It's weird to feel like you're a certain person...type, path, motivation...and then to find yourself stranded. Not immovable, but floating without a grounding point. I'm a dancer, I'm a psychologist, I'm a model, I choreograph, I write for fun, I sing for fun; and yet, I don't know who I am or what I'm striving for anymore. I strive to be fulfilled - by doing what exactly? When I was little I didn't want to learn how to play the piano because I felt that it would destroy my creativity with it. Now I'm limited because I can't expand my creativity because I never learned the foundations. With dance I learned the foundations, the freedom, the passion - but, especially lately, performing choreography puts a certain stress on me to where I lose that spark and happiness because I feel insufficient. I want to move to my own beat without a set pattern or rhythm. Psychology taught me empathy beyond every day living - and I thrived, but living the day to day with sufferers dampens my own happiness, and sitting at a desk makes me want to escape and spin around in a field with no worries or responsibilities.
After my last audition I began to search for alternative outlets to live every day without a set path in order to give myself the freedom to learn more about myself. I am now a freelance writer for a company...but the available topics have nothing to do with what I know or what I'm good at (being a mechanic). I got head shots taken to apply to talent agencies, but I still need others to review which ones are the best before I submit. I want to be involved outdoors - until I look outside and see a blizzard. I want to go on vacation - but have no funds. I want to choreograph - but have no money for space or dancers. I want to write creatively - but have no outlet to be heard or to make it a living. All of these "wants" - and all of these "buts." It's infuriating, it's depressing, but I do know that I was not meant for an office 9-5, and that I need to be creative. So I continue with my "career" search...but more it's more like a "life-purpose" search.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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I know exactly how you feel honey! There IS hope!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm not questioning hope, I'm just looking for what makes me happy without there having to be one track.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the same boat. Less snow, but same boat. *hugs* I hope you find your place in the world, I'm still looking for mine.
ReplyDelete*hugs* to you too, revesilhouette :)
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