Pushing 40. Unemployed.
Again.
When is it too late to try and follow a dream? Is it ridiculous of me to consider taking a chance on something new now? Start a business? No money to start one. Move away and find something new? Maybe 15 years ago, before the kids came along. Get a degree? Let me count the reasons that isn't feasible...
I have all the time in the world, but no time at all. Starting over isn't what I'm supposed to be doing at this point. Worrying about feeding my kids isn't supposed to be an issue at this point. What the hell happened? Where did everything go wrong? Where do I go from here?
I could start writing music again, hope to sell a song or two. I could finish one of my 20 year old screenplays, hope to find an indie producer who thinks it's worthy of something. I could buckle down and turn this blog into something, see if there's enough interest in my incessant blathering to make a little revenue that way. Start my own record label, write a novel, record the next huge wedding song, figure out how to become the next Youtube sensation...
Most likely I'll end up answering phones again. Or tending bar. Or cutting keys down at the hardware store.
Or selling flowers under an overpass.
All the while telling my kids to never give up on their dreams...
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