It is so easy to get caught up and internalize everything, so how do you keep your heart open these days?
GVP: For me, it’s doing things I love and that makes me happy and being surrounded by the people I love and that support me. And just staying open and curious and trying not to close my mind off in any way.
JW: I’ve been resisting the urge to put myself anywhere. I don’t want to be and move for the sake of moving. And I think I’ve just been trying to start every morning by slowing down instead of speeding up.
GVP: Yeah. I feel like, especially at this time for us, it’s so easy to kind of turn the excitement for what’s going on and the show into go, go, go, and let’s do things and let’s celebrate. I think it’s really important to step back and take a breath and be present as much as possible. And it’s the hardest thing in the world, but I think it’s really important when it’s a big moment in your life to not rush through it and to really let it sink in and process it.
JW: I’ve been trying to call people if they pop into my mind. If I have a thought about someone, that means something to me, I’m trying to just stay present and connect. My instinct, a lot of the time in my life, in all aspects of my life, is to isolate and to sit with emotions and keep them in. If I’m nervous or timid about something, I want to stay secluded. So I’m trying to just be more communicative and reach out more.