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  • January 21, 2015 at 6:25 am #71724
    Nicole Neto
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    Hello!
    While reading this post I couldnt help but understand every emotion you are going through. I’m currently in a very similar situation. I also moved to LA to persue my career of doing hair and makeup for film. I tried it out, and quickly realized it wasnt for me. I now am working full time at a salon, and while its very rewarding I also realize its draining me. Ive been in this indusrty for 10 years now, and I know deep inside there are things out there I want to try. I find myself putting my needs aside because im too tired and drained from a full work day.
    My advice to you…and to myslef, is take the leap of faith! Start writing down skills that your good at, and skills that you enjoy. It seems you already have a clear vision of yoga training and writitng. THATS GREAT! Maybe swith to a shorter work week to begin with, that way you arent going to be finalcillay stressed (which can also drain you from wanting to practice yoga and write)
    THen, you can have an extra day to pursure those creative skills that fulfill you. Eventually you can keep working on what feels right and things will fall into place as they should. I am a firm believer in putting out into the universe exactly what you want, vision it, hold on to that vision andlet the universe make the way. Small steps towards your goal. I hope this helps!!!

    January 21, 2015 at 1:00 pm #71734
    pink24
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    Reading your post was like going back in a time machine. I had the same reservations ten years ago, (and I sometimes still have those same reservations but in a far less serious life-changing way and it’s usually with a martini in hand) At 24, I left an advertising job, backpacked through Europe on my own, and returned to New York to become an actress. I found a temp job, a cheap apartment, and I just DID IT. And not to mention I graduated from an Ivy League college so my parents weren’t exactly thrilled.

    If you want to do something–anything–you can do it. At first it feels a little, actually a lot, uncomfortable, but hey, change always is. That’s why so few people do it. If you want to teach yoga and write, teach yoga and write. Practically speaking, maybe keep the full time job while you get certified. Talk to some yoga teachers. See how they live. Surely some of them are artists too. I’m a writer now, and so I know–if you want to be an artist, there’s no real way around a struggle of some kind. Financial, personal. There’s always a price for anything worth doing. But what you gain is always worth far more than what you (seem) to lose.

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    January 21, 2015 at 10:32 pm #71773
    Little Coconut
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    Thank you all! Your voices are inspirational; it’s comforting to know people who have made the leap and found personal success!

    I’m a little scared, but feeling optimistic. Money is important…but I keep questioning to what extent. Maybe I’m naive.

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