I was a library loyalist, paper was always superior, and flipping through the index cards made me feel industrious.
I’d found my niche: cat-owning, stalker-y secretary. And I played the same part again and again and again.
I fantasized bout how I’d use my free hour at school. Organize my sticker album or tend to my vast My Little Pony herd. You know, things that would contribute to my future.
I never noticed at the time. But the fun we had making it blasts away the imperfections. Kim, Jane, the cast and crew, and I created something together that didn’t exist before. Without permission. Without regrets. Hell, yeah.
A disturbed fan used that information and showed up at my front door, made his way INTO MY HOUSE, and afterward, proceeded to obsess over me online in an erratic and abusive way to the extent that I was terrified he would show up again and do something violent.
Anyway, thanks for all the weirdness, Mom and Dad!
The truth is that freeing ourselves up to create is a form of self-care. We NEED to do it. So we can be our best and happiest selves.
In my childhood world, the sound of a modem dialing up to connect with another computer was the sound of freedom. I.
At the heart of it, being creative allows us to understand ourselves better. Just like fingerprints or personalized music playlists, our creativity couldn’t come from anyone else.
We’ll never know exactly what we’re capable of unless we push ourselves and TRY IT ALL.
Creating can be just a vehicle for releasing feelings.
There are seeds of possibility in each of your dreams. No matter how big or small. And there is nothing NOT worth planting.
Success follows the grind you love.
With a bit of mental gymnastics, “I’m so anxious about what’s going to happen!” can be flipped into “I can’t wait to see what happens!
I knew that making something discoverable on the Internet was like sending someone on a scavenger hunt into the universe’s biggest flea market.
We WILL reach our creative goals if we persist. Stay focused. Look to allies for support. And use the tools in this book to cut off enemies when they start to spring with their cheery “Heyo! Care to hear how much you suck?” voices.
Next time there’s an anxiety-inducing task at hand, why not visualize doing it in front of someone who’s delighted at everything you do?
FYI, it isn’t how I suspected. If you eat enough Cheetos you will NOT actually poop an extra-large Cheeto.
Put the fear of God into yourself. Okay, I’m not religious. Whatever spiritual ideas float your boat. Read some obituaries, watch the first fifteen minutes of Up, I don’t care. Just scare yourself good. You have a finite number of toothpaste tubes you will ever consume while on this planet. Make the most of that clean tooth time. For yourself.
Even though every single second of filming was stressful and panicked and done completely illegally and the very hardest way, I’d never felt more alive doing anything in my life. There was a joy that I’d never felt before, because I was PLAYING with my friends.