Show down
The show came down on Saturday night, and it's all done and dusted for 2010. Just a couple more weeks of sweeping and tidying then a nice long break, really glad with how everything went, although a bit sad that the weather and suchlike meant that some people weren't able to come along who I'd hoped would be able to get all excited with me about my first "proper" London theatre show.
With any luck there will be more in the future, and with any luck it will snow less.
I'm in a bit of a funny mood (post-show is often like that) but also I'm at a bit of a hiatus in my life, I can't quite see where the next big thing is going to come from. I'm very blessed with a job I love, friends and family who support me and suchlike but there is a niggling in the back of my head that is a bit like itchy feet for the brain. To mix a few metaphors.
This time of year is a more thoughtful time, I suppose. Annual celebrations can get like that, and especially now I'm thirty and a Real Grown Up (albeit engaged in an ongoing campaign to do the least grown up things I can manage). Plus my sector is very unsettled at the moment, and we're all waiting to see what the outcome of the cuts will do to the industry as a whole. For the time being my job is secure (touch wood) however, over the past year or so I've seen prospects for advancement and roles in other organisations dry up which makes it hard to see where my next move will be workwise. And as for my lovelife, well, least said soonest mended.
Overall I'm happy(ish), but feeling like I'm missing something. Which is not the sort of place I want to be. Whilst I'm not exactly panicking about the future, I am uncertain and less confident than I might perhaps be. I've set myself this month to have a rest, and come January I'll be getting out the magic markers and drawing up the next Five Year Plan.
Just as well I've got the breathing room because right now, I haven't a clue. Outlook uncertain and all that.
With any luck there will be more in the future, and with any luck it will snow less.
I'm in a bit of a funny mood (post-show is often like that) but also I'm at a bit of a hiatus in my life, I can't quite see where the next big thing is going to come from. I'm very blessed with a job I love, friends and family who support me and suchlike but there is a niggling in the back of my head that is a bit like itchy feet for the brain. To mix a few metaphors.
This time of year is a more thoughtful time, I suppose. Annual celebrations can get like that, and especially now I'm thirty and a Real Grown Up (albeit engaged in an ongoing campaign to do the least grown up things I can manage). Plus my sector is very unsettled at the moment, and we're all waiting to see what the outcome of the cuts will do to the industry as a whole. For the time being my job is secure (touch wood) however, over the past year or so I've seen prospects for advancement and roles in other organisations dry up which makes it hard to see where my next move will be workwise. And as for my lovelife, well, least said soonest mended.
Overall I'm happy(ish), but feeling like I'm missing something. Which is not the sort of place I want to be. Whilst I'm not exactly panicking about the future, I am uncertain and less confident than I might perhaps be. I've set myself this month to have a rest, and come January I'll be getting out the magic markers and drawing up the next Five Year Plan.
Just as well I've got the breathing room because right now, I haven't a clue. Outlook uncertain and all that.