Day 1

OK this is the first time I have ever blogged. I am not much of a writer but this is more for accountability purposes. I am doing a 30 day journey of several things: Paleo Diet, CrossFit, Auditions, and most important Trusting God with... well everything. Oh yeah, NO TV either. I decided the best way to help keep myself accountable is to blog everyday. I'm not sure if anyone will actually read this or not, either way it is fine with me. This first post will be a little bit longer than most, because I want to give some background.

I assume that if you are reading this you know who I am and that I moved to NY from CA almost 3 years ago. I moved here to attend the New York Film Academy to study Acting for Film. I have wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little kid and I had finally decided to go for it!! I went to school at night and after 5 months of looking for a job I got one. It was a Logistic Coordinator job setting up classes such as Solar, Welding, Networking, etc. My job was to make sure all the details for the class were in place including equipment, books, location, and instructors. Although, I knew that this job was going to be temporary, after being out of work for 5 months, I was excited to have money again. Administrative type jobs come easy to me and I was able to get promoted to Logistics Manager. However, a little over a year into it I started feeling like it was time to move on. Now I tend to have a pattern of getting restless 1 - 2 years after starting something new. Most of time because I don't feel challenged or the work it too repetitive. Looking back now though, I feel like it was because I am not called to this kind of work. I always took on these jobs as a stop over on my way to the Red Carpet. Don't get me wrong, I have loved many of those jobs and the people I worked for. I have some amazing memories and learned a lot about myself along the way. I would not be who I am without some of those jobs and people I met along the way.

Back to my last job... after 2 1/2 year I finally decided it was time to leave. God kind of helped with that decision by making my desire to quit even stronger. I was trying to wait until I had another job, but through some things that happen I chose to quit before. I left in good standing, which is important to me as well.

One of the main reasons I quit was so that I could really pursue my acting career. Although I had attended NYFA, which I loved, I had not done much with it for almost 2 years. I felt like it was time to REALLY REALLY go after it. Give it everything I have and see what happens. Since most auditions are during the day, it is hard to go to them with a 9-6 job. So I sold my car that was back in CA and have now been without a job for 4 weeks. I must admit I have not done a whole lot in the last 4 weeks. I did get my head shots done and signed up for Central Casting, they cast background actors for TV and movies. Although being a background actor is NOT my goal, it is a good way to be around the industry, meet people, and get closer to my SAG card.

So I decided to do this 30 day blog, to help keep me on track. I am sure that most the the posts will be short and non-exciting but who knows someone might find it enlightening. Hey you never know. I guess that is good for now.

-Alicia