Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things happen) is much more satisfying then just getting a paycheck and waiting to get fired (or die).

I've never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

Little changes cost you. Big changes benefit you by changing the game, but only if you go first.

When your art fails, make better art.

What I mean by art is the human act of doing something that connects us to someone else

The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.