Hawthorne Press Tribune
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Da Vinci Connect Has the Best of Both Worlds
Ever wondered what the Da Vinci Connect TK-8 campus looks like? Check out this virtual tour that takes you through classrooms, outdoor spaces including the butterfly garden, chicken coop, and lunch area, to the front offices, and more! Da Vinci Connect TK-8 is now
enrolling. To learn more and apply, please go to: https://www.davincischools.org/enroll/enrollment-overview/ Da Vinci Connect is a free public school offering TK through 8th grade families a unique learning model that combines homeschool and on-campus instruction
using project-based and social emotional learning. Students spend 2 days per week of project-based learning on campus, and 3 days per week of homeschooling off-campus. Photo courtesy Da Vinci Schools.
Your Neighborhood Therapist
Dear Neighborhood Therapist,
I work at a small company. I have worked
there for over a decade, and the company
has been very good to me. As the years
have passed and the company has grown, I
have acquired increasing responsibilities of
which I’m very proud. This has added new
layers of anxiety to my life. I’m very proud
of the work I do, but it’s not a career that
I would have chosen. Like many people, I
moved to Los Angeles to become an actor.
I’ve had some success, and I believe that if
I dedicate myself to it full time, I may be
able to get to the next level. I have enough
savings to do this for a year or so, but I worry
that if it doesn’t work out, I may not get a
job this good again. But if I don’t try to do
it full-time, I may never get that chance. I
am afraid I’ll end up doing something that’s
“fine,” but don’t love it, and that I’ll always
have that nagging feeling that I might have
made it if I had given it a chance. I don’t
know what to do. Should I go for it, or should
I take the safe route and “not quit my day
job?” I am married, but I don’t have any
children. My spouse supports me completely
and whatever decision I make.
– Not Starving Artist, El Segundo
Dear Not Starving,
How does one pursue one’s art, or one’s
dreams, and still make a living? We don’t live
in a country that generally supports the arts
as a career except when it is commercially
successful. Unless your art makes money for
someone else - like in a big movie, or at a
major publishing house - it’s very difficult
to thrive on your art alone.
You can be an incredibly talented artist
who does all of the right things and never
gets that break. It happens every day that
someone completely deserving of being a
movie star gives up without ever getting
there, while someone with far less talent
happens to be in the right place at the right
time and their career takes off. I don’t mean
to suggest that there is no talent or skill or
hard work involved. But sometimes that’s
not enough. And other times you get lucky
and your career is set.
Nothing fuels anxiety like uncertainty, so
gather as much information as you can, and
then make a decision based on that information
- but understanding that if it doesn’t work
out, that doesn’t mean that trying wasn’t a
good decision. I find it both comforting and
scary that chance plays a much bigger role
in our lives than we tend to believe: sometimes
bad decisions work out just fine, and
good decisions don’t work out at all. What
is the worst-case scenario, and how likely
is that scenario? What is the most probable
outcome? How probable do you assess that
outcome to be? Are you able to work out a
possible “sabbatical” with your current job?
I suspect that the more light you shine on
the situation, the less anxiety you will feel.
For good measure, write down your thoughts
and decision-making processes. What was
important to you at the time? Did you take
on the risks with clear eyes about potential
downsides? If it doesn’t work out, you’ll be
able to refer back to what you wrote, and
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