Today I was given another award type thing from the wonderful Debbie over at Debbie: The College Years. Debbie is another theatre person, in fact she is currently studying theatre. We theatre people seem to have a knack for finding eachother in the world, it is a very bizarre and cool thing. This award is the “You are Going Places Baby” award which I suppose is kind of more like a meme than an award, but hey, we don’t have to play down calling it an award! Who doesn’t like to be loved a little, right? The idea behind this one is to share where you see yourself in ten years and then pass the award on to ten people. I think that I can handle that.
I actually get asked often what I want to be when I grow up. I started to find that a little odd after I graduated from college and got a job. I mean, I am doing what I love to do, what I went to school for, and I am enjoying doing it. I am working at a great theatre and living in a fun place, and I am happy. The fact that I have a job, support myself, and live on the other side of the country from my parents makes me feel pretty grown up. However, I am pretty sure that I can’t really stay where I am forever.
Ten years from now I will be 36 years old and certainly see myself still working in some aspect of the theatre/entertainment industry. I have always thought that at some point in my life I would end up back in the academic world, teaching theatre, and it wouldn’t surprise me if I was doing that within ten years. In this industry you often have to move out in order to move up. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job and where I work now, but I think that in order to continue to grow as a professional I will have to move on eventually.
People often ask if I see myself ending up on Broadway. To be honest, I am not sure if that is the kind of theatre that I really want to be doing. Sure, there is lots of money to be had working on the big commercial shows, but it is a very different beast than the theatre that we produce on the regional level. I also just don’t really see myself living in New York City and being happy. I know that there are plenty of people who love being in NYC, but of all the times that I have been there, I could never see myself living there. A vacation there for a few days, not so bad. Living there, I just don’t think so.
Hopefully within ten years I will have settled in to whatever job I have to the point where I can be happily married to my wonderful girlfriend. I am not sure if children will be on the table at that point, I suppose it would depend on what we were both doing, but it it possible. I certainly would like to have a family at some point down the road. When you live in Utah, you are the odd-ball-out when you are my age, not married, and don’t have at least two kids, but hey, I was always the odd-ball!
In general, I am not really a person who does a lot of planning of things far in advance. I like to live life as it comes at me. I don’t spend a lot of time worrying or even really thinking about the future. I feel like if you are too concerned with where you see yourself that you don’t spend enough time where you are. Life is relatively short and if you don’t enjoy the now and only work towards your “ideal future,” will you really feel fulfilled when you get there (if you get there)? I am very much a person who lives by the saying: “We’ll cross that bridge when we get there!”
I suppose my answer to where I see myself a decade from now is a little ambiguous, but that is how it is in my mind. The future is what it will be! So, the lucky people who I would like to pass this little award on to are:
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