Friday, November 7, 2008

The Path to Somewhere

A couple of months ago my wife and I made a decision. The decision was for me to take a year off from school and pursue acting (a passion of mine) and see where it takes me. The deal was to continue working part-time at J.Crew as a sales associate at night and go on auditions and go-sees during the day and hopefully book some gigs.
I had just finished a year of seminary at Emory University's Candler School of theology in their M.Div program. I kept getting acting auditions and worried that I would miss it once school started back up so we took a leap of faith and just went for it.
A couple of months later life has changed yet again. A manager-in-training program (called a "key holder" position) became up for grabs. Although I was auditioning like crazy I wasn't booking anything with my new "full-time" acting career. To top it off, the stuff I did book was non-union work and they pay you when they want to pay you. I was becoming more and more cynical about the entertainment industry, my agent, and my boring house chores at home.
I had lunch with one of my mangers at J.Crew and decided to sit for the interview. I got the job, started this week, and know I made the right decision. Now I am still taking a year off but am making more money, realizing that acting is a great hobby for me but not a career, and want to enroll for a different master's program at Candler next year.
It's nice to take some time off, think about where you want to go (or where you think you want to go) It's funny how the path changes when you decided to go a certain way. I'm blessed that I am happy and can't wait to see what lies ahead.

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