Anne Morris

But it has to be a purpose that is noble to you.

And it can be taking care of your family.

It just has to be bigger than you and your, you know, ego and identity for this to work.

Oh, yeah.

I think we see that pattern all the time with people getting stuck in that place.

Yeah.

So, I mean, tactically, how do I figure that out in your experience?

Yeah, I love that.

I'll sometimes phrase it with people, what makes you weird?

You know, what makes you different?

What made you weird as a kid?

What did you do that the other kids weren't doing?

Before I found my way to writing, one of the weird things I would do, which had nothing to do with my job or my identity, was to just to do these silly writing contests.

And one of them that I won, which is still my greatest publishing achievement, was Starbucks.

Starbucks was doing this, you know, they had a competition where you could send in quotes that they would put on the side of a cup.

And I was like, I don't know, 22.

And I was in a Starbucks in New York.

And I was like, oh, okay.

I can win that contest.

So I sent in this quote.