D Rusak
Jedi Council Member
Over here it seems like the general law has really been coming into blossom. Just when I'd recovered from a robbery, another one occurs, and then another. Three computers were stolen in just over three months. My work computer's audio died (granted, it's 10 years old). Some crucial equipment I use for my career was stolen, and apparently, is now difficult (and much more expensive) to replace. I had to pick up and move because the police think I might have a stalker, and obviously my apartment was not very secure! My bike was stolen from my friend's house where I stayed in the meantime. I finally moved, hoping to use the computer-less time to do some serious reading. I then find (after moving in) that a roommate has to have me fill out some sort of certification of US citizenship/roommate approval form, as he works for some sort of project run by a government contractor, and works at home one day a week. I have no idea what happens if I'm not approved. I'm not bringing it up until he does. I check my email, and find out that a citizen-numbing exercise, involving a mock "realistic emergency" (according to the email) and medical reponse that will shut down parts of the city, is going to greet me on my walk home from work tonight.
Things have been very dead as far as gigs go here, and I'm wondering how much of this is me, and how much is that I'm not in the best environment for the sort of work I do (specific areas in music). The general consensus, which I agree with, is that if one's life is in shambles, one will not be able to Work effectively. I'm just not sure if I'm not working enough to find/create a niche for my career work here, or if I should try another place where demand for people in those fields of music is already higher. With all of the problems, present and foreboding, in the US, moving abroad is very tempting (especially to someone who has lived in the same place her whole life). But I don't want to run away from problems. I can't figure out if moving somewhere, especially somewhere drastically different, is so much working in favor of MY destiny as it is avoiding difficulties that are arising, that may or may not be related to the general law keeping me in check, or even just dealing with life in general. It seems that these more tangible roadblocks have come up once I had worked much in achieving an understanding of my relationships with family, friends, and others (thanks, SOTT reading list!).
I guess this is a bit of a rant-rambling sort of post, but I really am interested in other's thoughts on relocating and the Work.
Things have been very dead as far as gigs go here, and I'm wondering how much of this is me, and how much is that I'm not in the best environment for the sort of work I do (specific areas in music). The general consensus, which I agree with, is that if one's life is in shambles, one will not be able to Work effectively. I'm just not sure if I'm not working enough to find/create a niche for my career work here, or if I should try another place where demand for people in those fields of music is already higher. With all of the problems, present and foreboding, in the US, moving abroad is very tempting (especially to someone who has lived in the same place her whole life). But I don't want to run away from problems. I can't figure out if moving somewhere, especially somewhere drastically different, is so much working in favor of MY destiny as it is avoiding difficulties that are arising, that may or may not be related to the general law keeping me in check, or even just dealing with life in general. It seems that these more tangible roadblocks have come up once I had worked much in achieving an understanding of my relationships with family, friends, and others (thanks, SOTT reading list!).
I guess this is a bit of a rant-rambling sort of post, but I really am interested in other's thoughts on relocating and the Work.