Sebbylite

This is probably the best and most concise list of advice that I’ve seen in quite a while. If you like, it goes on to describe each item in detail at this page.

1. Ignore everybody.

2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to change the world.

3. Put the hours in.

4. If your biz plan depends on you suddenly being “discovered” by some big shot, your plan will probably fail.

5. You are responsible for your own experience.

6. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.

7. Keep your day job.

8. Companies that squelch creativity can no longer compete with companies that champion creativity.

9. Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.

10. The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.

11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether.

12. If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

13. Never compare your inside with somebody else’s outside.

14. Dying young is overrated.

15. The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.

16. The world is changing.

17. Merit can be bought. Passion can’t.

18. Avoid the Watercooler Gang.

19. Sing in your own voice.

20. The choice of media is irrelevant.

21. Selling out is harder than it looks.

22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.

23. Worrying about “Commercial vs. Artistic” is a complete waste of time.

24. Don’t worry about finding inspiration. It comes eventually.

25. You have to find your own schtick.

26. Write from the heart.

27. The best way to get approval is not to need it.

28. Power is never given. Power is taken.

29. Whatever choice you make, The Devil gets his due eventually.

30. The hardest part of being creative is getting used to it.

I just wish that I had listened to #7 a long time ago. Instead, I’m working a day job and what I really want to do has been pushed to the side.

I can’t really think of what I would make first. Would it be a sebbylite sign? Or would it be something else? Like “Meatsicle”?

I might just start with the Tavern sign, as suggested.

Or I might try and modify it, so that each light was on a different switch. Then, in front of each light would be a different word (it could be moods [angry, sad, happy, horny, mellow, hungry, etc], it could be locations [kitchen, bathroom, couch, etc], or it could be something completely inane [Mars, Potlatch, Gnarly Gnines, Easterns, Fools Fest, etc]), which would light up when each light was on. Hmmm, vewy vewy intewesting.

I held delusions of grandeur about this site. Simply put, they were all delusions, and none of them came to fruition.

And since that is the most three syllable words that I’ve put into one post in a long time, I’m going to make the rest of this simple. I’m Sebby, and my site is Sebbylite, because it is like hanging out with me, only without the 150 pounds of “me”. I started this site to coincide with my web design company and had links about Search Engine Optimization, Typography and the Web, Internet Technologies, etc. But since it takes actual work to write about those types of things, I’ve since had a change of heart about the whole thing.

So I went back to what I am good at: finding fun stuff on the internet and sharing it with others. This hearkens back to the days when I had a job that I had to be at for 40-45 hours a week, but I only had 20-25 hours worth of actual work to do. So my coworkers and I spent a lot of time trying to find the most ridiculous, the most outrageous, the most fun sites out there to share with each other.

That being said, let’s get to the fun.