![]() ![]() My sister is flying out from New York to Los Angeles to come with me, along with my parents and one of my bridesmaids. In a few week I am going to try on wedding dresses for the first time. More information at : Anti-Fat Bias, Weight Loss/Gain, Self-harm It’s available everywhere podcasts are found including YouTube. Be the best boss you can be! Just make sure everyone is home at a reasonable hour.Īlso, please listen to GOSSIP. So here’s what I’ve learned: If you treat people with respect, it’s okay to go after what you want even if the idea might make you feel icky at first. I sat for hours listening to cuts and politely demanding they replace one single word with another take. I directed talent who are far more seasoned than me. If this thing crashes, it’s all on me.Īnd do you know what? That’s okay. ![]() I steered the ship from beginning to end. I can’t think, “Well if they had only let me do it this way” because for once I was finally allowed to do it my way. If people don’t like it, there is no one to shift the blame on. ![]() And putting it out there was fucking terrifying. It’s the first big project that’s completely my own. I had an incredible team around me from producers to writers to sound engineers but Stitcher gave me a truly remarkable amount of creative control. It’s a 12-episode comedic soap opera that I wrote, directed and star in. The best thing, by far, to come out of embracing my controlling nature is my new scripted podcast GOSSIP. And both my manager and Gaby are still talking to me. I pushed through the doubt and self-judgment and vocalized what I wanted. Where I looked like a selfish bad guy, whose ego was getting in the way of a good thing. So I had to have a lot of really uncomfortable conversations. My manager was not thrilled with this idea. When Gaby and I work together in the future I need clean delineations of who is doing what and I desperately need my own projects. I would spend hours in therapy trying to figure out why I felt all of this resentment and angry toward someone who helped launch the career I so desperately wanted.Īnd it boiled down to this…you guessed it: I love being in charge. I am too controlling and picky and I hate the feeling of someone reading over my shoulder. I am not meant to have a writing partner. It was thrilling and rewarding and it also drove me just a little bit insane. We sold a few TV shows that never got made. We had a popular YouTube channel together. Which is probably one of the best perks since I love to go to bed early.įor the first few years of my career, I was in a very public partnership with my best friend, Gaby Dunn. It also means you get to decide when everyone goes home. You’re taking all the smaller parts and fitting them together to create something whole. It just means you’re the one steering the ship. Or that you are more talented than those around you. I fucking love it.īeing in charge doesn’t mean you are always right. But you know where I really shine? When I’m in charge. At 29, I can finally do all of those things relatively well. I should know how to work well with others. Girls are supposed to shake their bossiness not lean into it. For a long time I carried this truth around like a secret shame. ![]()
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