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I make an effort to keep it as real as I possibly can.

I think I spend most of my time not living in reality, actually.

I don't have an ego that makes me believe the world revolves around me. I am not self-absorbed.

Please don't think that I am one of those squishy types who can't handle reality. I have plenty of real-world things to deal with all the time. I have deadlines, meetings, I answer the phone, I get turned down, I wait in lines and am forced to pass for normal all the time.

I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.

I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with their own projections.

I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore.

I'm very realistic in my outlook on everything in life. When I look ahead in my mind to see what's going to happen next, I see the good and I see the bad.

I decided very early on that it took too much of my energy to pretend to be someone else. People will make up their minds about me whatever I do or say, but at least I know I am being true to myself.

I always think that I have plenty of time for everything, and then the reality of it doesn't quite match up.