16/ There's a line in an interview where he says "I'd always regarded creativity as you go to sleep at night and you're struck by inspiration. But maybe it's a willingness to keep doing something until you've gotten it honed and then being ready for the moment."

17/ I love this story so much because it's an example of one person's journey into becoming a creator.

You can spend your whole life following a system and telling yourself negative stories.

"I'm not good enough to do this myself. My original ideas are probably wrong."

18/ But if you just keep trying and pushing yourself and making these mistakes, you'll wake up one day and realize that the rules of society that you think you're meant to follow are just made up.

Someone else put them there and it's 100% okay to question them. To break them.

19/ You know what Allen and his wife are doing today?

They were personally invited by @nickkokonas and Grant (co-founders of Alinea) to create the entire cocktail book for The Aviary, a James Beard award winning / World's Top 50 Best Bar. They quit their jobs and made the book.

Well this took off. If you loved reading this, please follow Allen, the real MVP behind all of this: @dhemberg. I'm not sure if Grant is active on Twitter but also follow @nickkokonas (Co-owner at @alinea)! And support your local restaurants during this time!