I thought instead of directing you to some article or advice column this week, I would instead talk about a recent personal experience of mine. So recent in fact, it happened today…
Since I was a kid, I wanted to be in movies. Now not necessarily “in” movies like an actor, but involved in movies in some way. That later manifested into wanting to make a difference in the world with film etc, etc.
Now finally after all those years of preparing and working long late hours for free, I’ve been given a chance to work in the agency world as an assistant producer. The proverbial dream come true of my life.
So at this moment, I’m lying down at the London Hotel in Los Angeles, and all I can think is, you have to find your niche in life. Once you do, go for it. Do everything you can (morally) to get and stay there, and do the best that you can while it lasts. You are given so few opportunities in life, and sometimes you don’t even know that it’s an opportunity until it passes you by.
I don’t know if I’m in the right field, but I do know that I am going to work my hardest and try my best at every moment because I have no idea where this is going to leave me. I feel like my life has been a series of bricks, building a wall. Without one brick, the whole thing would come tumbling down. If it weren’t for that one class, or that one internship I wouldn’t have met this person, or gotten this job, which lead to this other job, and another and another…
After all this rambling I guess all I can say is, life passes you by if you don’t search out and seize every opportunity. If you want something, if you know you belong somewhere, it’s entirely in your power to make it happen; it’s only a matter of time.
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