Brilliant

me:

my body dysmorphia: :)

me: no

my body dysmorphia: that’s a real nice swimsuit you’ve got there…

me: hey stop that

So I’m clearly

My babies, consider politics. If you don’t think you want to become a professional theatre tech, consider politics.

I’m not saying become a politician (though imagine if our country were run by SMs), but consider other political positions. Campaign management, personal assistants to politicians, all of it.

I found out halfway through my first semester of my freshman year that this is what I was built for. I volunteered for a campaign and the people who had been doing this for their actual jobs were shocked at how well I picked everything up. How was I so good? I’m an effing stage manager, that’s how.

It’s sorting, it’s organizing, it’s spreadsheets. The further up you get, the more it becomes stage management. You’re running events, blocking out appearances, leading people.