BREAKS & RESETS

Thanksgiving was the first night I had off in over two weeks of playing shows in a bunch of cool cities. I loved most of my twenty sets but a few of them felt like work. I was able to try some new material and dust off some jokes I haven’t done in a while but, in the end, I definitely needed a day off. In addition to the shows, I had auditions, voice overs, radio appearances, promos, podcasts and, well, life to attend to. And due to the shows and travel schedule, I fell behind on a few things.

At the start of the year, my goals was to take more days off and focus on growing other areas of my career and, for the most part, I have done that but it still makes me nervous when I have 2 days off in a row from shows. I have gotten better at letting it happen, however and I know in the new year there will be times when I won’t be as busy as I have been fortunate enough to be in 2024.

The non-stop shows are great to keep the steady flow of jokes rolling, but without breaks, it starts to feel stale. For 2025, I will embrace the slow times or nights off and use them to live new experience that can perhaps lead to new material. Or just relax and reset #standup #reset #breaks #goals #formerlawyer