Is it totally cheesy of me to say that I am living the dream? Cause to be honest, I really feel like I am. I live in San Francisco and while I miss my friends and family SO much, I love living in California. My whole life is revolved around Dance, which really is a dream come true. I am performing, working and living the life I always wanted for myself! And the cherry on top is that I finally found someone who lets me be the crazy, poor, overworking, over organized, control freak that I am and cares for me still! With that said, of course I have plans and goals to further the dream...I first started to categorize between "goal" and "plan" but to be honest, if I have a goal then its my plan to make it happen, so to me, they are hand in hand....
Basically in the next year I would absolutely LOVE to move to a salaried position at my job. I don't know if this will happen as the only two people who are salaried/ have benefits are our ED and Programing Director, but I have expressed the interest to move to 40 hour salaried position and I think, especially recently, I have proved worthy of it. This would be financially great for me, artistically challenging but I'm always up for a challenge right? My hope is that this change/promotion could happen in the next 6 months. I would finish my contract with one company in the spring and not resign and only dance for the bi-city company, Ledges and Bones Dance Project. While of course I am a dancer/performer and don't want to lose that self, I really feel that the world of Arts Admin is a world for me. I am a great networker and really find I have a strength in it. Many say you can't be a great administrator and dancer, but I am here to prove that theory wrong and by moving further up at DG and continuing to train and perform as a dancer is going to happen!
On a non work related plan, I hope to bring Paul to the wonderful Midwest this winter. Neither one of us are racking in the dough so its challenging and lets face it, if we have money to spend on vaca going to a warm relaxing place, like say, Mexico, kinda sounds more appealing then the snowy midwest winter, BUT I really feel like it is important to bring him home to my roots! :) (it also could scare him off if its too cold...have to be smart in this planning!). Isn't it crazy that him and I could do an all inclusive 4 days in Mexico for about the same price (if not less than) what we will spend on airfare back to Chicago, crazy!
My co-wos and I are planning/hoping for another weekend getaway, last year we went to Disney Land, so much fun, this year we talked about the same trip but have also talked about a long weekend to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, how awesome would that be!
I guess if I had to insert a dream here, it would be to have enough money to do all the traveling I wanted to do and not have to worry about it...but non-profit arts doesn't allow for that! So yes, I am foolish I do have a dream, to have enough money to not have to travel when I want and to be able to pay all my bills with no problem...but money doesn't buy happiness does it? So I suppose being broke and doing what I love will have to do :)
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