My most hippy belief I think is true is that changing your vocabulary changes how you perceive reality. You're just prompt engineering your brain all day. Try shuffling out these 5 words:
1. Decision --> Experiment
2. Problem --> Puzzle
3. Relax --> Energise
4. Fail... See more
Pursuing a CAREER in the arts — any art, pick the art — takes a certain amount of delusion. Not as a hobby. Not for fun. But in the pursuit of an all-the-chips-in career. And I don't mean delusion in a derogatory manner. In this sense, it's a skill.