teetotaling

“…so you want to be a rock n’ roll star… then listen now to what I say, just get an electric guitar…take some time and learn how to play…”
(The Byrds)

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
(Aristotle)

Don’t toss yourself out!

Consider enrichment. Consider the amassing of “mad skillz.” NYC’s overrun with experts. Let ‘em school you, in [special interest] NIGHT CLASS. For, “…the educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.”

Try increasing your literacy in foreign languages, your international awareness and your hire-ability [aka "higher abilities"] in this economic storm; bone up on digital photography techniques for upcoming opportunities like Brooklyn Museum’s crowd-curated exhibition Click!; learn to cook and eat better, experiment with life drawing, practice acting and meet charismatics [not the religious kind, though maybe those too].

The Gist: The better-honed your crafts under expert tutelage, the greater number of opportunities for putting your abilities to use, and your increased capacity for satisfaction.