https://blog.jewelmlnarik.com/2008/02/secret-to-happiness-multiple-jobs/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://blog.jewelmlnarik.com/2008/02/secret-to-happiness-multiple-jobs/#comment-28 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:52:19 +0000 http://blog.jewelmlnarik.com/?p=17#comment-28 That’s so interesting, Jewel. Thinking back to my days at Blue Man, people often asked me if I wanted to go back to theatre full time. I always responded, “You know, when I was doing this full time, it stressed me out. I was poor, I was working ridiculous hours, I was worried about ‘the next gig’ and it took a almost all of the fun out of it. Now, I come to Blue Man on Sundays and it’s always fun. I show up, do what I love, AND I get paid. On days it sucks or there’s some drama or something, I can just say to myself, ‘Not my problem. I won’t be here tomorrow.’ Theatre is now an awesome hobby for me. Some people golf on the weekends. I stage manage.” The thing is, work is called work because it’s WORK. No one loves what they do for a living every single day. But if you are lucky enough to be able to mix it up – personal training, guitar performance; administrative assistant, professional stage manager; even just work from desk, work from home, travel for work (my current status) – whenever one thing gets you down, just change what you’re doing. Plus, you can always bring what you’ve learned at one job and apply it to another…which keeps you from getting stuck in a rut.
And if you’re you, then you can always just take off do the most excellent trip ever. I’m so excited to see where you end up mentally and how your perspective is affected by this incredible adventure. I love you!

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