If I don't I will be absolutely exhausted in the morning. But the thing is, I don't want to sleep yet. I want to keep working. I want to stay up all night until it is perfect. Not because I have to, but because I want to.
Let me update you. Up until this point I have had in the back of my mind that I want to go into broadcast journalism and be a report for a new station. A few days ago it hit me that maybe that is not what I want to do in life. It was a career that I had come across to combine two things. Acting/performing, which I love, and writing, which I'm good at. But the other day it hit me. I don't want to be a reporter. Sure it's fun now, but I'm not getting as much enjoyment out of it as I would like, so would I really be happy in 10 or 15 years down the road doing just that? Probably not. However, there is something that I do enjoy very much which I have only recently found a passion for within the last year. Producing.
I promised myself I would never be an actor because it's too risky of a business, and while producing isn't much better, it makes me ridiculously happy. Take tonight for example. Finding that script, I can't even begin to describe to you the excitement it brought me. It motivated me to start editing, and cutting, and making all sorts of little changes here and there until it is perfect. It will be perfect. It motivated me to work out casting bugs and find instrumental tracks. It sparked a fire in me. A fire that feels so warm and burns so bright.
Now back to where I was headed with this. I want to keep working until everything is perfect. Until every last details has been worked out and we are ready to jump into rehearsals. I'm so excited and it gives me the absolute best feeling in the world. A feeling that I never want to lose. This time last year, to get to this point was only a dream, and now a year later we are already moving onto a second phase. A second chapter of novel which has only just begun.
I can't wait to see what else will come of this. :)
And once I'm done with this project, I can't wait to move onto the next one. I do believe this is something that I could be happy doing for the rest of my life no matter how little it pays. Because in the end, what is money worth if you are not happy? Nothing.