The Paradise of Writing

I want to always embrace being excited about the good bits about writing. I think whenever you allow someone who isn't you to sort of be the final judge of your own self-worth, that's not a very healthy way to think about yourself. And in fact, at the times where I just thought I was never going to be able to do anything, that wouldn't even survive this long. It's kind of a paradise. You know, everyone who's performed for more than sort of three gigs has had shows that they have an immediate feeling of validation on non-egotistical level. But like there's a perfectly normal aspect to it which is just like: I'm doing a