The Art of Dramatic Living

Many of my posts are spontaneous. I think of something I want to write about, I happen to have access to the tools I need and I write. I was planning on writing something else today about my disintegrated organization and priority system and the re-imagining of a new system, but that excitement will have to wait.

I’ve written about my body image issues before. Links to those posts are here:

Body Image, Eating and Creativity

Perfection is Death

This is another one of those, but different.

“You don’t have to prove anything to anybody” has now become one of my mantras for decision making. When an audition opportunity presents itself, I’ll ask, “Do you want to go for it? Remember, you don’t have to prove anything to anybody.” Because I am a chronic people-pleaser I’m hoping this routine will become second nature.

My goal is to take on projects that I want to do because they excite me and because they are coming along at the right time for me to do them. This will be different behavior from jumping on every opportunity that comes along because I’m afraid there will never be another opportunity ever again.

And the flip side … drum roll please … will be to pursue opportunities that I create for myself.