Dedication

Dedication is something ive heard much about at AM, and i have thought greatly of this whilst speaking to and being exposed to some of my brilliant classmates and mentors at the school. Now a good AM classmate told me that I am dedicated (this isn’t for me to judge of course) but it got me thinking about how somebody quantifies that term, and the more I have pondered on this subject the more I find that it’s a hard thing to do. So im going to write about it to see if I can make some sense of it.

SACRIFICE
Now is dedication judged in how much you are willing to sacrifice? How far down you will strip your life in order to achieve your goal? I don’t know, to me a sacrifice isn’t a hard thing to do when you believe in its cause, sure you’ll have to make changes to your own lifestyle, but if your goal is worth enough to you then it you’ll most likely be happy that you can sacrifice something for your ultimate purpose.

To understand the consequences of sacrifice in relation to your end goal and then still go through with it is an admirable thing to do.

TIME
Time is one of the most valuable things we possess in our lives, the daunting fact that we can perceive the passing of it is essential to driving us. So does dedication equal time sacrificed for a cause?

I think dedication is how far you are willing to go to achieve your goals, to me being dedicated isn’t about working harder than before, sure hard work is necessary more often than not, but being able to work smarter is also a large aspect of dedication, to me dedication isn't the simple act of throwing everything away, the removing of something must have purpose, lets take my flat, i cannot sacrifice my environment, a comfortable and undisturbed work area is more important to my end goal than the money it costs.

LIFE
Life, as obvious as it sounds is not a straightforward affair, it doesn't flow in a nice clean linear line of point A: student, to point B: professional animator. it twists turns and sometimes goes off in a direction you never even knew existed. i tend to find that life will challenge you by making the things you want hard to achieve, but with dedication you can find a way, dedication is what it takes to ride that curve of life and still achieve your goals.


Its just a ride - Bill Hicks