Follow along: @margaretlefton

You know that thing where every area of your life is happening all at once?

My grandmother passed away this week - a truly outrageous, rude, cold, creative, brilliant, deeply complicated woman who shaped so much of my artistic identity, and childhood. This week: childhood grief, nostalgia, and the strange experience of adult life continuing to move at full (fun, exciting) speed while something foundational shifts underneath you.

Today:

🕯️ Losing a grandparent
🃏 My Oracle deck is officially in production - seeing a physical product come to life for the first time!!
🎬 Apprenticing on a YouTube late-night show - stepping onto TV-level sets being built for the creator era
💡 Learning entertainment production from scratch - lighting, writers’ rooms, celebrity booking, creative collaboration, and set design

<3 Margaret

I got to direct a new YouTube series with The Casting Society (CSA)! Also: life is happening! Huzzah, complexities of being a 3d person 😂 (I live in LA in Venice so am I obligated to say 5d person? *sigh* )

Inside:

🍝 When throw spaghetti at the wall gets old - juggling exciting projects, paid work, portfolio builders, and bandwidth

🎬 Directing my first set - (WOOOOOO)

🎭 What I’m learning about casting - the hidden architects of what we see on screen

🧩 "What is a C-stand" - and how I'm continuing to navigate beginner mindset

📺 Podcast vs. YouTube

We out here ~ 💫

FOLLOWWWW ALONG: @margaretlefton

Coming off 48 hours with my phone off (my favorite reset ritual), long walks by the ocean, and falling down a rabbit hole of old films, I found myself thinking a lot about storytelling, visibility, and what it feels like to grow in public.

In this episode, I talk through:

✨ Phone's off ritual

🎬 What old films (and Audrey Hepburn) are teaching me about storytelling

🎥 Why YouTube feels like the next creative frontier

🧠 The “I started too late” trap

🌴 Living in LA and the very real imposter syndrome that comes with it

😵‍💫 “Visibility dysmorphia” (aka when your brain can’t process your own work)

🔥 Why growth in public hits your nervous system differently than anything else

<3 <3 LOVE Y'ALL