Wow...time sure flies by when...
Hi All again,
I can't believe it is already April! Lot's been going on. Have come to the realization that I need to get back into the "working" world and secure a "job". It has been over 2 years now since I left xpedx, international paper. It has been a wonderful time getting to know myself better and living my dream, pursuing performing and honing my skills in that arena. I am only just beginning to really tap and own that creativity and that sense of awe and confidence.
However, I realize that along with the dream I need to be able to pay the bills. So a hunting I go for a job that can inspire me and utilize my gifts and talents and bring home a paycheck (to pay those darn bills) and still allow me the time to have a life and continue to explore my desire to perform on stage. I really need to vastly improve my financial situation all around.
Sound like a tall order? Naw...just need perseverance, which when I am motivated toward something, I have PLENTY of.
So now I am looking seriously for that work that will afford my all this satisfaction AND allow me to work on my dream as well.
I have recently thought of (with the help of friends and career counselor) one avenue in training (sales, personal development, you name it). It is surely something I have great passion towards and experience to boot. Plus I have spent tens of thousands of dollars learning it for myself. AND it involves a certain amount of the same skills a performer needs to move an audience and transform his audience and leave them with a transfixing experience. Hmmm...I like this. I could do this and be happy about it.
Okay, any organizations out there looking for a trainer or motivator? I'm your man!
I need to focus more on this avenue. Just one of the possibilities for me in my pursuit.
If you have any suggestions, let me know! I am always open to them.
Also, I really need to get back out there performing. (My singing, that is. I have been doing a little bit in my acting. Just got done with a Monday night class which culiminated in a scene presentation that we had for friends and family. Really enjoyed the process and the end result. Felt good. Have another acting "showcase" going on May 19th for another acting class. That should be fun. Looking forward to arriving at that. We start reheasals this week.)
What else has been going on? Well, that elusive love life...yeah. Met a guy a couple, three weeks ago. Thought it had a lot of promise. It surely was intense...then, either by sheer dumb luck or fortuitous early revelation, a "less than integritous" situation came up. I inquired, rather dissappointed, and to make things worse, he,in explaining the circumstance, decided to "bend" the truth a bit...which only made it worse. How do you trust someone who is willing to edit and twist the truth on something that, in the scheme of things is not as serious? But if he is willing to do that for something more on the minor side, what about the bigger things? How do you trust that?
It is a character defect, glad that I saw it sooner rather than later, that is hard to ignore. Disappointed?...yeah, very. It's a matter of integrity and owning up to ones actions. I certainly don't expect...or want perfection. We ALL make mistakes. But try to be consistent in your feelings and what you say and do and to what degree. And if you make a mistake, own it, don't evade it.
I do still have hope of finding that person that can excite me with their integrity as well as their physicality. (And, of course, it has to be mutual.)
Was licking my wounds yesterday and listening and singing "Someone who loves me for me" a wonderful song by Maria Gentile of NY (who, by the way, was just nominated for her new song by the MAC awards).
"I just want someone who loves me for me,
someone who looks at me at likes what they see,
someone I can add to my family tree,
someone who believes in me..."
Onward and upward....till next blog...
Peace and love to you,
Rick
:-)
I can't believe it is already April! Lot's been going on. Have come to the realization that I need to get back into the "working" world and secure a "job". It has been over 2 years now since I left xpedx, international paper. It has been a wonderful time getting to know myself better and living my dream, pursuing performing and honing my skills in that arena. I am only just beginning to really tap and own that creativity and that sense of awe and confidence.
However, I realize that along with the dream I need to be able to pay the bills. So a hunting I go for a job that can inspire me and utilize my gifts and talents and bring home a paycheck (to pay those darn bills) and still allow me the time to have a life and continue to explore my desire to perform on stage. I really need to vastly improve my financial situation all around.
Sound like a tall order? Naw...just need perseverance, which when I am motivated toward something, I have PLENTY of.
So now I am looking seriously for that work that will afford my all this satisfaction AND allow me to work on my dream as well.
I have recently thought of (with the help of friends and career counselor) one avenue in training (sales, personal development, you name it). It is surely something I have great passion towards and experience to boot. Plus I have spent tens of thousands of dollars learning it for myself. AND it involves a certain amount of the same skills a performer needs to move an audience and transform his audience and leave them with a transfixing experience. Hmmm...I like this. I could do this and be happy about it.
Okay, any organizations out there looking for a trainer or motivator? I'm your man!
I need to focus more on this avenue. Just one of the possibilities for me in my pursuit.
If you have any suggestions, let me know! I am always open to them.
Also, I really need to get back out there performing. (My singing, that is. I have been doing a little bit in my acting. Just got done with a Monday night class which culiminated in a scene presentation that we had for friends and family. Really enjoyed the process and the end result. Felt good. Have another acting "showcase" going on May 19th for another acting class. That should be fun. Looking forward to arriving at that. We start reheasals this week.)
What else has been going on? Well, that elusive love life...yeah. Met a guy a couple, three weeks ago. Thought it had a lot of promise. It surely was intense...then, either by sheer dumb luck or fortuitous early revelation, a "less than integritous" situation came up. I inquired, rather dissappointed, and to make things worse, he,in explaining the circumstance, decided to "bend" the truth a bit...which only made it worse. How do you trust someone who is willing to edit and twist the truth on something that, in the scheme of things is not as serious? But if he is willing to do that for something more on the minor side, what about the bigger things? How do you trust that?
It is a character defect, glad that I saw it sooner rather than later, that is hard to ignore. Disappointed?...yeah, very. It's a matter of integrity and owning up to ones actions. I certainly don't expect...or want perfection. We ALL make mistakes. But try to be consistent in your feelings and what you say and do and to what degree. And if you make a mistake, own it, don't evade it.
I do still have hope of finding that person that can excite me with their integrity as well as their physicality. (And, of course, it has to be mutual.)
Was licking my wounds yesterday and listening and singing "Someone who loves me for me" a wonderful song by Maria Gentile of NY (who, by the way, was just nominated for her new song by the MAC awards).
"I just want someone who loves me for me,
someone who looks at me at likes what they see,
someone I can add to my family tree,
someone who believes in me..."
Onward and upward....till next blog...
Peace and love to you,
Rick
:-)
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