Monday, September 13, 2004

Good things come in threes... or more

You know how some days -- or some rehearsals -- nothing goes right? And other times, everything does? I've been having one of those blessed days.

1. I met with a Life Coach, Nancy Colasurdo, whom I met through Kipley. Although she lives in New York, she is open to working by phone. She's a writer/television producer/Artist's-Way-specialist, with creative & business savvy. Very practical. Think personal-fitness-trainer, but for your goals. The first sesh is free. If you click with each other, and you decide you want to do this, you sign up for a paid 12-week course, meeting with her (phone or in-person) once a week. You come out of the first sesh with 3 goals that jazz you. Mine are:

1. INVITING THE WEALTH: Secure a surprising, formidable, lucrative job with nights and weekends free.
2. CLEARING THE SPACE: Body in dancer shape, shining house & grounds.
3. WALKING TOWARD GOD: A theatre book and building

2. Heard from a small company looking for a VP/office manager. Cool gig, coming in that roundabout word-of-mouth way that has led to some of my best jobs in the past. They're a small 30-person tech company. I wrote the CEO, will talk with them next week.

3. Heard of a small game startup, founded by several of my friends. Told them the job I'd ideally like, will wait to hear back if that's an option.

4. Heard from an ex-manager that business is picking up, might have work for me. This is particularly cool work, similar to theatre.

So, no sooner did I clearly state what I wanted, then the universe sent me Bam, Bam, Bam -- three possibilities. Now, these are all Maybes.... but they're all surprising, formidable, and lucrative. And I was upfront with all of them about my theatre self, so I'm going in aimed toward nights & weekends free. Woohoo!

Who knows what the universe has in store for me. I just keep saying "Yes" and "I can start October 25th" and keep walking forward.

And now a friend is taking me to dinner. Plus I heard through the grapevine that another friend might want me to direct a play for them. And Bart's Our Town rehearsals, which I'm observing, start tomorrow. It just keeps getting better. I better write the Starbucks CEO tonight, while I'm feeling big, farsighted, and nourished. And finish Akropolis's audience development plan.

Off to dinner.

Oh wait -- in "You Know You're An Extrovert When..." category, my friend Kris wrote back saying, "Loved the 100 Things list. There were only 4 I didn't know." I'm sure there are easily 60 things I don't know about her. She has that introvert "I need time to commune with myself" quality, whereas I have that, "Let's find some people so I can commune" one.

Cheers.

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