CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.

I know, I sound all jaded and angsty when I say that you shouldn’t just run into a situation with your entire self fully invested and your whole soul poured into it.

Here’s the thing, though: things fall apart all the time, sometimes before they get started, sometimes in the middle of things, sometimes right before you hit the finish line.

So don’t make any single project your entire life. Chances are, that’ll bite you in the you-know-what someday and you’ll be left considering less-than-savory job choices just to avoid homelessness.