As of today, I'm unemployed. Something I've fantasized about for 12 years. I haven't been unemployed since I graduated high school, which is over half a lifetime ago. The amount of freedom I feel is intoxicating, but my bills and bank account keep sobering me up.
I don't want to get into the specifics but I was laid of with about 200 other co-workers. I could have applied for a transfer or moved back to NY... but this felt right. To start over and reinvent myself as a professional artist. Most people look at me as if I might be making a mistake. But I need this. I can choose my own direction without the excuses and hesitation.
I've been writing code (AS3) non-stop for 2 weeks, trying to finish my portfolio website that I started about 2 years ago. I should been up and running this next week for me to start applying for jobs.
The job competition out here in L.A is a lot more talented then what I was used to in N.Y. but I spent the last couple of years preparing for this. Might as well see if I have what it takes to start for zero in the entertainment capital of the U.S.