Dance Academy

I just finished watching Season 3 of Dance Academy for the second time. Though it’s definitely the weakest of the 3 seasons, it meant more to me this time. Just as I related to Andy in Toy Story 3 because I was also going off to college, I relate to the characters in Dance Academy who study for years and then don’t get a company contract. I’ve been in school for 16 years (not including Kindergarten). I came to NYC to go to college hoping that at the end of my four years I would have a job waiting for me in my area of study. How naive I was.

Maybe I need to be like Grace, working on myself, figuring out what I want in life. Maybe I need to be like Ben and be willing to move elsewhere to find employment. Maybe I need to be like Tara and take a break to develop my skills before diving back into the job search. Maybe I need to be like Kat and pursue employment in a different field altogether.

It is slowly dawning on me that I’m not going back to school. The days go by and I’m no closer to finding employment or meaning in my life. I stay up late, sleep in, barely eat, and when I do eat it’s icecream and coffee. I binge watch TV shows on Netflix and wear my pajamas all day. Every once in a while I’ll apply for a job or work on a creative project. But for the most part I’m drowning myself in TV shows so I don’t have to face the reality of my own life.