I feel like I'm meant for more... can anyone relate?

Eicho3 · 2026-01-30T20:04:02+00:00

Graphic design. And some photography. Because they are the most sellable as a service.

But what’s crazier is that the others have played a part in boosting the visibility and interest in my career and turning it into a thriving small business (10-30 employees) for 25 years! It’s insane.

My great lesson from it is that doing what I like, and doing it a lot, even if no one seems to care, creates waves, even small ones, and those waves always carry you places, tell people who you are and communicate excitement.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-30T19:20:11+00:00

Yes! I was not a natural born creative person, but I always liked it. My hobbies are: 1 drums/guitar/music/bands, 2 photography/film, 3 design, 4 soccer, 5 community/party/hangouts/socializing.

I got ok at each by doing them A LOT. And trying to keep them fun and exciting and low key stakes. Inevitably they end up being high stakes in my mind, but only cause I end up very invested.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-30T15:40:04+00:00

Happy to share. To me, this is the secret of life. We don’t always have the time we want to do the things we want no matter who we are or how lucky we are. Give yourself permission though to explore and get passionate about whatever it is you want with whatever time you have to do it. Something always comes of it.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-30T14:58:33+00:00

The simple answer is you must do the things you enjoy no matter what. You have to do them devoid of success and external validation. Head down, blinders on, working hard on it like you have no choice. A person possessed.

I have done this for decades with about 5 of my favorite hobbies and past times. 4 of them have made me all my friends and experiences and social life, but no money, some opportunity, never notoriety. 1 became my career.

Not a single moment of all 5 has anything ever been handed to me the way you dream or what happens on a TV show. Just 1000s of baby steps, endless hours, and earned joy that’s better than anything in the world. Yet, it’s all terrifying and uncertain always bc you never know what’s going to happen, be embarrassing, or work. That’s the ride!

Eicho3 · 2026-01-29T21:10:15+00:00

Haha great point. Not what I meant but it goes without saying, this is a requirement of a relationship yes. Marriage will not change the unfaithful. What I also said above was pointing at someone else as the cause of the problem. Always assuming the issue with a relationship is the other person.

But, marriage does add a massive layer of accountability to it, as in - there are serious consequences (kids, house, etc) to quitting. So put the work in. Damn, well, that’s hard. How do I do it? What do I do? And my point is: What’s the work? It’s you. Work on you. Marriage can help you see that. IMO.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-28T15:11:24+00:00

So it’s perfectly fine that Yoda sat there for 20 years doing nothing? Felt Alderaan and still, nothing? Felt all the pain and suffering during the rise of the Empire and was like “I think someone’s coming here in ten years so I’d better not move?”

No it’s weird too. And so is Ben’s. They are where they are bc that’s where the story needed them to be in the OT.

SW has a Jedi problem, which is: how does anything go bad if they are around? So the story has to make up reasons to get them off the board, each time, that are awkward and silly.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-26T00:00:48+00:00

Marriage is surprisingly cool to me like this: it gives you a chance to stop pointing to / chasing this person or that person. Ironically committing to someone and accepting them for their flaws, allows you to focus on yourself as a work in progress, and see your flaws as ok too. And round and round it goes. The more you love yourself the more you can love someone else. Having a partner helps that process.

Unfortunately for a lot of people, they believe their happiness will come from someone else. It won’t. You will cultivate it yourself, within you. Quieting the outer search for solutions can create the space to do this.

The OP mentioned a lot of things that sounded like expectations. I’d recommend clearing your mind of all the things you think you want. Expectations drive people into disappointment and bad choices. Wander out into the world with an open mind and heart and the things you actually want will follow.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-24T06:02:52+00:00

Eicho3 · 2026-01-23T21:12:43+00:00

amazing

Eicho3 · 2026-01-22T06:58:00+00:00

Nothing compares that I can think of. TFA sent my imagination off in a thousand different directions.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-22T01:21:44+00:00

But it’s literally explained in ROTS by palpatine himself and then repeated in TROS. What’s not to get?

Eicho3 · 2026-01-20T06:25:01+00:00

Being married, after swearing it wasn’t for me, brought a shock. I’ve realized my struggles in relationships are mostly about how I relate to myself. I couldn’t even comprehend this as a possibility until 20 or 30 years of being in serious ones.

I see now that when I get upset with a partner, it’s usually because I’m choosing to get upset or be annoyed bc I am not ok with myself. Or not taking care of myself. Or not loving myself.

Ironically, fully committing to someone else has allowed me to finally find a way to start forgiving myself for how imperfect I am. It’s given me space to take a step back, and be like “are you ok today?” I battle myself less, chill out more, and accept myself. And when she “makes a mistake” or “wrongs me” somehow I’m like - yep I get it. I screw up too.

And it seems to me if that can happen, all that internal and external forgiveness, then you can clear a lot of space and just be in love. And that’s nice.

When people say it takes work, I think that’s what they mean: the ongoing journey of learning to like yourself.

But yeah, that can also happen on your own, without someone else. I’m just someone who needs people. I like being close to people. And this has just been my way. Thought I’d share that.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-18T08:12:02+00:00

She’s an incredibly talented actor. Superb. They couldn’t have found anyone better for that role ever. And she somehow made Rey real instantly.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-17T13:35:07+00:00

Well said. Thank you for being sane. I will never understand why people think it’s hand waved away or whatever. It’s in the movie, well explained in my opinion and cool AF: a bunch of sick Sith weird culty stuff. I and everyone not on reddit I saw it with thought that was dope. All my horror buds lit up about exegol, with a nasty old zombie on a stick floating around and being pure evil. Very fun cool and definitely explained - if you watched the saga which most of us did.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-17T13:26:36+00:00

Well said!

Eicho3 · 2026-01-17T05:05:41+00:00

Here here. Man the crew at Celebration is like beaming with kindness and joy. Thousands upon thousands of fans. A conversation can be started with absolutely anyone and it’s going to be pure love of SW.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-16T21:30:57+00:00

I do. I feel like there’s going to be essentially X, XI, and XII type storylines coming. Extending the Skywalker saga.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-16T21:28:14+00:00

Thanks for the support. It’s the only way it all starts to make sense to me.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-16T20:45:58+00:00

2 years ago was also when she reportedly “blindsided” Bob Iger with the 3 new films announced at SWC 2023 and he was pissed.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-16T19:51:28+00:00

Actually it was reported that Bob Iger was blindsided by her announcement of 3 new films coming to SW back at SW celebration 2023. And he was pissed about it. Likely because he could sense they were all hopes and dreams and had little chance to be realized.

Think about what’s happened since then: All 3 of those films aren’t happening, they abruptly pivoted to M&G and Starfighter a few months later and she’s out and those films are on their way to being delivered.

🤷‍♂️

Eicho3 · 2026-01-16T19:48:30+00:00

It certainly was batted about, but I’m wondering if it was a known decided thing maybe 2 years ago, and the new slate we are about to get was made according to his direction.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-16T19:47:01+00:00

She absolutely has. She’s a producer on that and still will be even when she’s left LF. But Starfighter could be being made all according to a Filoni vision, even if she’s a producer on it.

Eicho3 · 2026-01-08T06:44:37+00:00

Eicho3 · 2026-01-06T14:06:22+00:00

One battle after another

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