Recently, I listened to a very inspiring interview with a film director (as well as a writer, producer, editor, composer, etc.) Robert Rodriguez, who shared some neat ideas about creativity, which, according to him, can be found in every human activity. More precisely, we can bring creativity into everything that we do.
In practical terms, he suggests doing things in short bursts, over periods of half-an-hour of so at a time. In my experience, this approach generally works, although there are some activities (e.g. academic research) that requires larger chunks of uninterrupted time. In fact, working in brief, regular sessions, so called BRSs, can be shown to be the best approach to academic work too. As Rodrigues puts it, you just need to chip away at various personal projects, whether it is learning to play a guitar or painting between filming scenes of a movie, on the daily basis, and by the end of the week, if look back, you’ll see that you are leaving your dream.
A key moment here is not to be afraid to try new things. This requires one to believe in oneself, in the sense that mastery of almost any kind of skill or activity at a very high (indeed, world-class) level is possible, given sufficient time and effort. Rodrigues gives an example (which might not be true, BTW – I don’t think there was a formal study on this) that when very young children are asked, who among them thinks that he/she could be an astronaut, a composer, etc., there is a forest of raised hands, probably due to the lack of life experience on part of the kids. When the same question is asked of the same kids a couple of years later, much fewer hands are raised – there is no significant increase in expense, but somehow the children lose their belief in themselves. As adults, we have an advantage of being aware of what is happening with us, so we should consciously keep raising our hand.
with a fast lens can do, but when the conditions (mostly, lighting) are right, it really shines. You just need to pick your battles wisely if the iPhone camera is your weapon…
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Another way of journalling, which is somewhere in between between private journalling and public blogging, is keeping a diary as a 
, who made a strong case for this habit. Having a daily record of the significant events of every day makes a powerful tool for parenting, personal development, work, etc.
Having a sweet tooth may actually be beneficial from the hydration standpoint, because carbohydrates help retain water in the body. Not related to sugar per se, but I had been given advise by a kendo sempai while practicing in Kanazawa in the heat of a Japanese summer to eat more rice, bread, etc. to avoid dehydration during practice. 
In education and philosophy, “intellectual humility” is a quality that allows people to stop self-promoting their intellectual efforts and instead let their results (acquired knowledge, skills, etc.) speak for themselves. Perhaps, this concept could be expanded to any kind of effort, not necessarily an intellectual one, to help define humility in general.
, which was far superior in quality to any other lens I had. Because of that, and despite its relatively large size and weight, I used to carry it around all the time. As a side note, I still think that it is, perhaps, the most versatile lens in Canon’s lineup.
on my camera for the first half of today’s hike in the East Sook park. I also wanted to practice 
