stream of conscious entry about new perspectives.

I feel like I've been looking at my career/careers from a new perspective lately - or MANY new perspectives.  The Actors Work Fund is an absolutely invaluable resource.  I wish all actors would take advantage of it.  Obviously - in the ideal world  - I'd jump from Broadway contract to Broadway contract, but, at least at this moment, that is not my reality.  So - they give me the tools I need to be a "real person" which I HOPE will also help with auditioning -because instead of NEEEEEDING THE JOB - I can walk in super relaxed and let the JOB NEED ME!  THis is by having fun sustainable jobs that invigorate me so if I don't get cast - I'll still be o.k.  Of course, it takes some time to build this career up, and my "parallel career counselor" keeps telling me to be patient, so I gotta breath.  But it's nice to know there are people who will help me, for FREE, figure out health care plans  that can work for me, and manage my money, and help me network and learn computer skills, etc...  It also has opened up new ways that I look at myself and work on audition material - and dancing (THANK YOU LISA G. NEW DANCE TEACHER EXTRAORDINAIRE!) - get and vocal coachings - and I even started writing the skeleton outline script for the cabaret Loralee and I keep TALKING about doing but never DO!  (I figure if I put it together - she'll just join in.)  I'm actually rather excited by the new ideas that have rattled out of my brain this past week!  I feel like such an entrepreneur!  (When I met with my parallel career counselor - that seemed to be the thing she was really impressed about too - and really encouraging.  She LOVED all of my tour guiding ideas - and was like - if you created that thing with the RSC you can create ANYTHING!) AND - reading Mindy Kalings book really showed me how putting on a little two person Cabaret can launch a career if done right to showcase your talents.  So that's entrepreneurial as well I suppose!  So - I hope this positive creative entrepreneurial energy continues and turns into something wonderful and happy!:)