CRAFT & SPIRIT

CRAFT AND SPIRIT
I Quit My Job.

I quit my job.

For the past 11 months, I worked as the Executive Assistant at the Renaissance Theatre. Around months 7-8-9-10 or so, I realized I needed to move on—I was slowly realizing it wasn’t a good fit. I felt that I wouldn’t be able to help the company move forward in the direction it wished to go. The mission was no longer the mission I signed up for.

I’ve learned a lot: what I want, what I don’t, and how to pay attention to the difference. So now, I’m heading in what looks like a new direction—but really, it’s just me digging my toes deeper into the earth.

I wrote in my morning pages recently: Sometimes just walking through life isn’t enough.

Walking is noble—if that’s all you can manage, then walk. But if your goal is a mountain, you probably shouldn’t stay on a flat, paved path. If you’re after leisure or gentle introspection, walk on. But more often than not, the real start is in your resilience to being on the trail.

Goals tend to be destination-based. But I’m learning that what matters more is choosing a journey that excites and challenges me. Every step opens new paths—if I’m willing to take them.

So—what now?

I’m in discovery. That means I don’t have many answers, but I am building clarity around the questions:

• Do I get another full-time job? Or go all-in on building something of my own?

• What does my personal brand really stand for—and how do I want to show up publicly?

• How do I stay consistent in creating art while figuring everything else out?

These are the three I’m sitting with. And honestly, I’m okay not knowing. Because what I do know is this:

What I am building

🛠️ I’ve drafted the second version of a short film script and I’m scouting locations.

🎥 I’m structuring behind-the-scenes content to document the entire process.

📸 I’ve studied creators who balance art and platform—Daniel Simmons, Emma Watson, and others—to start discovering my own visual voice.

🫂 I’ve launched a private Discord community for artists who want to build projects and develop their voice alongside others.

💽 I’ve cleaned and restructured my workflow (SSD, Davinci, content folders) to create with intention, not just impulse.

Right now, everything is paused while I head to the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium (GLMCC) for the next week—a joyful pause, and one that is creating movement in my goals, but one that still brings its own form of pressure.

After GLMCC, I’ll regroup. I’ll write again. I’ll recalibrate and keep building. But for now, I’m looking forward to the steps that I take forward.

There will be no newsletter next week—but the one after that, I’ll be back with updates on what I’ve found.

I think that with my brain scattered with all the things that are in review, it’s hard to solidify what I wish to say about my experience and how it has shaped me, but in time, I know I’ll be able to elaborate on it better. So I hope you stick with me on this formative journey.

📣 Want to go deeper?

You can go deeper and support me now if you’d like to, while I’m building this.

If you’d like to follow the short film journey behind the scenes—from shot lists and storyboards to editing updates and voice notes—join the paid tier of this newsletter.

Starting the week of June 8, I’ll be releasing two videos a month on my creative process and progress. You’ll also get access to our private Craft & Spirit Discord, where artists and storytellers can grow side-by-side.

It’s where I share the unfiltered parts of the process, and I’d love to have you there.

👉 UPGRADE

Talk soon!

CRAFT AND SPIRIT