The best laid plans

Those of you who know me, know that I generally have a plan. It sometimes doesn't make sense (vacations in Puerto Rico when I just quit my job) but I always seem to have a plan. And I generally stick to it. It must be the Capricorn in me, but I like structure, I like knowing what's going to happen.

But lately I've discovered that "plans" are good for providing a structure, but not so good for living your life. For instance, I want to be a writer. And being a writer in my mind did not include getting into stand up comedy or acting. It meant writing. But what turned out to be the best way to get discovered as a writer? BEING A PERFORMER! What? That wasn't part of my plan!

When I was in high school, my "plan" was that I would go to law school, get married, and then be the girl at the 10th year reunion who would drive up with her successful husband in a BMW and be the awe of all the cheerleaders and popular kids who dissed me in high school. The reality is that I didn't go to law school, I'm not married (yet) and I did not drive up in a luxury automobile. I DID impress the jerks and jocks though because of where my life has taken me in the past 10 years. And I can't imagine my life if my "plan" had happened? I wouldn't be living in New York, I wouldn't be able to jet off to Puerto Rico on a moments notice, and you wouldn't have a blog to read every morning. See, this is really all about you.

I'm just struck at how lucky I am to have a plan, but to also realize when it's time (and perfectly okay) to change that plan. I'm starting an acting class next month that will go through until December. It's something I would have never even considered getting involved with , but when I look at the careers of Zach "I want to be your baby's momma" Braff and Tina "I am going to get your job one day" Fey it shows me that good writing careers can be helped along by good acting careers. So who knows where this path will lead. I'm just really blessed to be on the path to begin with. Most people are still stuck at the information center, fumbling for maps and trying to figure out what path to take. Whereas I feel really lucky to already be out on the trail, walking along, anxious to see where that next bend in the road will take me.

Good luck on YOUR paths my friends. We'll return to our regularly scheduled comedy next week.