Work Hard....For Yourself

I recently spent a great deal of energy revisiting a part of my life I'd started out wanting to do: direct movies. What's funny for a lot of this, is when you tell people what you set out to do. A LOT of fellow filmmakers are actually pretty catty about it. They don't care, or wish you worst luck. The most terrible of them give you advice, when clearly they hadn't been anywhere near making movies in decades. These people are the worst, 'cause they're the least secure about their own lives. I understand that feeling. That inability to do anything because you're too fucking lazy, but hate others are doing something. ANYTHING.

It got me thinking about hard work. What filmmakers do, is rough. It thumps on your psyche like you wouldn't believe. You live, breathe and eat potential failure. Worst -- spending so much time putting effort into something, when it is total crap. People will constantly remind you how fruitless filmmaking is. Probably share horror stories. But an iron will and a vision will get you pretty far (and this isn't advice I'm giving you, it's common sense).

So...why not work this hard for yourself? It's so strange that we consider making movies work. Yes, it is work. But you're doing something for yourself. You end up hating the process sometimes. But how do you feel when you are on other's schedule? Or that you are given a pittance of a salary to survive while you hate on your friend's YouTube vids? I say, shove all that and do something for yourself. The only person who should have faith in you, is you. Think about all the shitty opinions you have for your friend. Is this not displacing "what you would do" if you had the chance. So, take that chance.

Some people drive me nuts because they don't do this. They are more happy to do something menial with no hope of a future, while attempting to throw cold water on someone else's thoughts. If you want to suffer, why not suffer for yourself. I think if you change your mentality to this, you will feel more content in your life choices. We don't have second chances once it's yanked away. I'm not saying live a reckless life. But we all have something we were better off doing. Go chase that. Go enjoy doing something for yourself, as it is much more fulfilling.