Jobs and Growing Up

So I recently put the deposit on my new apartment in LA. In a little over a week, I will take that final step of being a completely self-supporting young adult in one of the most expensive cities in the nation. I'll be an LA girl, close enough to my family that everyone is within a few hours drive, but far enough to feel like I'm really independent. Finally.

Of course, being the over-prepared worrier that I am, my biggest concern is to make sure I have enough to support myself while supporting my acting career. I refuse to live up to the starving artist stereotype. I firmly believe you can pursue an artistic career while maintaining a decent standard of living.

So tonight I find myself with 3 jobs. Not including acting. I've always been good at multitasking, but now I'm worried that I may have overdone myself. If so, no worries. The nice thing about having this many jobs is that I can easily leave one and not worry about a huge change in income. But, man, it's a little scary to think about everything I have to juggle.

But don't worry, dear friends. My workloads are light, which is why I don't mind getting several jobs. And I'll actually have Friday nights, Saturdays and Sunday mornings free, which makes it quite doable. So what's my schedule like?

Mondays: 9am-5pm dating site, 8am-6pm law firm, 7pm-11pm acting class

Tuesday: 8am-6pm law firm, 12pm-3pm Groupon-type site, 6pm-12am dating site

Wednesday: 8am-6pm law firm, 12pm-3pm Groupon-type site, 6pm-12am dating site

Thursday: 8am-6pm law firm, 12pm-3pm Groupon-type site, 6pm-12am dating site

Friday: 8am-6pm law firm, 12pm-3pm Groupon-type site

Saturday: Rest :)

Sunday: 9am-11am church, 3pm-8pm church nursery


So looking over my schedule, it seems a little crazy, but it's actually pretty doable. The law firm is really small and I just return phone calls and emails when clients call in. For the Groupon-like site, I just have to make my calls for the day then I'm done. And the dating site is pretty slow, especially at night, when I often find myself killing time by going on Facebook or watching a movie while I work. The best part is if I can handle this workload, I'll be making a very good income for a recent college grad, with all of the flexibility I need to audition and pursue my acting career.

So now I'm really ready to close the college student part of my life and transition to the young working adult part of life. What a wonderful, crazy, blessed, exciting journey life is...