Picking up from yesterday –
Here’s the low down that I took my gorgeous talks with the council of Aurora.
The first con that was listed isn’t even a thing on the radar. My boss believes I’ll be good. I believe I’ll be good. And in the worst case scenario, I won’t be able to keep up, I’ll lose my job, and I’ll just figure it out.
It would be terrible – especially after already having such a huge transition, to have another one. But things have been way worse for people before. It’s survivable.
As far as BMI vs. Nightly Show…
The real idea was to take it as it comes. We don’t even know for sure if we’ll get renewed. (Fingers obviously crossed though.) I might not have a job next year, and then I can do BMI all I want.
Also, with BMI, I’ve heard of people getting to postpone year two if something comes up. So, if I can’t fit it in as an editor, I can ask for an extension.
Anything could happen in the future. But there are so many variables, that it seemed silly to let such an exceptional opportunity pass me by.
As I mentioned in my other post, BMI is basically school. It’s awesome. It’s prestigious. It can be very important to your career. But it is one huge maybe. And the Nightly Show gig was so super real. It was something that would absolutely help my career in the very immediate future.
And here’s the big clincher –
Even with all of that, I *still* thought long and hard about what I wanted to do. BMI has been very important to me for a long time. I applied for 6 years, after all. It’s pretty much the reason I got this job in the first place – so I could move to NY and do BMI.
And I’ll finish out my thought process on all this tomorrow!