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The Typo from Hell, Fear, and Self-Loathing
How Do We Get Over Ourselves?
If you’re creative like me, you’ve probably questioned your existence while practicing your art.
My goal for this article is to tell you how my mind works, and what I’m doing to get over my extremely self-critical self and explore who will engage with a comment or two to create a dialogue about being better humans and artists.
Maybe helping me will help at least one reader.
Day In the Life
My usual wake up time is around 3 a.m. I love the solitude of early mornings as my cool wife and Under Dog sleep later.
I hit the floor and march to the coffee maker. Within minutes I smell the freshly-ground, scorching-hot, Guatemalan coffee. With a fresh roast in hand, I scan the news, read something spiritual or insightful, contemplate the day, and most days, write in my journal before commuting 22 feet to my desk.
I write at terminal velocity like I do most everything else. The club bass rocks my world, making me feel like a rockstar nobody will ever meet.
Most days, after I write for myself, it’s off to the races. I go to work.
Time blows by unlike when the clock never moved in grade school. I end my days by going to…
