I was just happy to have a job and to get health benefits. I never realized the space that I held at this publication. You do what needs to be done and you don’t complain – because I don’t have that right in their eyes or in mine for that matter. Or if it required me to do my work at Sundance and then rush back to the cabin to do live coverage of the Screen Actors Guild awards. Or if it required me to pull over to the side of the road to file a story. Even if it required me to take my laptop to a family Christmas party and sit in the corner while the rest of my family participated in normal holiday family behavior. I would say yes to everything I was asked to do - no matter what. Then again, Hollywood is a cult in its own way. It was taught by example from those who have been at the publication. There’s a mentality of “be first, be best” no matter what. If you don’t do it, you’re not a team player. As a journalist – especially at a major entertainment publication in Los Angeles – there is an unspoken rule to be on-call 24/7 just in case breaking news happens or a “fire needs to be put out”. In fact, that’s what I did in my last job for nearly four years. I would normally continue to work through the holidays. With the holidays upon us, the need to be “online” all becomes less and less towards the end of the year. Also, now’s a better time than any to take a break. Here’s the long and the short of it: I’m taking a holiday break – and that’s a big deal.įor one, I think I deserve a break… which is something we seldom tell ourselves especially in an industry like Hollywood that demands our attention 24/7 – but we’ll get to that later. It has since become a saying that will be recognized by diehard fans of the show – and a mantra that I have been trying to practice as of late. The therapist tells Whitely to say and practice the mantra: “relax, relate, release!” in order to manage her stress. Fiancée What?)” where the bad and boujee pioneer Whitley Gilbert (played by the iconic Jasmine Guy) goes to a therapist (the legendary Debbie Allen) to help navigate her conflicting feelings when it comes to her ex and her current boyfriend Dwayne Wayne. I recently watched the classic episode of A Different World titled “Ex-Communication (a.k.a.
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