A Bit About Me.
I've wanted to be a filmmaker since I first discovered movies.
As a child, I dreamed of being an actor. I eagerly waited for callbacks from auditions, but those calls never came.
As a teen, I wanted to be a musician. But I only made songs that could be used to torture prisoners.
As an adult, I set my sights on directing and learned all the necessary skills. But I ran into a problem.
My enthusiasm for creating was never matched by others.
Everyone who claimed to want to be a filmmaker kept flaking out.
People often criticized me as a dreamer. But I see myself more as a doer.
During college, I needed steady income — creative work wasn't going to cut it.
Not at that moment, at least.
When I landed a job in marketing, directing became that hobby that slowly faded away.
A few years later, a part of me died.
The part that was eager to create.
The part that was ambitious about directing stories.
The part of me that gave me the joy of creating and entertaining.
I made no progress after all these years. I owed it to myself to pursue meaningful creative projects. I decided to take a new approach. Instead of directing (which requires collaboration, lots of time, and significant money), I decided to try something more flexible: writing.
I wasn't dependent on anyone else except me and my laptop.
One little problem, though.
I'd never seen myself as a writer before.
Sure, I wrote small stuff here and there — but me? As a writer?!
The imposter syndrome weighed on me like Jupiter's gravity. (3× Earth's gravity)
As uncomfortable as it was in the beginning, I pursued. Not because I wanted to, but because I needed to. I had to become creatively fulfilled again to become happy.
Here's the ironic thing: I wound up gaining thousands of followers and newsletter subscribers.
Now I'm currently using this momentum to build a film company that continues my mission of the relentless pursuit of pushing creative boundaries.
I hope you pursue your dreams too.
Life's too short.
Good vibes,
-Kevin