Regarding Inflation

Egos.

I don't like running into them. They lurk around corners and try to bite your shins off. Sometimes they'll even steal sweets from small children and run off cackling.

Now, I am very happy to report that I don't work with any of these egregious sweet-stealing personality leeches, (If you think that my work day is filled with rants and back-stabbing you'd be wrong - my co-workers are the most talented, supportive bunch of people ever, and are the reason why I have improved so much in such a short amount of time) but sometimes I encounter a boiling mass of ego and it kind of freaks me out. Why act like that? Doing what I do, is this how I am perceived? I don't want to be. Most of us aren't like that.

I am incredibly fortunate to get paid for doing something I love, but I hope that I will maintain a sense of perspective about this 'ere American Dream that I am living. Working on feature film work is all ace and flashy and people go "Oooo" when they hear about it, but it's not like I'm not saving lives on a daily basis or anything so worthy of a giant balloon head. (To those that have one, I can supply a pin or a sharp, pointy stick).

All of the best animators I know are remarkably humble, so, even as I move through my career, I want to be able to remember exactly how I got here, and all of the people who helped me get to where I am now. Hopefully I'll even be able to help a few others along the way.

Move aside Ego. Go and stand in the corner.