It's gonna be a Happy New Year


I haven't written in a LONG TIME! These past two months have been CRAZY. A lot has happened. I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to interview another Broadway actor who I admire so much, Jenn Damiano! I spoke to her on the phone which I was nervous about, but she could not have been nicer. The article came out amazing too, one of my best yet (not being biased or anything.) LINK HERE. I was extremely exhausted from all of that and working, and took a vacation for a week which was much-needed!!! I came back, went to Jenn's concert in Holmdel, and met her after. I told her I wrote the article and she HUGGED ME, which I did not expect. Other people complimented me on the article saying how great it was, and it made me feel good. So good that I blacked out and don't remember much of it! (OF COURSE)


(Jenn Damiano and I.. I look way too happy. ahahaha)

I thought I'd use this vacation to self-reflect and I did. I made the decision to try harder to work toward being a writer full-time and getting paid to do it. I LOVE theater and expressing myself through writing and I really found that in BroadwayWorld. I should be happy that I get to do it at all, but it sucks to get all of these accolades only to go to my day job and not get any. But at least I have a job! My friend that I have at my regular job told me he was quitting before I left for vacation. I had mixed feelings about it, I still do. I'm sad he left because he was one of my only friends there and we have so much history together. When times were tough, I leaned on him a lot. But it got tough when he wasn't happy there and got in my ear to the point where I didn't know if I was feeling a certain way at our job because of him, or because I actually felt that way myself. Maybe him leaving will be a good thing because I can focus on what I want and not have to worry about that.

I look back on 2019 and what an amazing year it was for me. I almost feel bad saying that because 2016-2018 were so difficult. I FINALLY started my career, which was long overdue. I secured a "stable" job at Gannett, and took on BroadwayWorld like a BOSS. I figured out what I wanted to do with my life and will continue to work even harder to make it a reality. SIDE NOTE: The amazing opportunity I was talking about in my last post was an interview as an Editorial Assistant at Broadway.com. I didn't get the job, which I unfortunately found out about through social media instead of them emailing me, but I would not have even gotten to interview at a place like that if it weren't for BroadwayWorld. I'm so grateful for the opportunities BroadwayWorld has given me this year, and I'm eager to see where this experience will bring me in 2020! Hopefully I can take it to the next level and get one step closer to being a part of this industry full-time.

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