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Vanessa Hope's avatar

Happy New Year!

Bay Dariz's avatar

Great list! I would add something like - travel and try to live as locals do (i.e. not like a tourist) in another country, even if only for a week or two. Feeling like an “outsider” and learning to adapt to a new place / way of life is great life experience, and being adaptable is key in this creative business. It can help you get unstuck in many ways!

Stella Velon's avatar

Great list. Thanks for sharing.

9 is a great reminder. Love 30

Adding to it : Stop overthinking (everything)!

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Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Anne Carey's avatar

Thank you Ted. It's a really nice list.

Bingo's avatar

List what you love best exercise ever. Gotta pick that back up. Happy new year to all and may change remain the only constant. Thanks Ted.

Rich Allen's avatar

Allow 72 hrs for each day - complete it in 24

Terra Wellington's avatar

What a terrific list. Thank you!

Amanda Sweikow's avatar

Perfect list for starting the new year. May this one be better than the last. Happy New Year and thank you!

Jon's avatar

Thank you Ted. Great new year post! Worth the whole years subscription!!

Patris's avatar

So good. Sending to my kids ‘good’. Thanks for putting in the work here, Ted.

Albert Berger's avatar

Thanks Ted. Excellent way to start the year. Let's make '24 count!

James Lantz's avatar

Thank you and Happy New Year!

Ali Salem's avatar

What an incredible list to start the new year off!

Number 68 in particular resonates. "Recognize it does not usually need to be an either/or scenario, or a binary choice; it is likely to have a both/and blend." Put another way, two (or three or four) things can be true or right at the same time.

Enjoy living in the complex and difficult – why else would any of us work in indie film :)

I'd add, "Be open to creative partners from all walks of life, places, and occupations. I've learned the most from folks I didn't expect to become close with at the outset (whether because of age, location, etc.). Variety is the spice, as they say."

Excited to read it many, many more times in the weeks / months ahead.

Rich Allen's avatar

Make for 72 hrs in each day and complete it in 24.