The penultimate episode of Season 1, I go woo woo as per usual. Fun things about this episode:

Phyllis Diller! She was my inspiration for starting comedy later in life. Did you know she was 37 and had five kids when she started?! I recently found the secret of her success: a turn of the century self help book that uses fun terms like "newspaper man" and offense ones like "colored" :{. If you've never read it, it's called The Magic of Believing by Claude Bristol and it's mostly a gem if you can get over the outdated references, patriarchy, and praise for industrial capitalism. I found out she read it religiously and that's what she credits all of her success to.

I'm still (kinda) Mormon

The only difference is that a transferred my zealotry directly into standup. I approached comedy with the same dogmatic energy, striving, and hunger to be at the top of the heap Thankfully, just like I found my way out of the church, I've rejected the cult of comedy and settled into a new mindset: I don't chase, I attract.

The curse of knowing the principles of 2D design

I can't turn off my critical eye for schmalzy design and it colors my experience of self help branding, which is usually one of two things: Papyrus font, butterflies and planets or start up bro all caps with tags like "10X YOUR LIFE!" and "NEXT LEVEL DOMINATION".

The problem with outsourcing your life

Sometimes the mundane things you do as part of your work are where the hidden joys are found. You can always jump back into the business world, but your kid will never be a drooling grinning toddler covered in a layer of snot and peanut butter.

My website is coming along while my identity is unraveling.

How do you blend "What's the deal with hot dogs?" comedy and learning to trust your inner wisdom on the same site? I contain multitudes, but google doesn't like that for crawling websites.

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