I just keep acting.Actually, the truth is that we were trying to cast someone a little older, a little rougher around the edges (appearance-wise, anyway), for the part of Garcin in Sartre's 'No Exit.' Unfortunately, a few people we reached out to didn't pan out; and, in the whirlwind world of once-a-month Reader's Theatre productions, we just ran out of time. And so, for young Dan of Waterloo, opportunity knocked.
I really did try to find other people to fill the role, and I really did intend to slow down a bit and let the world catch up to me. But I'd be lying if I said the opportunity to really stretch myself into a role in which not only didn't I see myself, but I wasn't even sure how to approach. Now, I'm gaining confidence by the readthrough, and having a blast.
Of course, I'm doing this in and amidst also producing the show, and making preparations for an upcoming guitar/vocal stint this Saturday for friend & music teacher Krista (performing dual role of Lennon & McCartney, accompanying a number of her students in a "favorite Beatle song" recital).
In any event, I hit the stage again next Friday.
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With extra curricular activities like that you'll be a shoe in for an Ivy League school!
Keep on truckin' 'til truckin' ain't fun.
You thrive on being busy. It is impossible for you to slow down. You might as well embrace the fact. Good luck with the show!
But I can't embrace the fact. It is true, but the eternal struggle I have, imagining how happy I'd be if I could just show down and enjoy tranquility, is part of my Human Condition. I can't escape it. It's as much a part of me as the busyness itself.
I have an escape plan for you. It is right out of the movie - Escape from Alcatraz.
When people ask you to do something you really don't have time for say sorry, but I can't right now.
I know that it is easier said than done. You are just a very nice and accomodating man. These are great traits, but the flip side is that you will be more busy.
If there is one person who can handle such a busy schedule it is you. You are a great man and great friend. The theatre group is lucky to have you as a friend, and so am I!
But emotionally he doesn't WANT to say no.
Intellectually maybe.
Bingo. It has nothing to do with an inability to say "no," unless it is an inability to say no to myself..
If it is something that you really want to do, then complaining about how busy you won't help.
I suggest celebrating the fact that you are busy. Celebrate that you are not a fat ass sitting on the couch eating chips.
I celebrate the fact that you do some amazing things with your time. I wish that I had the drive to do even more than I already do. Maybe I will get there one day. All I can do is get inspiration from you and try to go out there and make an impact like Dan.
I think that if you celebrate the fact that you are a busy man, it might help you to embrace it a little more. Give yourself some credit. So go out there and pull up those boot straps!
It would also be another story, of course, if I didn't have obligations of a family to consider. I want/need to be around them, too. Adds to the stress. Adds to the busyness.
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