That’s what Penelope Dullaghan said. I believe her.

Sometimes everyone needs a little zing in their coffee, or that extra slice of cheese on their toast to make the day go by easier. Me? I load up on inspirational stories that makes my heart swell and my hopes soar, if even for that one second more that makes me dream about packing up my things and forever leave my smelly office — where I am segregated from my colleagues in a room with even smellier air-conditioning at the far end of the office.

Keri Smith’s how to make a living doing what you love

Penelope Dullaghan’s How I Became an Illustrator

Steve Job’s Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish speech in 2005 at Stanford University

Bill Watterson’s (of Calvin and Hobbes) speech at the Kenyon College, Gambier Ohio, to the 1990 graduating class.

The Chronicles of how Alex Beauchamp Kissed the Cubicle Goodbye is a long read, but it’s something I’d imagine documenting, and am thankful that she did.

“If you don’t think you know what you’re here for, if you have no idea what moves you or stirs you, if you can’t figure out a job that you’ll love, chances are, you just haven’t removed yourself from your current life enough to see it.”
— Alex Beauchamp

Everyone needs a dream, no? All I need is that wee bit of courage to hurl myself over the edge patience.