Every day you chip away at the stone of your project, is a day of measured progress. Make a mess. Be crazed.The battlefield isn’t a black tied red carpet event. In the creative field, you don’t go to work. You go to war. Every day. Unknown forces. Multiple fronts.  Life…You’re just spread too thin. I get it. You need more help. More money. […]

When Plato wrote the Allegory of the Cave he didn’t have our society in mind. Smart phones and streaming services weren’t around. There was just a cave with shadows dancing on the wall. The owners of intellectual property are rarely the face of the product. Streaming services have a skip option for credits.  They offer the option to skip

The Bore War You are at war. A war of distractions. Of no time. Of broken self-promises.It is a stifling war of attrition.How are you faring?Do you feel creatively fulfilled?Are you all caught up on your streaming?How’s your social media feed?Are you spending more time wishing you got more done than you are actually trying

One of the most frustrating parts of any job, is working with others who don’t get their work done.Whether you are on your first group project in grade school, or you are a working professional, the frustration never goes away. It is never fun to do someone else’s homework. Especially when you have to pay

There has always seemed to be a barrier between sports and arts.One does not necessarily appreciate the other.Which, in fact… in truth, is 100 percent lie.Art is competitive.Art is jealous.Art is dirty.Just like sports.For some it is an outlet.For others it is life.There are more similarities than there are differences.There can be a natural proficiency.Both

The New Year provides all kinds of hope.  Both real, and false.  If your gym gave you back a dollar for every day you went, would you make money on your New Year’s resolution?  Better yet, if you made a bet with yourself to write, every day, would you put yourself in a position to succeed. 

It isn’t a secret that beauty is born of pain.  If you want abs, you need to put the work in… on the road and in the kitchen.  If you want money, you need to put in the work.  If you want family or meaningful relationships, you have to be able to give them the

People don’t jump mountains. They climb them, one step at a time. It’s hard. That’s the point. If it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth doing. Whatever you’re struggling with right now… you’re not the only one feeling that way. We are all behind on pages. Behind on making time for others. Behind. Behind. Behind. No matter what, when you’re trying to do everything,

The lights are always red, before they are green.They just are.There is a sea of red in front of you.  What are you doing to do about it?Life has a way of laying quicksand in front of you when you are in a hurry and things just aren’t going your way.The world is against you. 

No matter what your medium. There is always temptation just before the finish line. Whether it is a writing block, a life circumstance, or another project that suddenly pops into your head that you think is even better than the one you’ve been working so hard on… and if you just take this moment to