But the experience that I had, which was basically just feeling loved and taken care of in a room full of thousands of people I didn't know, seemed to be a pretty strong sign that what I was doing was a good thing.

What I wasn't prepared for were the feelings of anxiety that it stirred in me. I wasn't prepared for the initial feeling of I don't want to have to do that again. I was scared.

Whatever it is that you do in your life, you're your own guide.

How you live your life can affect your mental state.

I loved acting when I was doing it, but getting the jobs I didn't understand because I'd never had to do it. That was a difficult lesson for me. It was very humbling and very bizarre.

Each second is a second you can make a new choice, a better choice, a healthy choice, a present choice.

If you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.