Miss Daisy Drawing

Category: Life Insights

I share personal experiences, lessons learned, and insights on overcoming challenges. These articles are meant to inspire self-awareness, resilience, and continuous personal development—offering guidance and encouragement for anyone on their journey of growth.

  • 2025: The Year I Embraced My Artistic Passion

    As 2025 comes to a close, I’ve found my true passion.

    A long-time friend recently left a comment under one of my videos and asked me, “Why art?”Especially when art, at least for now, brings me no money, no stability, no tangible return. So why art?

    “In the first year of my master’s program, I listened to a talk by a musician who played a very niche instrument. When someone in the audience asked her why she chose to stick with that instrument, her answer was simple and direct: ‘Because it’s the only thing I know how to do.’

    That answer hit me deeply.

    In my twenties, I naïvely believed I had endless time and endless choices.
    But as I entered my thirties, I slowly realized that the most precious thing a person has is time. And the older I get, the more I feel how little time each day truly belongs to me.

    Instead of looking everywhere, it’s better to choose one thing and go all in.


    This seemingly simple truth took me a quarter of my life to understand.

    In 2025, my family and I renovated our garage and turned it into my art studio. I got my first student here in Melbourne.I started my another social media account and gained nearly 4,000 followers in just half a year. Now I’m branching out to YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

    I know—and the data clearly tells me—that this field is already very crowded. But that’s okay. Because at this point in my life, I’ve finally learned the one “cheat code” for this game called life:

    Dreams don’t come from imagining.They come from doing.

    As 2025 comes to an end, I feel like I’ve finally found true Passion.


    I’ve found a place to put all the experiences and lessons I’ve carried over the years.

    I love everything I’m doing. I love art, and I love sharing it with others through my own perspective and practice.

    And before I finish, I want to share a passage from Steve Jobs—a piece that has inspired me for years.

    “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”


    Happy New Year! I truly wish that my words and arts can bring a positive impact around. I wish everyone who is browsing my website all the best in 2026.  

  • Learn Art Without School: A New Perspective

    You don’t need to attend an art school to learn art.

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    Today I want to share a viewpoint that goes completely against the usual expectations: you don’t need to go to an art school to learn art, and you don’t need to go to university to learn how to make money. In this era, “learning” and “school” are two entirely different things.

    Learning is something you do for yourself. You learn what you’re genuinely interested in, and what will actually benefit you.

    School, on the other hand, is a system. Beyond teaching students, it also exists to provide employment and maintain social stability. Take content creation as an example: for most people today, it’s one of the most accessible and practical career paths. But do you really need a university degree in media studies to become a content creator? When it comes to making content, whose lessons are more valuable—top creators whose videos have millions of views , or university professors? People who benefit from staying inside the system will never point this out.

    A lot of people still treat ‘school’ as if it were the whole definition of learning—as if you can only study art by getting into an art academy, or only become employable by earning a university degree. But that mindset is completely out of touch with how the world works today.

    First, the internet now offers more resources than any other time in history. You can view high-quality images of original artworks, listen to open courses from leaders across different industries, follow your favorite artists, or join online communities where people motivate each other and stay accountable. Learning—whether it’s art or most fields that don’t require strict technical certification, such as languages or management—does not need to happen inside a traditional institution.

    Second, this era demands that we understand ourselves more than ever. You need to use every tool around you—reading, writing, and the vast information available online—to discover your strengths and direction. Education today is shifting toward “self-education.” We all have to move from being passively guided to being self-driven, from chasing credentials to building real capability.

    Don’t let the belief that “you must go to school to gain a skill” limit you. As long as you keep practicing, keep learning, and keep creating, you can grow anywhere—and it’s never too late to start.

    Stop tying your growth to school, and stop letting others define your future. The right to learn is in your own hands, and the only person who can truly determine how far you go is you.