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Chekov’s gun & life hacks

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Before you freak out, let me clarify for you non nerdy theater kids and writers.

Chekov’s gun is the idea that every element introduced in a story must be necessary and serve a purpose.

For example, in a play if there is a gun sitting on the table then it must go off before the end of the performance or it shouldn’t be included. Nothing extraneous to the story.

It hit me the other day that this could be a good philosophy to apply to my life.

I have a habit of purchasing self-help programs, writing courses and so. many. books. I have the best of intentions – I’m going to improve my finances, my health, my skills, my life!

Sadly, just like New Year’s resolutions they fall to the wayside; neglected, orphaned and choking on dust while I binge watch Cougar Town…hey, it’s Bill Lawrence so technically, it could be considered writing research, right? Right?

Well maybe Chekov can help me out.

  1. No extraneous additions! If the item or experience doesn’t improve some aspect of my life, then I don’t add it…even if it’s FREE! Because it’s really not; everything costs something be it money, effort or TIME.
  2. Follow through on what I already have. They say procrastination is caused by fear. So, if I committed to, say a course on shifting realities then I need to face my fears and schedule time for study…which will be even easier once I learn how to manipulate time travel! Where’s my Delorian?
  3. I don’t really have anything more than the two, but I like the number 3. Hey, if you think of something let me know!

Now, I know what you are thinking. “Karma, what about your crazy sche—um, creative opportunity plans?”

I haven’t given up on my dreams of working with Edgar Wright, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith and Ben Affleck…to name the obvious characters that we’ve already discussed but we haven’t even begun to delve into my new-ish fascination with Jason Mantzoukas. (not new to me, just new that I’m telling you) He is one of 5 of my favorite Jasons…what? You don’t have a list of Jasons? You should, it’s fun.

In no particular order:

Jason Sudeikis, Jason Segel, Jason Bateman and my brother Jason.

Mantzoukas is my bittersweet crush, my doomed love affair – for as much as I adore his crazy sexy smart self, he is allergic to eggs and that’s 95% of my sustenance.

 I think that would be like a vampire dating a woman who exists on garlic and holy water. ☹

But a crazy girl can dream.

Speaking of dreams, I haven’t mastered the skill of lucid dreaming yet. You know where you are dreaming but totally aware you are dreaming so you can control what happens? So, I’m at the mercy of whatever my psyche throws at me, which is very hit or miss.

Hit – A man told me he won the lottery and I said, “That is awesome, you totally deserve it! I’m so happy for you!” and then he told me he wanted to give me $1 million. 😊

Miss – Any work related or I’m trying to accomplish any menial task. Like needing to get somewhere by a certain time but I can’t seem to move or it’s really slow motion.

Questionable – The other night, I left my office job to join a group of men on a heist. We jumped out of a plane, and we landed in a barren field next to a giant building. As I was collecting everyone’s parachutes to hide, because I was the newbie, I was freaking out about getting in trouble for leaving work without letting anyone know and it had already been four hours!

Yep, that’s what I was worried about.

I left the building because I also started to worry about legal trouble and next thing I know I’m in a restaurant, I believe it was in Beijing or maybe downtown San Francisco. While I’m there I notice Keanu Reeves sitting at a nearby table. He says hello and invites me to join him. Isn’t he nice?

We talked about life and my crazy ideas for a Matrix – Dracula cross over. He totally loved it! Then I realize I’m actually in another country and I’m freaking out about how I’m going to get home.

I say, “I don’t know where I’m going to get the money to get home.” And he looks at me and smiles and says, “Hand me your notebook.”

He then proceeds to sign his name and then three other names and I guess I’m supposed to sell these autographs to buy a plane ticket home? Then he leaves. WTF?

Wait, I forgot. He leaves AND then the manager comes up to me and says, “I want to close up, and your check is the last one that needs to pay.” So no help getting home AND he didn’t pay for my dinner?! Harsh brah!

Needless to say, our relationship hasn’t been the same since. :-/

Also HIT – Ben Affleck placed my hand in his and professed that I was his best friend and it made me feel all warm and gooey inside and I said, ‘Suck it, Matt!’ under my breath. Afterwards we went to Claire’s and got matching bracelets. You know the kind that are two halves of one whole? Okay, maybe I added that part to seem cooler than I am.

Anyways, hope this chaotic catch up post didn’t make you too dizzy and nauseous…if it did just drink some Pepto, you know that pink stuff. Hey that reminds me of another dream.

Just kidding! Hope your 2026 is shaping up to be a time of JOY and BIG DREAMS! Go get em’ Tiger!

Love and Blessings!

Karma Marie

UNBALANCED

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Ever ride in a car with someone who uses BOTH feet to push the pedals? I have and it can be rough. The right foot punches the gas and the left foot slams on the brake. You lose that transition time if you are only using the one right foot. It’s just GO and STOP!

My life has felt like that, lacking balance. I think it’s because I lack structure. There is an author I follow, Kelsey Humphries. She’s big on YouTube, look her up. You wanna talk about organized?! She’s a damn fine writer, too, I just finished her novel Happy Christmas and can’t wait to read more. Anyways, she teaches writers how to plan their writing and publishing and it triggered me so much! Why?

I think my fear of organizing the writing; creating a spreadsheet or outline or even a simplified word doc stems from fear. Fear that if I stop the momentum of constant writing, well whenever I cram it in around work and taking care of my mom and the house and… I think you get my point.

I don’t want to be unprepared, actually, quite the opposite. I desperately yearn to have my focus contained, each chapter mapped out, at the very least; a goal! That sounds like bliss to me. Knowing exactly who is doing what, when and how? Sign me up!

So, why can’t I do it? Why haven’t I implemented this glorious new call to action? I don’t know, but I aim to find out. When I do, I promise to share here, this place that I neglect so due to…you guessed it; no structured schedule!

Well, I just wanted to pop on and share some thoughts, random like I do. I do want to take this moment to wish you the very best holiday season – I wish you so many blessings you can’t count them all!

Love and Blessings – Karma Marie

What’s up?

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I’m back! What? Did you think that would take longer? I can leave and come in again…but I’m already here and it takes So. Much. Effort. Okay, you talked me into it, I’ll stay.

Some updates: I wrote a heartfelt letter to Kevin Smith, then rewrote and rewrote to the point I think it’s about as good as it’s going to get…to rewrite just one more time. You know what they say, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. I need it to be at worse, acceptable and at best, Oscar worthy 😀

The reason for the letter: My son convinced me to send him an Edgar & Kevin & Richard & Wes shirt, I showed that off in a previous post.

The second hardest part, after completing the accompanying letter, is finding the right address to send it to. On Google it mentions mostly their View Askew office and SmodCastle BUT then hallelujah, I found an email address: assistant@smodcast.com so I can get the appropriate address rather than just sending stuff in the mail to never be seen again. I’ll keep you updated!

Speaking of shirts, I created a new design, this time to show off my love for Edgar Wright–er, Edgar Wright’s creations.

The front reads: “Looking for Mr. Wright” with a lipstick mark.

The back reads: “He’s a SPACED out RUNNING MAN, BABY DRIVER with HOT FUZZ, (drinking pints) with SCOTT PILGRIM and SHAUN OF THE DEAD RIGHT next to the ASYLUM, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO and he holds my heart in his FISTFUL OF FINGERS

***SPECIAL NOTE – these shirts aren’t available in the store…yet, we’ll see!

Let me know what you’ve been up to, what you think about the new design, what you think about Kevin Smith, what you think my chances are I’ll get a response to my email…whatever you like to say, here is your chance – comment below…or above, I’m not sure where it’s located tbh.

Whatever you do, have an awesome day!

REWRITE YOUR PAST

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I was having a conversation with a friend, actually a few friends and family members about the concept of Past and Present relationships.

Have you ever had a moment where you couldn’t recall an event from say, your childhood or maybe your recollection doesn’t match what others remember?

I have a theory.

The first is this: If you shifted your reality so that your NOW doesn’t align with the past you previously acknowledged – for instance, in your ‘past’ you experienced money blocks – No matter how hard you worked there was never enough – but NOW you have multiple sources of income, savings, always more than you need!

Therefore, that previous past no longer is connected to this NOW, you connected to a past where you grew up with a prosperity mindset.

If your past is the foundation, then it would have to change in order to support the new reality.

Let’s not forget that we live in a multiverse, with an infinite number of realities to CHOOSE from.

Now, to flip this over, what if instead of focusing on your now and shifting what up till now has been the ‘destination’ of the GPS ‘directions’ from before, you connected to a different past?

Say you are sitting in Austin, TX but your goal was to get to Ashland, South Carolina, you could change your ‘directions’ so that you would be rerouted to the ideal destination.

If nothing else, you could have a lot of fun with this! Sometimes, I like to pretend that my ‘future’ self went back and gave myself investing advice and I might get a letter in the NOW stating my investment has matured and how would I like it to be paid out?!

Or if I feel a certain insecurity about say, learning new things, I could connect to the ‘past’ where people marvelled at my ability to recall information at will and ace tests!

What do YOU think? Share in the comments.

Also, what is something that you would rewrite?

Until next time – Love and Blessings!

I GIVE UP!

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I give up! And I think maybe you should too!
I’ve been pushing it hard lately; work, writing projects, videos, training programs and more.
Last week I got sick, a sinus infection. I know that when we need a break and we aren’t listening and abiding by that our bodies will force us to break either with illness or injury.

So the sinus infection was a very clear message and of course I listened, right? No. I kept going, kept pushing and got stuck. I couldn’t write and I couldn’t study. I could barely meditate.

So this morning I finally did something about it; nothing! I finally got the message. I promised myself that I would give myself a break, some tlc and would only do things if inspired to, even if it was just lying on the couch and binge watching Ted Lasso for the 6th (9th) time.

Because sometimes when you are pushing, trying, striving, you create resistance to what you are wanting to manifest. Think about it. If you are confident that you will get what you want, if you truly believe it is already done, it is already yours, then there would be no need to push, right?

Which means continuing on that same path, with that same energy won’t get you there faster, in fact, you might not get there at all!

So if you are stuck with your manifesting then I encourage you to stop. Take a breath, take a beat and get really clear about what you want and allow yourself what you need. Whether it’s a bubble bath, nap, walk or a big ol’ bowl of Ted Lasso 😉 You better believe it helps!

Which reminds me, while I was breaking, or I guess you could say, braking, I stumbled across Youtuber Jackie, talking about the app Randonautica and how she used it to manifest. Check it out here – https://youtu.be/61jimd7wVkQ?i=cExZEECEXDAL4bMk

I’m inspired to try it out and I wouldn’t have found it if I had kept pushing forward with my agenda.

So, listen to your body and listen to your soul and act accordingly. You’ll thank yourself later.

Until next time – Love and Blessings!