w/ film & TV sound mixer (stranger!) Chris 🎬 🧗🏼‍♂️👾 on how to price your creative services + asking: how do you learn to live in liminal spaces? (016)

Co-Host: Chris Sinn @sinumber4  | Host: Xinyi Xan @xinyixan QUICK LINKS: Join Our Pen Pals Club 📮 Come Say Hi! 👋🏼  @dontbestrangers Chris’s... Films 🎥  | Twitch 🎮 | Twitter 🕊 Welcome to episode 16 of Don’t Be Strangers, a series of collaborative conversations on learning how to create meaningful connections. The name’s XinYi, and anyone of any background can apply to come on to co-host an episode. As we’re dipping into February, I’m very pleased about Round 2 of our Pen Pals Club getting underway. If you’re interested in joining us for Round 3 in March, you can learn more about our digital journaling and pen pals club on our instagram page @dontbestrangers! Today we’re speaking with Chris who was an actual stranger to me. I had posted a call for co-hosts in a Facebook Group that we are both part of, he liked that post, and I tried to friend him. This is what happened next... Next thing I know, I get a co-hosting application from him. And I will say that, given the tone that Chris approached me in response to me trying to friend him totally did not match my expectations for what a fun conversationalist he is. So, this is exactly why I don’t really hold myself back from trying to connect with people. Because I never know what sort of connection I can potentially make. So post discussion re-cap, I’d describe Chris as a life enthusiast through and through, a deeply provocative thinker, and honestly... friend. Because he has such a warm vibe that makes you instantly feel like his friend. Or at least, that’s how I felt. And that’s how I hope you’ll feel as we talk about (1) liminal (AKA. inbetween) spaces, (2) how his hometown is a little bit sequestered from the rest of reality, (3) his formula for pricing his service as a creative working professionally in the industry, (4) critique vs criticism, and (5) our thoughts on digital vs analog. So please, meet Chris... [ FULL TIMESTAMPS + SHOW NOTES 🎉 CLICK HERE ] 3:00 - Q - Chris to Xinyi: How do you learn to live in liminal (in-between) space? 10:40 - Q - Xinyi to Chris:  What is your relationship like with where you currently live (LA)? 16:48 - Q - Xinyi to Chris: How do you price your work as a creative? 21:12 - Q - Xinyi to Chris: What do you think I do? 24:26 - Q - Chris to Xinyi: How do you learn to separate critique from criticism? 29:26 - Q - Xinyi to Chris: What are some of your current intensions/projects? 32:56 - Q - Chris to Xinyi: Did you have a moment where you felt like this is really what you’re meant to be doing? 39:06 - Q - Xinyi to Chris: Digital versus analog? What are your thoughts? 47:09 - Q - Xinyi to Chris: How do you define a stranger and what point do they transition from being one to not being one? 51:23 - Q - Xinyi to Chris: How do you make friends as an adult?