Book 2, Chapter 4: 5 minutes a Day

1.  That's what I don't think I realized.

I do now.

I'm learning, like a sunrise.  It's not just "bright" all at once;

2.  It gets lighter and lighter,
3.  Without you getting to "put your finger on it"

4.  Sometimes, you just have to keep going
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5.  What was I referring to, back up in Number 1?

6.  Five minutes a day.

7.  I didn't realize that I'm five minutes a day,
8.  Away from having the life I've always dreamt of,
9.  But been too scared to admit it's my dream,
10.  Because I want it to happen so badly,
11.  I don't -- literally don't know -- what I would do,

12.  If it ever came true.
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13.  It's 3:28 pm.  I've been writing for 3 minutes.
14.  I will write for 1 more.
15.  Then take a picture.
16.  And then move along with my day.

17.  Even five minutes

18.  (Five minutes!!)

19.  Is enough to start bringing "stand-up" back into my life,
20.  Into my world again,
21.  And if I give this website
22.  Five minutes a day

23.  I'll be making my living off of monthly donations given to my PayPal account,
24.  As a way of people supporting me and encouraging me to produce content and comedy specials,

25.

26.  Well.  I guess that's up to me and you.

27.  (brysonturner.com)

Book 2, Chapter 1: Call It A Comeback

1.  First of all,

don't call it a "comeback."  I've been here for years.

But I haven't really been writing, these past few years.  So it may seem -- to you, the reader -- like it's a "comeback."
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2.  Okay.  Fine.  Let's own it.

I'm coming back.
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3.  I'm not really sure how I feel about this new "numbers system," I'm doing.  I'm writing more now, and I can almost feel myself evolving, as a writer.

I'm slowly getting more comfortable with writing.

And you want to know what's triggered it?

You want to know the secret to actually getting out of my own way , and just starting to WRITE?
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4.

Love Letters
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5.  I know.  Crazy, right?
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6.  But yes.  Love Letters.  All cursive-like, and everything.

Some hand-written.  Some forged in that fast-drying, most permanent of 2014 metals:  The Internet.

But all of them real.  Like, a real, genuine effort to communicate to my partner, who -- for the sake of limiting the paparazzi -- I refer to in the letters as

7.  Miss Butterfly Starfish
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8.  And so, Miss Starfish (who is a real person, I remind you) has -- in some weird, poetic way -- brought me back to writing.  And yet somehow, I think I can return to it now, and actually

9.  Enjoy myself, along the way.

10.  ENJOY THE RIDE
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