Last week Ben Snitkoff caught my #Hustle face on camera.
I was working hard for the NC Comedy Arts Festival and, from the look on my face in that picture, some may think I started to hit a wall. What wall? I was just hyper-focused on the game, in the center of the action — in the eye of the storm. It was a crazy month. I got engaged on Jan 29th (SHE SAID YES!); I kicked off NCCAF on Feb 2nd, hosted Ignite Durham on the 9th, welcomed Eddie Brill and Emo Philips to Carrboro, pitched a major improv job and, while working around the clock, DSI may have booked another major comic with Carolina Theatre. But even when I seem to be holding everything together sometimes I still need to remind myself what I’m capable of. I like to watch The Matrix and Neo’s first fight with Morpheus:
“You’re faster than this. Don’t think you are. KNOW YOU ARE.”
I know I can handle anything that comes my way. I don’t think I can. I KNOW I CAN.
But is that a trick? What if I trick myself just long enough so the job gets done? Is that air I’m breathing?
What motivates you? What tricks do you have up your sleeves?
(even when you look like you may have reached #Hustle capacity)
