Because my two main characters are real-life world-famous musicians, I've been reminding myself as I go through my day that they are just fine, they're okay, "He's busy making a new album" and "He's having fun in the Bahamas" and "They are both happy doing whatever they do best" and when I start to have negative thoughts about them, I remind myself that I need to focus on my job, I need to focus on the real-life, I need to focus on taking care of myself and not try to fix them when I need to fix myself.

At work I am allowed to listen to music while I clean, so I've been listening to the ZZ Ward channel on Pandora, and I put $30 into iTunes and I bought an album by ZZ Ward, an album by Halsey, an album by Elle King, and two songs by Miranda Lambert.

I think it is important to listen to new music to not be sucked into the music of the musicians I listen to on a daily basis, because when I listen to music I do 90% of my role play with my characters. It's hard not to turn on my iPod and not go into the fantasy world....because that is exactly what music is for, it takes you to another world. Unfortunately, some songs get ruined because I get triggered into a certain scene with my characters.

Right now I am listening to Halsey, she is amazing. I love her song Castle, and her music reminds me of Lorde and the movie Twilight. She has a very unique voice and she is very edgy like Lorde.

The hardest part of taking a break from my characters is that I have to sleep "alone". My bedtime routine includes cuddling, and now I'm not sure what to do when there is no one in my mind to cuddle with. I have a body pillow and a stuffed animal, and it makes me sad to think that it's all that they are and I am all alone.

Really, I hate being alone, that's why I've never broken away from imaginary characters. I get really scared to be by myself. It's hard to sleep when my parents are not home, it's hard just to fall asleep until they go to bed. It's a nightmare when my parents go away for a few days. I don't know what to do with myself when I'm alone, that's what the characters are for, so that I'm never really alone or address the fact that I am alone.