This article will be written to give you a sense of what I'm going through and maybe let you know that you are not alone on this and we will get through it together the best we can and absolutely with success.
As some of you might know I finish my 20's era and turned 30 last December, and with that I have started to think about plan B after dancing which I know is not gonna be anytime soon but how life goes will arrive in the blink of an eye.
I will start saying that I have been one of the few lucky ones and I was able to focus all my energy in my ballet career because my parents considered really early on that if ballet was my dream job it will be short term and that I will have my entire life to go back to school but not many years to be dancing around the world.
With that been said, everything is coming to me at once as a storm and it can be quite overwhelming sometimes. First I started looking for what could actually wake up my interest outside of ballet and definetely considered going back to school to study pshycology.. which after trying was definetely not a good fit.. I didn't feel out of confort but I wasn't excited after all.. but after thinking and thinking I came to the conclusion that I was gonna try to move towards something related to my dance career but something I had extremely clear is that I did not want to be part of the artistic department of the dance world such as ballet master, director, or choreographer. Years ago I thought those were the only options but after working in a company for many years, I undertood that is not the case.
My take on the matter was to focus on the things that till this point have been interesting within the dance world such us, makeup, hair and following the today generation social media. But, I encounter a big issue.. skills reflected on paper meaning a degree on this departments to be able to work in the hair, makeup department of a ballet company so that's what it brought me right mere to this blog... a project I hope to grow with and that inspire me to tell my story and everything I experience in my life bust most importantly share it with all of you my readers.
I do still use my makeup skills to help fellow dancers an I do plan to get certified soon to go beyond on this artform, because something I know is that this city showed me that dancing is not my only skill and is all a matter of practice and initiative. After a long time testing the waters my significative other a former travel writer/blogger and I had a conversation about my potential to made myself a space on this community and it clicked. I travel the world already and that includes going to different restaurants, venues, hotels, etc... so that was already a start and we also realized that within my experiences in the dance, makeup world I could absolutely create content for all of you that could be helpful from places where to go or even the eyeliner that you could use.
And to wrap this up, my advice is never close your mind to posibilities and never put barriers to your imagination. 7 years ago I had in my mind only dance and I could not see past that fact.. "I was just a ballerina". Today I am thrilled to what is to come because I am excited to finally own this blog where I am able to express my self and tell you all what is going on in my surrandings around the world. Just follow your instincts and never say never. Find what excites you, what it makes you smile no matter what it is in countries like America, anything can become your job and be monetize so keep your eyes open and jump to the opportunity when you see it. A simple click or a simple conversation can completely change your life.
XOXO KEVIN GARCIA.
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