{"id":2622,"date":"2021-05-05T13:11:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2021-05-05T13:11:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:11:46","slug":"making-12-faith-in-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/making-12-faith-in-people\/","title":{"rendered":"MAKING! 12 Faith in People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" data-attachment-id=\"2624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/making-12-faith-in-people\/pexels-cottonbro-4781424\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-4781424.jpg?fit=2000%2C1199&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-cottonbro-4781424\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-4781424.jpg?fit=1024%2C614&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-4781424.jpg?resize=1024%2C614&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-4781424.jpg?resize=1024%2C614&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-4781424.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-4781424.jpg?resize=1536%2C921&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-4781424.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>I *made* an online fundraising event for a school. &nbsp;I thought maybe people would gain something by seeing my process for creating, rehearsing, collaborating, and performing the event\u2026 So, here I am sharing.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The credits roll. The credits in movies were weird to me for a long time and they still kinda are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They&#8217;re long <\/li><li>Most people don&#8217;t read them<\/li><li>They&#8217;re not in a great order (not that I know a better order for them) <\/li><li>They thank everyone kinda the same amount<\/li><li>Didn&#8217;t everyone get paid for the work they did in the movie?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I am grateful<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, I put together a list of 20 people who helped me make the fundraiser happen. It was cool to see them in a list all together and think about all the things they contributed. I love being around driven creators, so it was fun to think about the things they innovated that I would have never done. I sent them messages thanking them and it was really fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I can get really into what&#8217;s next &#8211; excited about ambition. I can get really distracted by that. 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