Stand-up Comedy

Seeking Comfort in Change: Embracing Hardship for Spiritual Growth

mickholt · June 5, 2024 · God's Will · A Change Will Do You Good, Bible, Change, Change is Hard, Change is Inevitable, Change of Season, change the way you think, God, God's will, grace, Honor God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, mercy, Stand-up Comedy, Time, Time for Change, Time travel · No Comments

People say things like “change happens” and “change is inevitable (like Thanos).”

But they also say, “the more things change the more they stay the same.”

Wait, what? Is it just me or is that one dumb?

Stop Living “Less Than” Lives

mickholt · April 30, 2024 · God's Will · Bible, Don't Quit, God, God's will, grace, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mentors, mentorship, mercy, quiters, Quitting, Stand-up Comedy, what makes a good mentor · 2 Comments

The last couple weeks, I have been going through an old writing folder I came across and it’s weird to me some of the things I was writing this part of the year – 10 FULL years ago.

The scary part is, that unfortunately for me, MANY of the themes and sentences are the EXACT same as I have been saying to myself recently – despite my attempts at changing the way I think/speak.

That is a much bigger project than one might believe but it is one that I will not quit.

Is It God’s Will or MY Desire?

mickholt · April 23, 2024 · God's Will · Christ, God, God's will, Got Jokes, grace, Jesus, joke writing, mercy, Stand-up Comedy, writing · 3 Comments

Why do I write?

Beside the fact that God’s given me the ability?

Or has He simply given me the desire to write?

Or do I just like writing and worked to develop the skill?

When I got here, I could not walk. I learned that. Do I ever contemplate walking for God?

I’ve Decided to Remain a Quitter

mickholt · August 19, 2023 · Goal Setting, God's Will, Rants, Writing · ASL, building, Burn the ships, Don't Quit, financial awarness, fire your boss, God's will, grace, guitar, mercy, quiters, Quitting, recruit, retirement, Stand-up Comedy, Tampa Bay Center, writing · 8 Comments

When you sell your day to the highest bidder you lose even the desire to dream.

DO ANY MIC ANY TIME ANY WHERE

mickholt · March 3, 2016 · Character, God's Will, Stand-Up · clean comedy, comedy, open mics, Stand-up Comedy, The Improv · 4 Comments

open-mic-night Getting started in comedy is the hardest part of getting started in comedy.

Huh?

Yeah – you read that correctly. Starting anything new is always the hardest part but with comedy there are so many variables – you have to know where to go, who to know, how to write, courage to get on stage – sometimes that equates to stupidity – and the list goes on but the absolute hardest part of getting into this business is finding stage time.

WAY Out Of My Comfort Zone!

mickholt · January 29, 2016 · Character, Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up, Writing · accountability partners, comfort zone, God's will, Jesus juke, joke writing, stand-up, Stand-up Comedy, zone · No Comments

I got this off the internets – thank you internets.

Ever had the Pizza Hut P’Zone? If not I am super sorry. It was a delicious masterpiece of pizza-y goodness. You can get a decent calzone from just about any pizza place but the P”Zone was a zone I could easily get into.

Other zones? Not so much.

Comedy Workshops (Not A Waste of Time)

mickholt · January 22, 2016 · Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up · comedy classes, comedy workshops, Dave Schwensen, How to be a working comic, show business, stand-up, Stand-up Comedy, The Comedy Book · No Comments

The cover of Dave’s book

I know there are tons of opinions about the necessity of, need for, quality and usefulness of comedy classes. I happen to be in favor.

Anytime someone wants to help me out with a new way to look at something or change the way I think (Romans 2:12) or anything that gets me closer to my goal of doing comedy full time – I WILL LISTEN!

I BROKE THE CHAIN

mickholt · January 19, 2016 · Character, Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up, Writing · #dontbreakthechain, Don't break the chian, Goal Setting, Goals, God's will, stand-up, Stand-up Comedy · No Comments

Photo From Creative Commons: Michelle Milla
https://www.flickr.com/photos/michellemilla/

<— THAT FACE.

That face completely sums up my feelings this morning when I woke up and realized that I broke the chain.

That’s right – I BROKE THE CHAIN!

The Writing Is The Hardest Part

mickholt · January 8, 2016 · Character, Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up, Writing · comedy, God's will, joke writing, Stand-up Comedy, writing, writing tips · 2 Comments

I try writing every day – I am a firm believer in the Seinfeldian – DON’T BREAK THE CHAIN – train of thought.

In 2014 I frequently used the hashtag – #dontbreakthechain for motivation and encouragement to me fellow writers.

G.O.A.L.S – A New Take On An Old Classic

mickholt · January 1, 2016 · Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up, Writing · 5 ways to set goals, comedy, GOAALS, Goal Setting, goal setting strategies, Goals, Goals for 2016, God's will, New Year's Resolutions, Stand-up Comedy, strategies · No Comments

f2558-nye For the last few years I have posted – near the end of December or sometimes early January – about the importance of setting GOALS for the upcoming year – you can check those out here, here or here – and the strategies I employ to ensure I don’t waste the next 8784 hours.