So...you think you don’t have what you want because you lack confidence. Your dreams don't come true because you never feel 💯 certain that✨ you are the person for the job✨ others support you✨ and the universe is conspiring on you behalf. And this persistent lack of feeling is responsible for your current state of "failure." So you do things like💃🏻 journal aff[...]
Have you ever heard it takes half the length of your relationship to get over it? If so, what would you do if a guy told you he ended a 13-year relationship 🚨 and called off a wedding 🚨 less than 5 months ago on your first date together? Internet, I *married* him.(In much less than 6.5 years FYI) At first, I was skeptical. But he believed in me, us, and our future to[...]
Aspiring artists wait until they want to do something.They wait until they’re flat-out inspired.They wait until they’re 100% motivated.They wait until they’re fully ‘in the mood’.And while they are wait,Their art studio accumulates rent,Their notebooks gather dust,And their creative muscles get rusty.Then, they use their inaction as proof that they must not be an artist.T[...]
Warning: contains discussion HBO's Mare of Easttown Episode 3.) As few weeks ago, I was blown away by this performance of a drunk by Evan Peters with Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown. And I was notalone. When interviewed about this shoot, however, Evan said, "I was hysterically sobbing. I thought we didn’t get the scene. I was like, ‘W[...]
Creatives Be Like:Will I ever earn money from my art?Will the public see anything I write?Will representation ever sign me?And they research to find stats like:Only the top 15% of union actors make $26,000+ a yearEditors only publish 1 or 2 out of every 100 manuscriptsOf scripts that receive coverage, only 1% get madeAnd people on reddit say getting signed is "impossible"And they conc[...]
Public Service Announcement:Something being hard is not a sign it wasn’t meant for you. Something being hard doesn’t mean that you aren’t talented, qualified, or experienced enough to do it. And something being hard doesn’t make it inherently more valuable than if it were easy. AND Something being easy is not a sign you were meant to do it. S[...]
In mid-April, 2/3rds of Americans were worried that states would reopen too quickly. Yet one month later, all states began lifting restrictions. Two weeks ago, 72% of registered voters supported wearing face masks in public. But today, almost a third of US states still don’t require citizens to do so. And today, 63% of parents want schools to hold off on in-person learning. But be[...]
As coach, I often encourage my clients to ‘Be Your Best Tomato’. In a lot of cooking where tomatoes are used, the quality of the dish is often determined by the quality of the ingredients. A local, sustainably farmed tomato harvested at its peak in late summer ? contributes more to any recipe than an off-season import not yet ripe at the grocery store. Yet, we humans fo[...]
