Starting a new TV series job this week. Pushing the reset button on routines.
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Write What You Know
Or so they tell me… They keep telling me, write what you know. Which I sort of knew, but don’t, and seems easy to do, but isn’t. What do I know? I know how to be a perpetual outsider who looks like he’s not. Be nice. Go along. Get ignored. Fall through the cracks. BustContinue reading “Write What You Know”
Goals for the Week
Probably not a regular thing, but who knows? I’m attempting to be more organized about coming off the burn out. It’s difficult, because the burn out was partly about over reliance on organization and will power. Last week’s goal (about which I told no one) was to stop triggering myself constantly. I’ll give myself aContinue reading “Goals for the Week”
Worn Out vs. Burned Out
Working a Saturday and looking at some of the elements of both. I ended up working another Saturday on this HBO Max comedy series. This is not unusual towards the end of a season when you’re trying to keep a schedule and make deadlines. It does wear you out after a while, but that’s somehowContinue reading “Worn Out vs. Burned Out”
I Bought a Hat
Reinventing myself. A struggle with perception. I have a complicated relationship with clothing. I grew up in a family that had zero interest in appearances and mostly dressed us in the cheapest things available. There might be some perverse nobility in that but I do not recommend it for social, personal or professional development. MaybeContinue reading “I Bought a Hat”
Working the Weekend
Managing some unexpected extra work.
Breakdown
A motorcycle riding course leads to problem solving revelations.
Holiday Hiatus/Happy New Year
Thoughts on taking a break from work and the new year.
Adventures in Burn Out
Maybe something positive comes out of the pandemic shutdown.
A New Beginning
In which we look for opportunities in the midst of chaos. 2020 has certainly been disruption on a scale unlike anything I’ve seen before. I’m not sure we know how to react to it yet, either individually or collectively, personally or culturally. Maybe, though, it’s an opportunity for new beginnings. One new beginning is IContinue reading “A New Beginning”
