Transitional Plans

As you may know, my wife is a few months away from finishing Medical School (which is, in and of itself, a stunning victory for Medicine!) Coming up in March is the dreaded, revered Match Day, the day of reckoning for med students across the country, when they find out where they will go for residency.

My wife, who is wonderful, stacked the deck: her top five residency choices are all in the greater Los Angeles area. So, at this point, I'm feeling fairly confident that we'll be moving out to LA in June.

I realized not too long ago that this doesn't leave me with very much time. The next three months or so are all that's left between me and the opportunity of a lifetime to work in the heart of the cinematic world. I've got to update my resume, prepare a demo reel, research who's hiring, talk to people I know, get introduced to people I don't know, etc. etc. etc. My website, of course, is in dire need of serious overhaul, too.

I have a lot to accomplish in the months ahead, and I haven't really begun to outline it all. Once I do, I hope to lay out my plan here, to make it 'official', and to give you all a chance to keep me on track.

But today, I took the first step. I put in my notice at Starbucks. I've worked as a Barista for over three years, and I'm really grateful for the opportunity. I've met some fantastic people along the way, some of whom have become my friends, collaborators, supporters and fans. But I'm resolutely closing that chapter on March 18th of this year, to give myself full blocks of uninterrupted time to devote to the big transition ahead.

This gives me my first hint of a task-list: I've got to figure out my task-list, my 'assignments' for the final stretch in Baltimore, before March 18. I'm very eager to get started!

-Arnon