Just Do It

So, I've been thinking... And that's a problem for me. I heard a good friend say once, "My brain is for entertainment purposes only!" And it seems to apply to me. When using my brain to think up stories or solve problems/blocks within my stories, or within my acting work, I'm good. I always seem to understand that idea that I need to get out of the way and let the "creative energy" do its work through me. I am the vehicle, not the fuel or even the engine for that matter. But when I start to use my brain to analyze my life? Katie, bar the door. Seriously, it's a problem. Because my brain is DESIGNED to create stories. So it does just that. When someone doesn't text me back INSTANTLY, I make up a story that they hate me, or that I need to do something nice for them so they'll like me MORE, or that they're just a jerk and I need to cut them out of my life completely. But really. There's no story. It's just an event that's happening in the world. And, most importantly, it's not happening TO me, it's just happening. Because really? Really someone doesn't text me back INSTANTLY because there's some enormous moral failing on either my part or their part? Seriously? This is where I remind myself of my ability to "get out of the way" in my creative work. What if I just "get out of the way" of my life? What if I just do what's in front of me and let whatever happens happens? What if everything that happens in the world is not about ME? Scary thought. But not a scary action. It's just that. An action. Just do it. Or in the case of believing I should send a snotty text back to that "non-instantly-texting-me-back" friend... Just Don't Do It.