Day One After Being Told I Won’t Have Work in Four Weeks

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Because this is what makes me smile. And I think I am DEFINITELY a monobrow today.

I work in theater. In case you didn’t know, plays & musicals come and go like the wind (unless you have the ridiculous luck of working on something like The Lion King or Mamma Mia). I’ve been working on my first ever hit show for the last year and almost a half, and yesterday we received notice that it’s closing in 4 weeks.

Shit.

I really thought this one was going to be around for awhile. I relaxed for the first time in my 15 year career. I even kinda thought there’d be no more suffering through the freelance grind anymore.

There are two sides of me warring. The side that wants to curl up, be angry, eat pizza, and drink too much wine. Then the side that wants to rally, be strong and carry on. Find the good in the terrifying.

Oh boy now I have time to figure out what i want to …

Oh my god I am so tired of hearing myself say anything like that.

This isn’t one of those sudden, total bologna, realization moments. It’s a marker for where I am right now. Hopefully I can look back (relatively soon) and say, “See? That wasn’t so bad.” In the meantime, who knows?

Have you had any sudden and scary changes in your life?

My Desk: The (Messy) Truth!

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I see a lot of creative’s showing off their beautiful, organized work-spaces and think two things: “Bullshit!” and “If that’s not bullshit… HOW!?”

Don’t get me wrong, I love a tidy space from time to time. A nice clean slate. Even a little re-organizing. But I’d be a liar if I said it looked like that even 10% of the time. I’m absolutely OK with that because that’s how I function, but maybe if I cleaned up a little and took a closer look at what made me… “me”… that week, I’d get a little room to breath and some inspiration.

So what does every good blogger do when faced with a thought like this? Why, hold themselves publicly accountable of course!

So here is my space in all it’s (untouched for the photos) glory just 10 minutes before I sat down to write this post. And before I was allowed to type a  single word, I had to pick up the mess.

Enjoy! And find links to various desk finds at the bottom of the post!
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  • Birchbox - For $10 a month I get a box of really nice makeup, perfume, accessory, etc samples in the mail. It’s a really nice treat. This month I even got some swell eyeliner and lipstick. There are also boxes for fellas and.. dogs!
  • Garlic Roasted Triscuits: There has NEVER been a more addictive cracker, but I tend to only buy them when they’re on sale at my grocery store… and they are this week. And I can’t stop snacking.
  • Dingus.