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alright so I'm going to try something
new i'm going to go ahead and record the
essay and so you can listen to it rather
than read it if you're more of a audio
type person and I like to do both like
to read and listen I'm gonna take this
first bit so this this essay is called
why i love not human
I used to be terrified on days when I
had something to share the fear came
from two angles one everyone in the
entire world would be reading into
nobody would be reading I was afraid of
judgment and I was afraid that no one
cared
the entire conflict was within myself
the work wasn't just the writing it was
also making the decision to share the
battle was and still is an inward won a
fight that takes place behind the scenes
the moment I start a sentence that says
something scary and true the work begins
I recognize something that I'm afraid to
share and then I figure out how to
explain it i have to discover why
and the only way i've ever been able to
discover is the writing an exploration
of emotion and form of literature
before stepping in front of the camera
Matthew McConaughey is nervous he's
anxious before every scene of every
movie he's ever been in he understands
the anxiety embraces it
he pounds on his chest and the songs he
tells whatever due to standing next to
the camera guy assistant director
lighting girl however I'm nervous right
now
some thought he pounds his chest and he
comes he shares the emotion with this
team and then steps in front of the
camera to perform Matt McConaughey
recognizes the battle he understands the
need for emotion and he allows himself
to field he releases energy into his
environment is scared but that doesn't
stop
he's reaching for something is
challenging himself to be better than he
thought he could he embraces the anxiety
and shows up anyway
matthew mcconaughey goes to battle
because he wants to be just like his
hero this hero is him 10 years from now
and every morning when he wakes up
this here is still 10 years and
when I wake up I think about what i want
to do I recognize the constant flow of
time and realize that there's no means
to stop so I embrace my mortality and I
take action towards the things i love I
risk myself in pursuit of the me that I
want to be and yeah I'm scared a lot of
the time I feel alone i feel castaway on
an island by myself I feel like I'm the
only one who understands the only one
who perceives the world the way I do so
I look at how I'm thinking and connect
my perspective with what it means to be
human i read stories about other people
successful artists entrepreneurs other
men and women who have fought a battle
in pursuit of something more I digest
these stories and I become grounded
I stop feeling so alone I stopped
feeling different or special i feel the
same because we're only human and we all
just want to be understood
so every morning I asked myself why not
try to be better
everything in my own immediate
experience supports my deep belief that
i am the absolute center of the universe
the realist most vivid an important
person in existence but it's pretty much
the same for all of us it is our default
setting hardwired into our board too
your essential self is the foundation