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Keeping Busy

I have to keep busy, or I will go crazy.

[So, judging by my last few posts, I haven’t been busy enough these past few days.]

During the day, I need to break up the interviewing/prepping/following up with trips to the gym and long walks around the city with my camera. (I’m realizing photography makes me much happier than I ever realized.) And projects around my apartment. Like going through all the papers that are shoved in a “Misc.” folder. And making some sense of the mess above my fridge.

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Or, you know, just take it to my kitchen. (And yes, that is indeed the smallest squeeze of BBQ sauce ever. The TJ’s BBQ sauce has some SERIOUS kick.)

Mostly, I just need to manage my stress to keep my stomach happy. The more relaxed I am, the less it bothers me.

I need to remember that good things come to those who wait and all those other silly cliches that…are actually true. I need to remember that this really is a time for me to figure out what it is I really want to be doing, and also that tons of other people have been through this before and have come out stronger for it.

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And I need to remember to keep eating well so that my body doesn’t hang on to any more physical stress and inflammation than it needs to. This morning, that was oatmeal with flaxseed, almond milk, sunflower butter and some sliced banana. And iced coffee in a Solo cup, because I’m classy like that.

Just What I Needed

Yesterday was not an awesome day, and I was struggling. (For other reasons, too.)

I was g-chatting with my girl Kendyl and she sensed that I needed some sort of distraction.

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So I headed down to the West Village to meet her at the Comedy Cellar for a free comedy show. We saw William Stephenson (pictured above), Gregg Rogell, David Baker, Keith Robinson, Tom Papa, Eddie Ifft and Robert Kelly. I can’t say I knew who any of these people were before, but Kendyl says she saw Judah Friedlander here before he was on 30 Rock, so you never know. After an hour and a half of belly laughing, I left feeling much better. (And incredibly thankful for having an awesome friend like Kendyl.)

I’ve been waking up and heading straight for e-mail to get stuff done the past few weeks, but I woke up this morning and took Bailey for a long walk to the water and to a riverside dog park. I left my phone at home and unplugged for a little while, and it was glorious.

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I came back and made some cookie dough oats and coffee and am back to work at some serious interview follow-up.