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Jessica Payne

Creator's Cafe Episode 23: Carolina Alvarez

Published almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
Happy Friday Reader,
It's new to me. Whether it's something familiar with new people (a meetup, a play reading, day trips, Disney!) or a new twist in a familiar place (algorithms but on TikTok, filming but with teleprompters! takeout but make it DTown Pizzeria!) it's always exciting, but I'm still surprised at how much energy it takes to do the new thing. And sometimes I fall in to focusing on what might not work instead of getting started and making it work.
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I admire that Carolina (who is one of those fantastic new people) is so confident at diving into the new thing. She's quickly made the journey from "actor" to "actor/writer/producer/director" and is wrapping up her first on-budget, on-time feature! She trusts herself to learn quickly enough within the project.
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May we all be so bold to just jump into the new thing already this spring.
-with love and diving board moxie, Jessica

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Jessica Payne

Actor, Host of "Creator's Cafe", CEO of Kika Labs

Hi! I'm an actor and host of "Creator's Cafe" podcast, available on YouTube and all of your favorite podcast apps. Subscribe for links to the podcast, and for information on getting more comfortable creating on camera!

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