I discovered that being creative is like exercise. If you stop doing it regularly, you’ll soon stop doing it at all. Last year, I was shooting to write 365 blog posts. After reaching that goal, I decided to cut back and write 52 posts for the rest of this year. Guess how many posts I’ve…
I auditioned for a role yesterday. It was to play Vanya in the play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. Deb and I saw the original production in New York with Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce in 2013. It was great. And I’ve wanted to play Vanya since then. I…
I was journaling this morning and asked myself what I should be doing. Below is the advice I gave myself. It’s advice I’ve given myself before. And even given to others. But I thought I’d share it any way. Of course, this advice doesn’t only pertain to writing. Keep writing. Do the work. Stop worrying…
Wow. It’s been a month and a half since my last post. Usually, that wouldn’t be so uncommon. But I just finished a challenge to post almost daily for a year. It took longer, of course. But in the end I got 365 posts done. But I thought it would be easy for me to…
We have two more performances of Things I Know to be True. It’s always weird when a show is coming to the end of the run. We’ve spent weeks working on this show. Rehearsals started in February, but we met as a cast before that. It feels like we’ve been working on it much longer.…
This is the start of Tech Week for us actors. In the Dundas Little Theatre show Things I Know to be True. For the crew, Tech Week began yesterday. The culmination of Tech Week is Opening Night. This Friday. When paying patrons come and see our show. Gulp! That thing that seemed so far away…
I have three priorities for April. And I broke the goals into mini goals per week. I outlined them here. Last week, my focus was on two targets. This week, I had three goals. I only managed to meet one of the three goals. My weight went down. But only to 199.3lbs. So, I’m still…
Just over a year ago, I started this project. To write 365 blog posts. It took a little longer than I thought. Instead of 12 months, it took me 15 months. Still, not bad. I wrote more posts in the last 15 months than I had written in the previous 13 years! Wow. Seth Godin…
I just saw Bluebirds by Vern Thiessen at Theatre Burlington.It’s a beautiful play about three Canadian nurses in World War I.And it made me marvel at the power of words.Well layered words.“We made a vow.”So simple.And out of context it doesn’t mean much.But in the context of the play.And where it comes…A gut punch.That’s one…
I like to write about the things I want to do. Because I want to take advantage of the Hawthorne Effect. That’s when you change your behaviour because someone is watching you. Not that you are watching me exactly. But sort of… A week ago, I posted about my plans for April. And I broke…
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