Willkommen

I started this blog more than six years ago as part of a school project. Yet, my love of performing and theater has not diminished, and this platform has been on my mind quite a bit lately.

So...I've decided to start it back up.

Granted, my goals are modest: 1 blog post per day on a subject related to acting. I feel that's doable.

Previously...

Since I've been gone, I cannot say I've jumped headfirst into pursuing an acting career as I had hoped. I graduated and opted to return home to Florida after accepting the first internship offered to me: a copywriting position at a boutique ad agency.

After that, a friend offered me an entry level position at her start-up PR firm, which ultimately did not pan out. I then jumped from part time jobs, working at a restaurant, an e-tutoring company, and nannying.

Then, I decided it was time to put on my big girl panties and accept a full-time office position.

Blarg.

The pay was horrendous, but hours were consistent (sometimes too consistent). The office manager treated me like sub-human waste matter, but I met one of my best friends at that job, so I can't complain too much.

If anything, that working environment made me apply to other, "better" jobs. I looked out of state, even traveling to Texas to interview. Ultimately, I landed on a shiny marketing position at a promising manufacturing company.

The good, the bad, the ugly

Everything was perfect, now that I was reporting to the CMO and had a real, big girl, salaried position. I could afford to move into my own apartment (whoo hoo) and establish my independence. The woman who hired me was the ideal mentor: a cocktail of wisdom, leadership, tough love and compassion.

It's too bad they fired her five months later.

That's when things got ugly. I lifted up the log in the woods and did not like what I discovered underneath.

I won't go into details, but lawsuits were filed.

Employees were dropping like candy from a piñata at a five-year-old's birthday party.

I was worried. How would I escape? When would I escape? I had been interviewing with a restaurant, but had not been formally offered a position, but I knew the work would be easy and relatively safe. Of course, it wasn't ideal, but it was something.

Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you

A colleague informed me that the two week notice is not an employer's right, it is earned by treating their employees right. I struggled with that, but he had a point. If I was okay burning a bridge, I didn't owe them anything. So, I did something I'll probably never do again, but had to do under given circumstances.

I quit.

I quit, and I decided I was going to tackle this acting thing.

It was a risk. It was scary. But here I am almost two years later, and I'm alive. Maybe I have less money in the bank than I would like. Maybe I have had to lean on people instead of relying on myself, but I'm still standing.

So, here's to the adventure of pursuing our dreams at the expense of so-called normality. Here's to sharing our struggles and successes. Here's to the journey. Cheers!