i’ve really been putting off writing about dayjobs in here. i have a secret fear that some boss will find this and realease me of my duties to their company; little ant workers like me are supposed to give the impression that they LOVE the work that they do. and i’m good at letting my superiors think that.
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but truth? well… most of the time, i don’t hate it. i’d rather be doing something else. something more creative. it depletes me of necessary energy (especially of my line of work, temping, where i basically have to learn a new job every week) to do other things relevant to my “other career,” aka music. actually, this week my nights haven’t been spent doing productive venue-searches, emailing, and uploading, like a good independent musican “should,” but have been soaked in red wine, cold medicine, and csi reruns (don’t try this at home, kids!), just do drown out the stress of the day so that i can get some actual sleep.
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i always feel bad about goin m.i.a. for long periods of time from all my little sites… myspace, my blog, flickr, etc. but quite franky, my day job has been eating my soul lately. and not only have i given up on social networking in the last two weeks, i’ve also had to hold off on/ quit some little projects going on in real life, too. and that makes me sad. but i guess that’s the good thing about temping… it’s only temporary, right?
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are you a musician/ artist/ writer/ etc.? do you have a dayjob, or do you make at least some part of your living off your art? if with dayjob, do how the fuck do you handle doing both? because it’s always been really hard for me. if you do make a significant portion of $ from art, any tips for a n00b like me? (well… i’m not exactly a n00b at music, just at making a living with it.)
