I have this folder in my hard drive called favorites its nearly 500 GB of anime, movies, podcast, and tv series.
The advent of reliable streaming have practically ended increasong that hoard.
The unifying idea of that collection is that any one of those things energize me. Hajime no Ippo, one piece, the west wing, groundhog day. These things remind me of the best of me. Strangely these things help push me forward.
Like everyone trying to get beyond their comfort zones impostor syndrome is bound to set in. I am lucky that slowly the world has shown me that ordinary people do extraordinary things. All it takes is a decent bit of smarts, the will to do it, some preparations, and a wee bit of luck.
I was watching the Dr Who episode with Vincent Van Gogh my favorite painter. Life is supposed to beat us down, force its will upon us, and drive us into submission, but we can refuse, we must refuse.
Resist.