Thoughts While Looking Up

Monday was the first day at my I-don’t-know-how-many’th job. What makes this first day different from the rest is that this is my first “big boy” job. As of Monday, I am a personal assistant to film and television producer, Jerry Bruckheimer. I made a deal with myself this winter that I had to secure a real entertainment job with realistic career advancement prospects by my twenty-fourth year of age, aka my golden birthday. And just two months shy of that deadline, I have that job.

My leaving American Idol three days prior to starting at Bruckheimer was quick, but I felt, had an amicable ending. The show had different plans. None of it truly affects me, so I don’t care. What matters most is the fact that Idol brought me out of drowning debt and sharpened my already great work ethic. It put me in a prime position to take on this new job.

As of now, it’s only my third day on the job, but it’s feeling great. I’m learning from awesome people and the work environment is extremely conducive. Things have frequently looked bleak for me over the past two years since moving to Los Angeles. But this is the change. This is my break into Act 3 in this chapter of my life. I have nothing, but great expectations for the future.