Starring Jennifer C. Burke, As Herself

These last two months I’ve been watching the entire six seasons of Sex and the City episodes from my NetFlix queue. I’m fascinated that a writer can write one column a week, live in her own apartment in New York City, and afford all those designer shoes, clothes, friends, restaurants, and night-clubs. (Yes, I know it’s fictional.) But I do think the writing is great. Simply fantastic. In my dream world, I’m a writer living in New York City writing for a smash hit series TV show by day, collecting a signature wardrobe and a small fortune worth of shoes, and being smitten by hunky investment bankers by night.

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My life. Significantly less dramatic. Significantly less fashionable. Significantly less interesting. Significantly less everything. I’m pleased actually. It’s taken me a long time to arrive here in this relatively undramatic, calm, inviting place. And, I’m enjoying it.

I haven’t been writing on my blog lately because I’ve been busy. I have a new job–granted it’s only a three month contract, but it’s a good start. I’ve made some decisions about where I want to go in my life and I’m making huge efforts to get there–and that’s exhilarating and exhausting all at once. But, I finally realized my priorities–and once I did that, it seems easy to make decisions.

I realized that I made some people in my life bigger than they are. I was waiting for them to make decisions–so I could make my own. That’s me–or was me. Accommodating. Directionless. Slightly delusional. Thinking that I actually was important. A week after my birthday–I had an epiphany–or as other people might call it: a-slap-in-the-belly-with-a-cold-wet-fish. Basically though, I realized that I was waiting for other people to do things that they just weren’t going to do. And given my track record, I was going to be waiting for a long time. As I watched these back-to-back episodes of this revolutionary TV series, I couldn’t help but wonder– if I am holding on, what am I holding on to?

Now, I’ve decided my life is a script. I’m the main writer, producer, director, production coordinator. I am even my own assistant production coordinator! Basically, I’m finally the one calling the shots. And my script can be dramatic, comedic, classic,…what the hell! It can be whatever I want it to be–as long as it’s starring Jennifer C. Burke, as herself.