New: phainesthaiAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krsteemzzanhive-166405hive-183959hive-180932hive-185836photographyuncommonlabhive-183397hive-144064hive-150122hive-101145krsuccessbitcoinhive-145157hive-188619hive-184714hive-193637hive-103599hive-139150hive-180301hive-165987TrendingNewHotLikersandreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Sleep is the king of all healthy habitsIn his book "Why we sleep", Matthew Walker distills all of the science about the subject that's been gathered in the last few decades into an easy to read distillation of why this misunderstood…andreistoc (44)in phainestai • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Discover your life's task"The misery that oppresses you lies not in your profession but in yourself! What man in the world would not find his situation intolerable if he chooses a craft, an art, indeed any form of life…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.When you eat is as important as what you eatWe all know that we need to eat healthy. But recently, scientists seem to arrive at a consensus: Meal timing is maybe as important a factor in diet as food quality. Primitive humans living…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The plague of reaction videosThere is a trend that's a few years old now and seems to be taking over the internet more and more: reaction videos. I'd consider this one of the modern plagues we are facing that needs to be…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agoArt should work at all levelsI was writing a song today, and I realised that I had neglected song structure. The individual parts made sense, but not the whole. Then I started thinking about all of the other layers. Every note.…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Start working for yourself as early as possibleUs steemians already do this for ourselves at least to a degree, but I think it worth reiterating: Start working for yourself as early as possible. Only work for others as a stepping stone to…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agoYour competition is now global. Embrace itBefore the internet, most people only competed locally. You had to be among the best musicians in the area to have an audience. Or if you were one of the best accountants in your town you were…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agoMost thoughts you have are not yoursThoughts pop up randomly into your mind, but if you stop for a bit and analyse them, you’ll realise that most are not yours. They’ve been planted there from the outside. From a friend, a book, the…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agoAlways practice the fundamentalsI fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. -- Bruce Lee I just finished a guitar practice session and realised to my…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agoConstraints make you more creative, not lessThe last few days I wrote two posts about emotion and its role in making music. Then I expanded and generalized the concept for art in general, attempting to put into words the process that makes…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agoHow to make art that speaks from the soulA few days ago I wrote a post about why emotion is the most important thing in music. I promised to make a post about how to make art that seems to speak from your soul and that connects deeply with…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agoEmotion is all that matters when playing musicI just got home from a rock concert in my hometown. I watched two of the best local bands perform live. But while experiencing everything, I felt like there is something missing in these local shows…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agoA possible way to improve SteemitI've only been here for a few days, so take everything I say with a grain of salt, but maybe my fresh perspective can be useful. As I understand it, in this system the rewards for a post…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Most annoyances stem from weaknesses, not from external pressureI did a bit of thinking on this prompted by the Daily Stoic journal. It made me realise that most, if not all of my annoyances stem from my weaknesses, not from external pressures. In our modern…andreistoc (44)in phainesthai • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.It's all on youThe world around us is far more complex than we can possibly imagine. With our limited senses and consciousness, we can only glimpse a small portion of reality. Furthermore, everything in the…
