The road gets more busy and bumpy

I always know I'm not doing well mentally when I'm not able to continue writing and I let my paperwork get backed up at home. I finally have work, but it doesn't pay anything near what I hoped, and it's a very odd schedule. My days are pretty packed to the point that I don't have any time to relax, let alone see my boyfriend. We've been ships in the night for most of this week. By the time I get home, he's in bed, and I'm still sleeping when he gets up and leaves for work. It sucks, and it's going to be like this for a while.

I went surfing for the first time this past Monday and really loved it. I'm looking forward to going out again soon if I can make the time. I enjoyed surfing more than I've enjoyed most of what I've done for the past few months for sure, and probably even longer. I'm very interested in cultivating surfing as one of my go-to leisure activities. I want to live a more active lifestyle with less time just goofing off at home, and I think activities like surfing are going to be very important for getting me out of the house.

Of course, to pursue activities like this, it takes time and money, and these are both things that I don't have at all. So I've decided that it's time to settle down and get a house gig somewhere. It would mean I put my freelancing career on hiatus and just focus on working a "real theater job" for several years, at least. That would hopefully allow me to pay off my bills with some stability, get decent health insurance, and give me some free time to pursue my own interests. I'd really love to not have any designs on my plate while working a steady theatrical job. It sounds like a dream to me at the moment.

I'm doing what I can at the moment to land a house job, but in the meantime I'm still going to land whatever freelance gigs I can find to keep busy even though the pay is so low. Hopefully a good house audio job will present itself to me in the next few weeks. There's one that may turn over at any point that I have my sights set on, and if it opens up I'm going to do whatever I can to grab it.

Best,

j