I'm holding myself accountable.
It's happening.
This is real life.
I graduated from theatre school at the end of May. (That's the acting program at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA) to you). After two years of full-time dedication to growth, learning, self-exploration, and all things theatre, I decided to give myself a little breather.
I NEEDED to give myself a little breather.
I have officially taken five months for (almost) nothing but family, friends, my boyfriend, and some good, old fashioned money-making. In this time, I've been keeping plenty busy. I'm working two jobs (13 hours a week at Starbucks, and 40+ hours a week at a computer components company in the Silicon Valley), spending as much time as possible with my family, and trying to maintain a standard of bi-weekly visits with my boyfriend, Zach, who still lives in Santa Maria, where I went to school.
I've been supplementing my withdrawals from theatre by taking tap, jazz, and hip-hop classes at my old studio, and I've gone on a couple auditions for companies I've worked with in the past, but as any self-respecting performance-addicted adrenaline junkie will tell you, this type of fix is nothing but methadone...
It's time for the real thing.
The whole reason I came back home to the Bay Area after finishing school was because I knew I could live with one of my parents or friends for cheap, and could finally pay off my minor debt and actually SAVE some money.
The plan all along, you see, has been to wind up...elsewhere. I LOVE the Bay Area, and I LOVE being near my family and friends, but, for all their 350+ theatre companies, it's near impossible to actually WORK in the theatre without a day job to supplement income. And that's not my goal. I want to support myself with this. It is my CAREER, not my Professional Hobby. Other considerations, are being made, but I'm going to cross that bridge when I'm READY to come to it.
In the meantime, in order to get myself back on track, I've decided to start blogging. I want a way to hold myself accountable for spending an hour a day doing something to advance my career.
So here I am. Here we are. Here it is. At least once a week, I will post an account of the things I have done, by day, to keep myself moving along the right path.
Whew child.
