The Hickory Algorithm - Double Article!!
Talk about going from zero to 60, but to be honest, it feels like going zero to 260 mph.
This ranks pretty high on the "didn’t expect this” list.
When I have a bad experience with something, I try to find the good in it. Whether that’s a job, relationship, or a social situation.
Sometimes you get home and just sit back and say to yourself “well, that didn’t go as I would of liked it to.”
We all have experienced that.
The things that began with good intentions. The things we think would be so cool if it could just of worked out how we wanted it to. The things we see that great potential in!
And, when they don’t we tend to think there is something wrong with us when in all reality we had to go through these things to get to where we are going!
Once the dust settles on the disappointment and our minds crystalize with clarity, things start coming into focus.
Fast Forward ➡️ To Now
I’ve been in Hickory now for 3 years (already). I love that I am still discovering things that surprise me.
This time, it’s me. Surprising myself.
I keep thinking about how IN THE HELL, I ended up in that writing class.
How I ended up taking the screenwriting class was because someone I never met, sat in the same room as me, talked about being the teacher of this class, and I signed up while sitting across from him.
20 minutes before that conversation I had absolutely no desire to do any of it.
Talk about going zero to 60, it has gone from zero to 260 mph - to be honest.
While I look back at how I could beat myself up about no longer being involved with a situation and to think of all the work and time I put into that time lost. It could have gotten me down.
But, I keep going back to the what ifs?
What if all of that was just to sit in that room?
What if all those things were just to guide me to where I should be?
The imagination of a potential reached, to the doubt of accepting unfulfilled opportunities, the muddiness of self disappointment, and all adding to the heaviness of an overarching negative internal signal.
So, instead of beating myself up about a ‘failure’ or ‘disappointment.’
Maybe, it wasn't.
Maybe it was just a step to help crystalize bring something more into focus?
Crystalizing
If I didn’t have that disappointment. I wouldn’t have gotten connected with this community.
I wouldn’t be writing screen plays, skits, and long form leadership pieces.
I wouldn’t be where I am.
I wouldn’t be who I am.
I wouldn’t be as proud as being part of something.
As the Head of Documentaries and Docu-series for Akula Literary Partners I sat across from that same teacher last night. This time the conversation was about a 96 million dollar filming budget for an upcoming project.
Keep your head up, everything happens for a reason.
KEEP GOING 💪
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Connecting you to the algorithm of Hickory, North Carolina.
Chris Goldby is a writer and multimedia storyteller based in Hickory, North Carolina. He owns The Hickory Algorithm a hyper focused lens on Hickory, NC and is a contributing writer and Head of Documentary/Docu-series with Akula Literary Partners.