Here’s the green light you’ve been waiting for

My close friends can rely on me for lots of things, and this has become my favorite:

I will give you the green light to write, say, do, and be the things you want.

I will green light the living (sweat) pants right onto your precious & brilliant little legs because I believe in the ideas you have.

Full stop.

No qualification or explanation necessary.

And your first question is likely, “But what did I do to deserve that?” and then “What if my idea is bad and what I write sucks?”

You don’t have to earn the right to write and if it sucks?

WHO CARES?!??

There are crusty Kyles, mediocre Mitches, and Subpar Sams out here doing and making and writing and so very much of it isn’t for me, but also?

If mediocre Mitch (in this case, let’s call him John Mayer) can give himself a green light to literally call his most recent album “sh*tposting” and have a track titled “Why You No Love Me?”, then SURELY you can write a few sentences about your really cool birthmark and how it makes you feel more connected to your family (even when they dance on your last nerve).

You don’t need more rules and restrictions on what is good or worth creating; you don’t need policing.

You need to GO.

Literally. GO.

Write the things—who cares if they’re all weird? Soon enough they’ll be exactly what you want.

Write it all and tell no one, or tell everyone! It’s not really anyone else’s, is it? It’s yours! It’s for you!

(but also please tell me because I love talking about my crappy drafts)

Write it all and laugh because you remembered that you can try—you can show up and do the thing and survive if it sucks.

Go.

Trust that you should and that you can and do it.

If you have a hard time believing in yourself & trusting that you can do this, borrow my belief for a little while.

Bookmark this blog and look at my dumb dumb face in these stoplight circles and think, “This weirdo thinks I can—why not try?”

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