Working in the entertainment industry, no matter who you, affects your philosophy on work alongside your career goals. For me, it’s really changed my outlook from wanting to positively manifest things and working hard towards specific, concrete goals into adopting a more relaxed perspective — appreciating how much is really out of my control while also appreciating the good work I can do within those restraints. Beyond that, I don’t stake all my hopes and expectations on one particular type of goal (I must sell this exact script, I must get this sort of job next) — and now I keep my mind open to all sorts of opportunities. It may “waste” time when I pursue and learn more about jobs that turn out to be not for me, but I’d rather learn more and stress less ultimately. With all that said, I’m realizing that one needs to take time to appreciate the little accomplishments - no matter how abstract. For me, this is that I got myself an interview for a writers’ assistant job. It was on a very high-caliber show with great talent attached on all fronts and a writer I was totally psyched to meet in person in the interview. I may not get the job. That outcome is completely out of my control now. But, I hustled to get my resume to the production company via a connection I worked hard to maintain from many jobs back. And once the resume was in, I quickly (if not frantically) got every good TV connection I had made to put recommendations in. No doubt it was this influx of recs that actually got me in the room for the interview, and that orchestrated effort is worth savoring in hindsight. I hope I get the job, but that’s as far as I’ll let my thoughts wander on that topic — lest it gets obsessive, tiring, and pointless throughout. Better to focus on something new, something I can control and create.
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