These past couple of days I’ve been playing the role of the ubergeek taking care of very unglamorous mundane tasks (python programming, running maintanance and backup programs on our home office computers, installing new hardware and software, diagnosing system problems, etc, etc, etc). I’ve also been running on 3-5 hours of sleep a night. This is my trade-off from being the typical actor and working as a waiter or bartender somewhere. The advantage is much better pay. The dis-advantage is that work never seems to end. That is why I have decided to stop doing freelance (after I finish my current projects). I think it’s too easy to get comfortable/stuck on relying on the computer stuff to pay my bills instead of really striving to make my money as an actor/performer/entertainer. That’s the reality of it.
It’s time to leave the comfort zone. You can’t learn to fly if you don’t step off the branch.
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