w/ film & TV sound mixer (stranger!) Chris 🎬 🧗🏼‍♂️👾 on how to price your creative services + asking: how do you learn to live in liminal spaces? (016)

<p><strong>Co-Host: </strong>Chris Sinn <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sinnumber4/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sinumber4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;| <strong>Host:</strong>&nbsp;Xinyi Xan&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/xinyixan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@xinyixan</a></p> <p><strong>QUICK LINKS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://rebrand.ly/dbs-pen-pals-club"><strong>Join Our Pen Pals Club</strong> 📮</a></li> <li><strong>Come Say Hi!</strong> 👋🏼&nbsp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dontbestrangers/">@dontbestrangers</a></li> <li><strong>Chris’s...</strong> <a href="https://vimeo.com/chrissinn">Films 🎥</a> &nbsp;| <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/crs_streams">Twitch 🎮</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://twitter.com/CRS_Streams">Twitter 🕊</a></li> </ul> <p>Welcome to episode 16 of Don’t Be Strangers, a series of collaborative conversations on learning how to create meaningful connections. The name’s XinYi, and anyone of any background can apply to come on to co-host an episode. As we’re dipping into February, I’m very pleased about Round 2 of our Pen Pals Club getting underway. If you’re interested in joining us for Round 3 in March, you can learn more about our digital journaling and pen pals club on our instagram page <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dontbestrangers/">@dontbestrangers</a>!</p> <p>Today we’re speaking with Chris who was an actual stranger to me. I had posted a call for co-hosts in a Facebook Group that we are both part of, he liked that post, and I tried to friend him. This is what happened next...</p> <p>Next thing I know, I get a co-hosting application from him. And I will say that, given the tone that Chris approached me in response to me trying to friend him totally did not match my expectations for what a fun conversationalist he is. So, this is exactly why I don’t really hold myself back from trying to connect with people. Because I never know what sort of connection I can potentially make.</p> <p>So post discussion re-cap, I’d describe