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Navigating life and career while trying to avoid the reef of reality.</description><title>Change Agent</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @thespryguy)</generator><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>oatmeal:

I made a comic about my new favorite animal. Read it...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6cc57556c4479653c336c07e00f0b7c8/tumblr_ml04stZA5e1qet9hvo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oatmeal.tumblr.com/post/47554361214/i-made-a-comic-about-my-new-favorite-animal-read" target="_blank"&gt;oatmeal&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I made a comic about my new favorite animal. &lt;a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp" target="_blank"&gt;Read it here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/47589377125</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/47589377125</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:19:29 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>your-dear-watson:

independent-m-i-n-d:

thekarlitatv:

mercuries...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/741887d09b087a6bcc9984dfadd6b922/tumblr_mj0vvcqnZx1qdlh1io1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://your-dear-watson.tumblr.com/post/45787928824/independent-m-i-n-d-thekarlitatv" target="_blank"&gt;your-dear-watson&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://independent-m-i-n-d.tumblr.com/post/45777931044/thekarlitatv-mercuriesrising" target="_blank"&gt;independent-m-i-n-d&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thekarlitatv.tumblr.com/post/44599878021/mercuriesrising-vantasticmess-w-for-wumbo" target="_blank"&gt;thekarlitatv&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mercuriesrising.tumblr.com/post/44527362866/vantasticmess-w-for-wumbo-i-am-so-glad" target="_blank"&gt;mercuriesrising&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vantasticmess.tumblr.com/post/44426246015/w-for-wumbo-i-am-so-glad-someone-made-this-cuz" target="_blank"&gt;vantasticmess&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://w-for-wumbo.tumblr.com/post/44418973554/i-am-so-glad-someone-made-this-cuz-ive-always" target="_blank"&gt;w-for-wumbo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I am so glad someone made this cuz I’ve always wondered how the movement of the solar system might look as a whole….&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;BUT LOOK HOW EPIC THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS GUYS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY WE’RE NEVER IN THE SAME PLACE ONCE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I WASN’T FUCKING KIDDING.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WOW&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;JUST LET ME HANG ONTO SOMETHING&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;someone show this to Sherlock.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/47074225678</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/47074225678</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:10:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>http://cruisingoutpost.com/2013/03/cruisers-motivation-equals-fri...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ee01b82e90dd1462a60d96e685b974e6/tumblr_mkhab0HOe41qcqod2o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://cruisingoutpost.com/2013/03/cruisers-motivation-equals-friday-19-pictures/" target="_blank"&gt;http://cruisingoutpost.com/2013/03/cruisers-motivation-equals-friday-19-pictures/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/46672708548</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/46672708548</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:45:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the..."</title><description>“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carl Jung&lt;/strong&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://awakeningapril.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;awakeningapril&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/46244418289</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/46244418289</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:33:15 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Things do not change; we change."</title><description>“Things do not change; we change.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Henry David Thoreau (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://larmoyante.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;larmoyante&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/44938397264</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/44938397264</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:23:35 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your..."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your success. You don’t have to explain what you plan to do with your life. You don’t have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards. You don’t have to maintain an impeccable credit score. Anyone who expects you to do any of those things has no sense of history or economics or science or the arts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You have to pay your own electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth.&lt;/p&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://therumpus.net/2011/05/dear-sugar-the-rumpus-advice-column-72-the-future-has-an-ancient-heart/" target="_blank"&gt;DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #72: The Future Has An Ancient Heart&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://synecdoche.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;synecdoche&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Holy shit. This is everything I’ve been telling myself over the past month during my super-depressing-existential crisis. Why didn’t someone reblog this earlier so I could have just chilled? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://fattiesinlove.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;fattiesinlove&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://sylphofspace.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;sylphofspace&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wish just about everyone I know could understand this.  For my generation, with our current situation, few words could ring truer. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lovegeneration.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;lovegeneration&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/43900542538</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/43900542538</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:47:45 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in..."</title><description>“Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow, and the day after that. Look at who you want to be, and start sculpting yourself into that person. You may not get exactly where you thought you’d be, but you will be doing things that suit you in a profession you believe in. Don’t let life randomly kick you into the adult you don’t want to become.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/18pik4/i_am_astronaut_chris_hadfield_currently_orbiting/" target="_blank"&gt;Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s answer&lt;/a&gt; to the question “Any advice to a young person who wants to get into this field?”, from &lt;a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/18pik4/i_am_astronaut_chris_hadfield_currently_orbiting/" target="_blank"&gt;his spectacular reddit IAmA&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://apoplecticskeptic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;apoplecticskeptic&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/43719219463</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/43719219463</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:45:13 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier...."</title><description>“Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It’s seeing through the facade of pretense. It’s the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Adyashanti   (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hashpe.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;hashpe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/40936066564</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/40936066564</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:56:30 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are."</title><description>“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;John Pierpont (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wendesgray.com/" target="_blank"&gt;wendesgray&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/40758373955</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/40758373955</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:42:32 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"You must be ready and willing to change yourself and you must stop expecting the world to change for..."</title><description>“You must be ready and willing to change yourself and you must stop expecting the world to change for you. It’s ridiculous to expect success when you refuse to make changes that will attract success into your life.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2012/12/3-facts-about-life-every-grown-up.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.dumblittleman.com/2012/12/3-facts-about-life-every-grown-up.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/39527409742</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/39527409742</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:23:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you’ll suck forever."</title><description>“Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you’ll suck forever.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Brian Wilson&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/39526641598</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/39526641598</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:14:32 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"People will kill you over time, and how they’ll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like “be..."</title><description>“People will kill you over time, and how they’ll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like “be realistic.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Dylan Moran  (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://severs.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;severs&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/36118018820</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/36118018820</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:10:25 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Oh, the Places You’ll Go at Burning Man! (OFFICIAL)
Based...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ahv_1IS7SiE?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh, the Places You’ll Go at Burning Man! (OFFICIAL)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Based on Dr. Seuss’s final book before his death, this is a story about life’s ups and downs, told by the people of Burning Man 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Teddy Saunders - &lt;a href="http://www.tedshots.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.tedshots.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/32073423171</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/32073423171</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:03:32 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"It’s more satisfying to dig a ditch with friends than to design a skyscraper with a team of..."</title><description>“It’s more satisfying to dig a ditch with friends than to design a skyscraper with a team of sociopaths.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;#8. Seek out people you actually like.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;20 Ways to Find Your Calling&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jessica Hagy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicahagy/2012/06/26/20-ways-to-find-your-calling" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicahagy/2012/06/26/20-ways-to-find-your-calling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/28120215187</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/28120215187</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:51:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Maria Michalczyk-Lillich
“Mirror, Mirror” digital...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m76l2tr88S1qcqod2o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maria Michalczyk-Lillich&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Mirror, Mirror” digital print on canvas 1995&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Print 2002&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://art.missouristate.edu/facultyart/michalczyk.m/michalczyk1.php" target="_blank"&gt;http://art.missouristate.edu/facultyart/michalczyk.m/michalczyk1.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/27233174642</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/27233174642</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:47:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>nevver:

Banksy

http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/23610885196/ba...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hexn0RVD1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/23610885196/banksy" target="_blank"&gt;nevver&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2012/05/23/new-banksy-paintings-ballerina-lifestyle-out-of-order-parliament-more/banksy-paintings-2012-0/" target="_blank"&gt;Banksy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/23610885196/banksy" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/23610885196/banksy" target="_blank"&gt;http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/23610885196/banksy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/23666428174</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/23666428174</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 06:06:19 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m35jdyiJX11qffkwto1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/23265545344</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/23265545344</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:40:04 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"More to the point, by denying yourself the right to do what makes you happy, you may be depriving..."</title><description>“More to the point, by denying yourself the right to do what makes you happy, you may be depriving others a shot at their happiness…”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Barbara Sher, on why doing what you love isn’t a privilege; it’s an obligation. From: Refuse to choose! : a revolutionary program for doing everything that you love.&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/23224821559</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/23224821559</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:56:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question -by Po Bronson. -TheSpryGuy Book Review</title><description>&lt;p&gt;A great book with the stories of smart people struggling to re-realize their vocation and get on with living their lives. Some suprising twists, and not all turn out well. The author helps you to realize that finding success, as others define it, does not always translate to a satisfying life for you. Not sure I can really convey the idea of the book in a blurb, just that I felt a little more hope for my own struggles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check your local library for a copy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/21890889513</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/21890889513</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:24:09 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>lankylegs:

Gandhi’s top 10 fundamentals for changing the world...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1nfkqBqh21qfk2e7o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lankylegs.tumblr.com/post/20223817972/gandhis-top-10-fundamentals-for-changing-the" target="_blank"&gt;lankylegs&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gandhi’s top 10 fundamentals for changing the world by 22-year-old graphic designer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://idea-obscura.tumblr.com/post/2409119224/ive-been-thinking-of-doing-this-for-a-while-now" target="_blank"&gt;Francesca Ramos&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/20378896217</link><guid>http://thespryguy.tumblr.com/post/20378896217</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:22:47 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
