From pop stars to Oscar winners, breakthroughs happen across a huge age range: teens to 60s+
MANY hit early...Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Zendaya
plenty land big moments in their 20s...Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Timothée Chalamet)
and a few cement legend status in their 50s and beyond...Morgan Freeman, Viola Davis, Michelle Yeoh
Translation: there’s no deadline, your creative clock runs on you.
You don’t need permission to start, only a first step and some sparkle. Think of your creative journey like a debut: the house lights dim, your heartbeat is the orchestra, and you’re walking onstage as the most you you’ve ever been.
When I get stuck, I imagine a green room crowded with the versions of me who tried. The filmmaker who learned by pressing record on a phone. The writer who said one honest sentence and let it lead to the next. The designer who iterated a hundred messy drafts.
🌟journal prompt: "Pick a celeb/artist you admire. What energy (not aesthetics) do they embody that I want to cultivate? How would that show up in my medium?"
