Impulse movie buying.
I love physical media — 4Ks, Blu-rays, special editions, steelbooks. I’ve already gotten better than I used to be, but I know the truth: sometimes I buy out of stress. It’s a quick hit. A temporary “I did something” feeling.
So I’m tightening that lane. Not because movies are “bad,” but because I don’t want my coping mechanism to become my lifestyle.
The second big challenge is the real one: becoming a paid artist.
My time gets eaten by the bag route — plastic and paper all over L.A. Some days I’m busy. Some days I’m smoked. And when I finally get a window, I’m tired.
So I’m going to work in small windows and compound them:
- short illustration sessions
- small animation practice
- slowly building my character work until it can speak (that’s the goal)
And I’m documenting it — because writing has been teaching me something unexpected: if you’re willing to write things down, you can track yourself. Patterns. Triggers. Progress. The way you think when you’re tired. The way you bounce back.
Impulse spending vs. building a lane.
That’s the fight.
Reader question: What’s one impulse you’re trying to replace with a real build — and what’s your smallest “window” this week to work on it?
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