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Are You Holding a Grudge — Against Yourself?
Holding a grudge serves nobody — particularly if it’s against yourself.
Looking back to college and the decade or so that followed, I made some impressive mistakes.
I entered college with no major but quickly selected theatre. Why? Seemed like a good idea at the time.
I didn’t want to be an actor, stage manager, set designer, or house manager — I wanted to be a director. I even directed half a dozen plays during college. Of course, none of those were within the actual theatre department.
Most of the time, you could find me at the college radio stations. I helped run our FM station during my senior year — going so far as to be one of 8 paid employees keeping the station online during the summer and winter breaks.
I lived in Ithaca for a year after graduating college. I set everything up to move to Chicago — even putting a deposit on an apartment — and at the last minute remained on the East Coast and moved to New Jersey.
After college, I half-heartedly explored finding a way into professional theatre and/or professional radio. Apart from VERY brief forays into both — neither was a career path.
