The Happiness Project!

My Blog is taking on a new shape this month. I've almost finished an amazing book called the Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. She is a writer of large volume novels who thought one day: "Hey maybe I could be happier!" She decides to think better thoughts, get things done she's always wanted to and explore ways to make her life easier there fore freeing up time to enjoy the moments that slide by when we are stressed. Like dancing with our children in the living room, or being able to look around and go wow this world is beautiful and I'm lucky to be alive right now...it won't last forever so enjoy.

This month I'm finishing a script.
Then try to write a novel in 1 month. It doesn't have to be great, it just is a way to get the juices flowing.
Then something I've never done which is draw a 24 page comic in 24 hours. Then go to lulu.com and publish them.

This past week I've been going to film parties and the Vancouver international film fest forums which were informative especially the editor for GO, Babel, and Traffic as well as David Slade who blew my mind with his emotional intelligence. What I took from it was the importance of being able to communicate your ideas in a way that others get the info they need to help you create your vision. Some people are shy or not sure of what they want but people want to help those with a strong vision who are also flexible because they've "done enough prep that now they can work at the speed of their own thought process" David Slade said that....What a great week. Now to put it all to good use.