Great perspective and exactly what I needed to read, as I find myself in a stretch of my own “long middle,” navigating waves of total confidence and enthusiasm and then the self-doubt and worries start arising. Helpful to have something to relate the experience to. Thank you 🙏
I’m glad I chose this as the only Substack email I open on this first of the calendar year. Beautifully said, wonderfully resonant for this Saturn ruled multi hyphenate, and the perfect antidote to so much of the noise.
I appreciate this piece, it resonates. I'm 74, have finally taken creative authority over my art (seven produced short plays and two novels that I've adapted and am producing now as animated films for adults), and feel like I'm just getting started fulfilling that long middle. 2026 is already amazing as the seeds of gratitude continue to bear the most excellent fruit. Bom Ano Novo.
Thank you for helping metabolize some thoughts and feelings that I have struggled to organize within myself. Doubt, impatience, and scrutiny creeps it at all angles as I build a multi-hyphenate ecosystem of creativity and generativity. This is both a balm and a teacher for that negativity.
Needed these words, always appreciate your perspective. Also loved the Adventure Time imagery, that universe has a lot of mirror to this dialog and the long middle.
Great perspective and exactly what I needed to read, as I find myself in a stretch of my own “long middle,” navigating waves of total confidence and enthusiasm and then the self-doubt and worries start arising. Helpful to have something to relate the experience to. Thank you 🙏
I’m glad I chose this as the only Substack email I open on this first of the calendar year. Beautifully said, wonderfully resonant for this Saturn ruled multi hyphenate, and the perfect antidote to so much of the noise.
Thank you. Happy cooking in 2026!
Happy to read this!
I appreciate this piece, it resonates. I'm 74, have finally taken creative authority over my art (seven produced short plays and two novels that I've adapted and am producing now as animated films for adults), and feel like I'm just getting started fulfilling that long middle. 2026 is already amazing as the seeds of gratitude continue to bear the most excellent fruit. Bom Ano Novo.
Thank you for helping metabolize some thoughts and feelings that I have struggled to organize within myself. Doubt, impatience, and scrutiny creeps it at all angles as I build a multi-hyphenate ecosystem of creativity and generativity. This is both a balm and a teacher for that negativity.
Needed these words, always appreciate your perspective. Also loved the Adventure Time imagery, that universe has a lot of mirror to this dialog and the long middle.