE UP, AND KEEP CREATING REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOMES YOU ARE RECEIVING, TIME WILL CONTINUE TO PASS AND YOUR ENTIRE BODY OF WORK WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
AFTER A DECENT AMOUNT OF TIME GOES BY, THE SIZE OF THIS BODY OF WORK WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL. WHILE NOT ENTIRELY PHYSICAL, THIS BODY SERVES AS A PORTFOLIO OR A RESUME THAT DESCRIBES WHO YOU ARE. THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT SOMEONE CAN SAY ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT WILL DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THIS BODY CAN. THIS DESCRIPTION IS GOING TO BE WHAT SERVES YOU IN THE END, WHETHER IT IS CONVINCING SOMEONE TO HIRE YOU OR EVEN TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT. IF SOMEONE STARTS TO CREATE THIS BODY OF WORK AND GIVES UP AT A VERY EARLY STAGE IN ITS CREATION, THE BODY WILL NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO DEVELOP, AND EVEN IF YOU ARE A VALUABLE INDIVIDUAL, YOUR BODY OF WORK WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BACK UP THAT CLAIM. ON THE CONTRARY, IF YOU KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND BUILDING THAT PORTFOLIO REGARDLESS OF THE RESPONSES YOU RECEIVE, IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF YOUR BODY OF WORK. SO MANY POTENTIAL GENIUSES ARE UNABLE TO SEE THEIR FULL BODY OF WORK BECAUSE THEY BECOME TOO CONCERNED OVER THE FEEDBACK OF OTHERS. THIS BRINGS US BACK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF NEVER GIVING UP, SINCE GIVING UP IS THE DIRECT CAUSE OF DEATH FOR A BODY OF WORK.
WITH THIS IN MIND, THERE IS ANOTHER FACTOR THAT BECOMES AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS LONG TERM PROCESS: PATIENCE. HAVING A LACK OF PATIENCE CAN BE ONE OF THE LEADING FACTORS TO AN EARLY END OF SOMEONE’S BODY OF WORK. WHETHER ITS NOT SEEING THE RESULTS THEY ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, OR BEING UNABLE TO WAIT FOR A FUTURE REWARD FOR THEIR CURRENT EFFORTS, HAVING PATIENCE IS A NECESSARY CHARACTERISTIC TO A SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUAL. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS MUCH EASIER SAID THAN DONE, AND IM NOT GONNA ACT LIKE ITS EASY TO WAIT FOR A REWARD THAT YOU DON’T ACTUALLY KNOW IF YOU’LL GET. HOWEVER, IF WE TRY TO RUSH INTO SOMETHING THAT TAKES MOST PEOPLE MANY YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH, WE WILL EVENTUALLY FACE THE REALITY OF NOT BEING READY TO BE IN THE POSITION WE MAY DREAM OF. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERY EVENT HAPPENS FOR A REASON, AND THAT EVERY FAILURE IS A NECESSARY EXPERIENCE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE FUTURE VERSION OF OURSELVES THAT IS PREPARED TO BE IN THIS POSITION. WITHOUT THESE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, WE WOULD NOT BECOME SUITED WITH THE ABILITIES TO HANDLE A POSITION LIKE THE ONE THAT WE DREAM OF. AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE GROWING AND MOVING FORWARD, REACHING THE HEIGHTS THAT YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN REACH IS TRULY INEVITABLE.
-CAMERON CAMPBELL CRAIG