As I’ve said before, I’m an actor. I was trained as an actor, I still perform as an actor and more importantly, I think like an actor. This can be beneficial in many ways. It makes me more sensitive to people’s emotional states for one.

Like…crazy?

But as with any career, there are downsides to being an actor as well, downsides that manifest themselves as bad habits that you might not even be aware.

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