In just a few short months it will be TEN YEARS since I quit Rolling Stone to pursue a career in tv and I DONT FEEL NO WAYS TIRED I DREAMED of a life where I got up each morning EXCITED to greet the day. Monday wasnt something to dread, Wednesday wasnt Hump Day and I didnt want to Live For The Weekend, no NOT ME! I wanted every day to be filled with OPTIONS, I wanted to romp, explore, CREATE. Im happy to say that pretty much EVERY SINGLE DAY, thats the life that I lead, now that doesnt come without its SACRIFICES! If I had stayed in publishing I would be a high powered executive (I was arguably already that when I quit), I would have continued to excel in my career, my salary would be high six figures and I would have all the TRAPPINGS of a NYC exec. My NYC condo, my summer home, annual trips to exotic locales with no thought of how am I going to pay for this?, etc. I also would have been MISERABLE, but it would have been a very shiny misery, so no one would have felt sorry for me...PITY PARTY for one, please. Instead I deal with financial fluctuations (this too shall pass), auditions (Im a very talented dancing seal & I play the kazoo) and a life where every day I pursue some part of my PASSIONS! I tell you I wake up BLISSFUL about 335 days (if I said 365 days you would think I was crazy or a liar) out of the year, I love this life that Ive carved out! I love knowing that I only eat what I kill because Ive become much more adroit at handling challenges which has boosted my confidence. Are there times when I wish that there was a little less on my plate? YES, but as my career grows I will have more handlers and there will be less I will have to deal with personally. Sure my schedule gets out of hand during busy seasons (Fashion Week, L.A. Awards, Summer Festivals) but there are also blissful times during the year where I have time sit with my elderly parents or take them to the movies. I know how the other half lives, I was a card carrying member of the club, but I dont regret leaving their ranks! And in closing, in the words of Gospel great & my hairstyle doppleganger, Rev.James Cleveland I Dont Feel No Ways Tired! youtube/watch?v=7QKTTfmkPo4
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:28:53 +0000
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