Why Comparing Yourself To Others Is A HUGE Mistake
And the best way to accomplish your creative goals
It’s easy to get caught up in the missed opportunities and wasted moments of your life. You think your time would be better spent doing something more productive or linked to your creative career. But the events and culture that we spend our lives around are what shape us.
No two filmmakers are the same and the path and opportunities that they had won’t be the same as yours. Setting an arbitrary age for your goals won’t make you successful by that age. It’ll only discourage you after you hit that limit.
Stop Comparing Yourself To Others
Before I started producing my own films, I worked a lot of jobs in the industry trying to find what my path was.
I wanted to be like Ron Howard or Tim Burton and start my directing and screenwriting career before I was 24. But 24 came and went, and I didn’t have a produced feature. I figured I’d be like other directors who got their start at 29. Then 29 came and went and I hadn’t had a breakout film yet. (Although I did direct a few things, but that’s another post.)
I’m into my 30s now, and I finally feel like I’m getting a solid footing in this industry. Nearly 13 years later.
