Comments on: Reality TV is Trying to Crush My Soul http://www.iworkinrealitytv.com/2010/03/reality-tv-crush-soul/ yay us. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:00:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Maria http://www.iworkinrealitytv.com/2010/03/reality-tv-crush-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Maria Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:43:43 +0000 http://www.iworkinrealitytv.com/?p=1327#comment-212 It's possible. Mande's right. Brace yourself. It's scary and feels completely insane when you're going through it. It especially feels nuts during this economy. You think, "Really? I'm going to quit my job and change careers when so many people can't even find work?" But I can tell you that constant unhappiness costs more than anything in the world and will eat you from the inside out. I love Mande's suggestion about being choosy with your job selections until you can make the jump. Something else will come down the pipeline work-wise, it always does. I thought about leaving the industry for a while before I made the jump. I never say never and, who knows, I may find myself back behind the camera at sometime in my life. But for now, I'm chasing my dream. I know it's a scary thing...I'm always around for support or just to bounce ideas and thoughts off of. I can sympathize with where you're at for SURE! It's possible.
Mande's right. Brace yourself. It's scary and feels completely insane when you're going through it. It especially feels nuts during this economy. You think, "Really? I'm going to quit my job and change careers when so many people can't even find work?" But I can tell you that constant unhappiness costs more than anything in the world and will eat you from the inside out.
I love Mande's suggestion about being choosy with your job selections until you can make the jump. Something else will come down the pipeline work-wise, it always does.
I thought about leaving the industry for a while before I made the jump. I never say never and, who knows, I may find myself back behind the camera at sometime in my life. But for now, I'm chasing my dream.
I know it's a scary thing...I'm always around for support or just to bounce ideas and thoughts off of. I can sympathize with where you're at for SURE!

]]> By: mande http://www.iworkinrealitytv.com/2010/03/reality-tv-crush-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-207 mande Tue, 25 May 2010 14:46:41 +0000 http://www.iworkinrealitytv.com/?p=1327#comment-207 i know a lot of people in reality tv and 80% have an "escape plan" about 10% have followed them. which says to me that it is possible. you can do it. i know an audio mixer who left reality and is now co owner of an amazing coffee/doughnut shop, a camera operator who became a homeopathic doctor and a director who is now a freelance writer. all are doing very well, are happy with families and my heros. all of them will tell you to brace yourself. when you first leave it will be hard but you can do it. money will be scarce, you'll be stressed but in the end, you will find happiness. i like working in reality for the most part but that's because i have strict rules about what i will and WILL NOT shoot. i also try to choose my jobs based on the people i will be surrounded by 12 hours a day and the subject matter if possible. i try to never shoot a show that sends me home feeling "dirty" at the end of the day. if i didn't have lines i refused to cross i would have lost my mind for sure. i've been doing this since i was 19 years old so i know what trapped can feel like. you are not trapped. you have an education and a dream. do something with it. we'll all support you and look up to you when you succeed. i admire you for writing this since many of us feel the same way. thank you :) i know a lot of people in reality tv and 80% have an "escape plan" about 10% have followed them. which says to me that it is possible. you can do it. i know an audio mixer who left reality and is now co owner of an amazing coffee/doughnut shop, a camera operator who became a homeopathic doctor and a director who is now a freelance writer. all are doing very well, are happy with families and my heros. all of them will tell you to brace yourself. when you first leave it will be hard but you can do it. money will be scarce, you'll be stressed but in the end, you will find happiness.
i like working in reality for the most part but that's because i have strict rules about what i will and WILL NOT shoot. i also try to choose my jobs based on the people i will be surrounded by 12 hours a day and the subject matter if possible. i try to never shoot a show that sends me home feeling "dirty" at the end of the day. if i didn't have lines i refused to cross i would have lost my mind for sure. i've been doing this since i was 19 years old so i know what trapped can feel like. you are not trapped. you have an education and a dream. do something with it. we'll all support you and look up to you when you succeed.
i admire you for writing this since many of us feel the same way. thank you :)

]]> By: Ted Nugent http://www.iworkinrealitytv.com/2010/03/reality-tv-crush-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Ted Nugent Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:36:36 +0000 http://www.iworkinrealitytv.com/?p=1327#comment-147 Get out while you still have your dream! Make a 6 month or 1 year plan, and stick to it no matter what!! The money may be nice now, but will it be enough to forget your first marriage? Hollywood shows us the unhealthy way to be a "success", it's up to us to find the healthy way to succeed. I'll never understand why so many of us work so hard for goals that take away from actually living out our dreams. Oh wait... because it cost so fucking much to live in LA!!!!! Does that make me sound bitter? Get out while you still have your dream! Make a 6 month or 1 year plan, and stick to it no matter what!! The money may be nice now, but will it be enough to forget your first marriage? Hollywood shows us the unhealthy way to be a "success", it's up to us to find the healthy way to succeed. I'll never understand why so many of us work so hard for goals that take away from actually living out our dreams. Oh wait... because it cost so fucking much to live in LA!!!!!

Does that make me sound bitter?

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