Where I've been

Its been some time since I made a blog post. A long story made short I am adjusting to my new schedule. It is the old dynamic, the work you need to do keeps you from doing the work you want to do.

OK so now for the long story made long and just a general catching up.

I started working at Dowling in the ceramics studio on Sept 25th. I work 20 hours a week on Wednesday night, Friday afternoon into the evening and all day Saturday. I've been slowly getting used to the studio and acclimating to where everything is and how things are done. Typically I spend my time mixing up glazes, slips, loading and unloading kilns and making up clay. Also I help my supervisor with any special projects around the studio. For instance last Friday, we reorganized the chemical closet. Overall, I am liking the job and getting more and more comfortable with it each week.

On top of this I am still working at the gym. Since Ireland I have been opening one day a week, typically Tuesdays. Also I have been working 8 hours on Sunday, opening and closing. Needless to say this means I have little time on the weekends. Typically I average around 18 to 20 hours a week there.

I am also still subbing at NCC. Last week I worked 2 nights in a row. I also subbed earlier this semester in September. Eventually, I would hope that I could get all 3 jobs working together harmoniously. Ideally working 15 hours at the gym, 20 hours at Dowling and 5 to 6 hours on a regular night at Nassau.

However I am always open to other options and ideas in terms of work. As always I am not relying on just one thing, and even though I have 3 paying jobs at the moment, I still have a couple of other things on the back burner that I am keeping my eye on.

Of those things there is of course Pronto comics. We just put out or 1st anthology book and we have plans for new projects. The writers are coming up and retooling ideas for there own side projects, and there are new ideas for another anthology. Plus we have new talent that wants to get involved, a website, facebook page, twitter and plans to get a table at the big 2010 Con a year from now.

Also there is potential to become and instructor at the ballroom studio I've been dancing at for over a year and a half. I began doing teacher training, almost around the same time as everything else started in my life. This is something I have been enjoying very much, and if the opportunity arises I would definitely like to devote time as a ballroom instructor. It has quickly grown from a hobby, to a passion and now an obsession. As I have told others, it is typically what I am thinking about when I am somewhere else and what I concentrate on while I am there.

Finally there is my own content. With all this work, I have found little time to work on my own stuff. Before I went away to Ireland I didn't have as much paying work, but I did have plenty of time and drive to work on, or at least promote, my own work. Now, not so much. Clearly I haven't made any blog posts (professional or food), I haven't had a chance to post on craigslist or to check it, same goes for nyfa. Also promoting myself on facebook and myspace has fallen by the weigh side. I know what I have to do, I need to re organize my schedule at home. I have to adjust to the work schedule and work around it. Also now it is time to re-evaluate my goals and objectives and how I want to achieve them.

The good news is, that the major obstacle of money, has (for the most part) been handled. I have enough work options that I should be good for the time being. Now it really comes down to personal discipline and recognizing what habits I have that are good and which ones, though are not bad, waste my time and need to be curtailed until the home work is done.