nervous energy
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I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener.
I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting.
I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.
I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal.
I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.
I'm lucky I have a fast metabolism... my whole family does... everyone's got a lot of nervous energy so we burn it off.