If you remember, this past spring break I took a trip to the beautiful, bustling city of New York. On that trip I had the opportunity to meet with and pick the brains of some amazing journalists that write for all kinds of publications including: Time magazine, Wall Street Journal, Esquire and several others. I don't know if I have ever been more inspired to write than on that trip. So, whenever I need a little bit of a push to write (and I don't feel like being on Pinterest for hours) I have taken to turning to my notes from those meetings. I wanted to share some of the advice that they gave me with all of you! Some of it is very specific to writing and being a journalist but some is just solid life advice.
Here are some of my favorites:
You can learn something new every moment if you pay attention.
Good stories are always in demand no matter the state of print journalism.
Make something uninteresting interesting.
Open yourself up to stories and you will open yourself up to people.
You don't have to ask anyones permission to do journalism.
Everything is interesting, everything is a story.
So many of these encourage us to just be more open, observant human beings and I'm always all for that! Sometimes we just need to be reminded that nothing is boring or mundane unless we let it be. It is our job to make the world an interesting, wonderful place. So make it a point to notice something different today, or notice something that's been around a while in a new way.
Stay beautiful,
Toto
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