It’s a Survivor Job NOT Your Life
Man, I just went into training for one of my new survivor jobs - motivational dancing. The job is pretty pimp and easy. You show up at this bat - mitzvah and you get people on the dance floor. You may lead them in some of the dances, eat some of the food (free!), and pass out prizes. It is a high energy gig and that’s perfect for me. Well, today was my second day of training and there was a dancer who really has made the job her life. She is super-involved and cares soooooo much about everything that goes on at a party. She feeds off of being the center of attention. This has become way more than just a job for her. That is fine … as long as she is happy. What scares me about this is that I have been in her spot before with a waaaaaaay worse survivor job - catering. I was totally a “top caterer” with this company. I worked real hard and gained a great reputation. I was working very regularly and had no time for auditions. “I need the money” was my regular excuse to myself. I hardly ever picked up a backstage. If I did make it to an audtion, I was in horrible shape because I was getting hardly any sleep due to my 5am call times for catering. Oh, yes, 5AM. But I was a star worker and I loved being on the top. Luckily, at one of the few auditions I attended, I miraculously got a gig that took me out of the city and away from catering. When I got back to the city, I couldn’t get back into catering with the same focus. I had re-found my love for theatre and couldn’t go back to this dungeon way of living. Today, when I watched and heard this girl “be all that she can be” with her survivor job - I worried a little. I don’t want that to happen to me again. I need to make a living and not get a new life. I like the life I have - thank you very much.
