How Anthony Bourdain Helps Me Overcome My Imposter Syndrome

An essay about the darkest days of my creative life.

Many moons ago, I gave up on being cool. The ship sailed away from that dock like twenty-five years ago – I lost the cool gene in kindergarten when they told my parents I was too young to go into first grade because of a late birthday. From that moment forward, I was weird. The thought that if I had stayed in that class my life would be radically differ…