My drive, my passion, is creating. Being a creator allows for all to share and experience in one of the greatest powers because being able to create allows influence, and that allows change. As one piece of my influence, the passion put into the show, "Avatar: The Last Air Bender." It will forever influence the stories I choose to create. The stories' diversity in themes and characters fueled me to create new worlds and circumstances, with diverse people rooted in everyday life whose stories you might not see in current media. For example, getting their stories told under the weight of a new supernatural world, a group of outcasts has a second go at a new life. They will share their diverse experiences with sexuality, conforming to a binary gender, religious trauma, and family trauma. All while dealing with the conflicts of untamed chaos and subjugating order.

When we think about life, I feel money is the bread and butter. It makes or breaks many peoples’ ideas, hopes, and aspirations. Because of this, when I was young, I would withhold money for as long as possible and never spend anything. For a while, this worked for a teen. I had thought I had a lot of money. But looking back on it now, that same money that I had enjoyed hoarding was taking away aspects of my life. I did not hang out as much or enjoy myself over the worry of keeping money. A mindset shared among many and grown out of financial fear and worry, no one wants to be in a state where they do not have money to spend. Only recently, I learned just as we spend money in moderation, consider keeping money in moderation. As someone told me, money is not something to be hoarded. Because if you want to make something of your money and your time you need to spend it. Remember moderation but understand money should flow-through systems, consider how you want the money you have to move in your system. Every person has something they are interested in, something they want to spend their money on and enjoy. For some, these desires are in hobbies and can be investments down the road that generate more money. But not everything has to be a monetary investment, once more moderation. The money you spend can be just money spent on something that brings you peace and joy. That is an investment in yourself, rewarding yourself after working. When you recognize these aspects of money you think better. That is when you turn your idea of money, not into something to regret spending and horde. But into something to understand and better navigate.