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I deeply trust in my intuition.
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You're pregnant.
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It's a food baby.
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I also practice manifestation and spell casting.
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Chris Evans, come to me.....
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And it is literal magic.
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For example, last week.
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I've always wanted to work with Calvin Klein, so I figure, why not take some photos, tag them on the 'gram, let the universe see that I'm here.
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-I'm queer, and I'm down to work with my favorite under... wear. -Yess...
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And the next day Calvin Klein reached out.
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So thank you to Calvin Klein for sponsoring today's video and to the universe for working your magic, per usual.
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I'm so excited to say that I speak my truth in my Calvin's.
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And in thinking about my truth I realized that one thing cats and I do not have in common.
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Cats love boxes.
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I don't get it.
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One thing that people love to do is to put you in a box.
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I mean, it's what the brain does right, compartmentalize.
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And though it's great for like neurons to categorize and differentiate information, it is not so great for our artistic lives.
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And even if you're not an artist, I encourage you to listen to your gut about the kinds of things you want to explore.
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Yeah, you know people joke about underwater basket weaving, but it's not a joke to me.
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It's never been a joke to me.
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I have a reputation for doing a lot: acting, stand-up, music, writing, directing, illustration, poetry, stop-motion...
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And I was worried that maybe my passion was a little all over the place.
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She said I was a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, and it's really bothering me.
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Like I'm just always, kind of like, gone after whatever seemed like really fun, you know?
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Should I stop doing that, would I be more successful if I just focused on one thing?
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You do know the full quote, right?
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What?
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Well the full quote is: "Jack-of-all-trades, master of none, often times better than master of one."
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So if you take the full thing in context, it's actually better to be a jack-of-all-trades.
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Oh.
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And in stepping back and really thinking about it, I realize that all of my exploration really boils down to one thing.
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Ultimately, I see myself as someone who turns their pain into art.
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And different mediums and platforms not only offer a variety of opportunities to do just that...
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But by constantly seeking new and challenging ways to express myself, I feel more like myself.
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I have a friend named Katie who inspired me so much in my early 20s.
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Katie was always trying something new.
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She trained with the circus, then she got her pilot license, then she was doing burlesque dancing.
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She taught herself how to knit, dabbled in pottery.
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And the last time I talked to her she was working with charities that helped exotic animals internationally, so she got to pet tigers.
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And though Katie did so many different weird, awesome things that seemed super random, in the decade that I've known her, I have never met anyone who is more authentically themselves.
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And I think it's specifically because Katie does not hold back with trying different things.
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And with every new adventure she has, the more centered she becomes in who she is.
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So don't be afraid to explore your creative impulses, to listen to your intuition about what excites you, and to cast a spell every once in a while.
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Chris Evans, hear my call.
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Chris Evans, let me pet your dog.
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Dodger looks real cute though.
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Thank you so much to Calvin Klein for sponsoring today's video.
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I speak my truth in my Calvin's.
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I am a jack-of-all-trades.
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I wore a bunch of Calvin Klein in today's video including Calvin Klein Jeans and Calvin Klein underwear.
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You can check out those and more styles on calvinklein.com or by clicking the link in the description below.
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I'm Anna Akana. See you next Thursday.