Non-writers always ask where the ideas come from. As if they come from some special place. And are only doled out to the very lucky. But ideas come from everywhere. From the article you read that prompts a “what if” question. From the juxtaposition of two different things being combined to create a new thing.…
When I was a kid, I had a magic closet. New clothes (to me) would appear from time to time. I would open the closet door one day, and there’d be a shirt or a pair of pants that wasn’t there the day before. I never questioned it. I accepted that fact that new things…
This week focuses on Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection. Cameron starts by having us revisit our creative blocks. Those things that we do so we don’t have to be creative. For me, it’s watching too much TV. Maybe even overeating. Both things dull my senses. And when I over-indulge in them, I don’t have any…
January was more of a level setting month. It’s my starting point to get back on track to reach my Marathon Weight (180lbs). I started the month feeling the impacts of the holiday season. Lots of food. Lots of sweets. And lots of drinking. My average weight for December was 208.3lbs. But that was a…
I just finished reading The Glucose Goddess Method by Jessie Inchauspé. It’s more of a cookbook, really. Her first book was Glucose Revolution. In it, she outlined 10 Hacks to help you reduce glucose spikes caused by eating our Western diet. In The Glucose Goddess Method, she focuses on only 4 of those Hacks. And…
Psst. Do you want to know how to add 7.5 years to your life? Quit smoking? Lower your blood pressure? Reduce your cholesterol? This one thing has a bigger impact on your life span than those other things. What is it? Having a positive attitude towards getting old. Having a positive mindset has as much…
It drives me crazy. I’m like two different people. Morning Me and Evening Me. Morning Me is full of possibility. Brimming with ideas and potential. Energetic and excited. Evening Me wants to watch TV. And to veg and not have to do anything strenuous. But Morning Me has to go to work. I can’t do…
I’ve been working on my creative blockage for almost two years now. I’ve been blocked for longer than that. But in July 2022, I started working through The Artist’s Way to help get me “unblocked”. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about. In terms of playwriting, that is. It’s that I can’t…
It’s rare that I get scared before a play. Anymore. It’s weird. Because I used to get that flutter of nervousness before going on stage. The sweaty palms. The shallow breathing. That percolation of unease in my belly. The anxiousness… That darn nagging thought: Will I remember my lines? But I had a break from…
As part of my preparation for starting my new acting project, I’m rereading Do the Work. And a sentence popped out at me. I’ve read it a bunch of times previously. But it’s lingering with me today: A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you…
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