Bukowski was wrong.

So I'm 17 pages into a screenplay. I've decided it's what I want to do for a living. It's the one thing that I really actively want to be extraordinary at. I want to be good at a lot of things, perhaps great at a few and at least mediocre at most, but I think I can only be truly extraordinary at one thing.

And that's the key. For all of it. You find what you want to be extraordinary at and you pursue it like your life depends on it. Because it does. As far as I know, you only get one life. So make it mean something. Nobody will do it for you, nobody can.

I'm not religious, but I know when I'm blessed. I realize how fortunate I am to live in this country and to have all of these opportunities. I have to make the most of it, I owe it to those who can't.

I have fears though. I'm afraid I've already wasted too much time, afraid that I've made the wrong decisions. But I have to mute those fears. I'm doing what I'm doing because that's who I am. I've done well.