Keeping Track

There have been shows I’ve performed in where I’ve kept a journal, rather a log, from the first day of rehearsal. I recently discovered that my last Director kept a blog (the 21st century equivalent) of the shoot I did with him. I was both surprised and ashamed. It reminded me of how much I used to enjoy doing that and how much I learned about my craft from writing about my experiences in it.
My problem is, well, one of them anyway, that I think too much. Perhaps it's my actor training-everything has to be properly learned, directed and then rehearsed, therefore everything I write has to be properly written, edited and then rewritten. No wonder Mary Poppins got pissed at being called "practically perfect in every way." It's exhausting!