I feel like I can put this here.
I took a month completely off from content creation, not just to work on a rebrand, but the truth is, I'm burned out. I know I haven't promoted well, but I have been streaming on and off for 4 years.
Part of the reason for inconsistency is my job. So many people come up to me and talk about how cool my job must be, because I work in radio. The truth is, while it's something I wanted to do as a child, it blows.
The pay is horrid (I'm making 12 dollars an hour, but I'm also working 12 hours a day, some of them off the clock.) It's also taken a HUGE toll on my mental health. This was something I legit was working on, until I was asked to take a pay cut, and lost my insurance. On top of that, the stress is a burden because although it's been addressed SEVERAL times by management, we have one person that works out of state that can't get his voice tracks in on time. So, this creates waiting, and I'm always worried about starting a project, because I don't want to stop when he turns in his tracks.
Then, there's the morning show I work on. I won't get in a long diatribe here, but let's just say our politics don't mix, and it causes me problems. I have been told privately that it's cost me jobs in other markets, just being associated with him.
It's not all doom and gloom, I enjoy 94% of what I do, the problems arise that I have been getting up at 3AM since my late 20s (I'll be 40 in July), and the schedule is just so draining. So, instead of just mindlessly complaining, I've decided to just look for another job, and leave radio. It breaks my heart a little, but I have to think of me. I'd like to actually have money in my account at the end of the month.
I took a month completely off from content creation, not just to work on a rebrand, but the truth is, I'm burned out. I know I haven't promoted well, but I have been streaming on and off for 4 years.
Part of the reason for inconsistency is my job. So many people come up to me and talk about how cool my job must be, because I work in radio. The truth is, while it's something I wanted to do as a child, it blows.
The pay is horrid (I'm making 12 dollars an hour, but I'm also working 12 hours a day, some of them off the clock.) It's also taken a HUGE toll on my mental health. This was something I legit was working on, until I was asked to take a pay cut, and lost my insurance. On top of that, the stress is a burden because although it's been addressed SEVERAL times by management, we have one person that works out of state that can't get his voice tracks in on time. So, this creates waiting, and I'm always worried about starting a project, because I don't want to stop when he turns in his tracks.
Then, there's the morning show I work on. I won't get in a long diatribe here, but let's just say our politics don't mix, and it causes me problems. I have been told privately that it's cost me jobs in other markets, just being associated with him.
It's not all doom and gloom, I enjoy 94% of what I do, the problems arise that I have been getting up at 3AM since my late 20s (I'll be 40 in July), and the schedule is just so draining. So, instead of just mindlessly complaining, I've decided to just look for another job, and leave radio. It breaks my heart a little, but I have to think of me. I'd like to actually have money in my account at the end of the month.
I feel like I can put this here.
I took a month completely off from content creation, not just to work on a rebrand, but the truth is, I'm burned out. I know I haven't promoted well, but I have been streaming on and off for 4 years.
Part of the reason for inconsistency is my job. So many people come up to me and talk about how cool my job must be, because I work in radio. The truth is, while it's something I wanted to do as a child, it blows.
The pay is horrid (I'm making 12 dollars an hour, but I'm also working 12 hours a day, some of them off the clock.) It's also taken a HUGE toll on my mental health. This was something I legit was working on, until I was asked to take a pay cut, and lost my insurance. On top of that, the stress is a burden because although it's been addressed SEVERAL times by management, we have one person that works out of state that can't get his voice tracks in on time. So, this creates waiting, and I'm always worried about starting a project, because I don't want to stop when he turns in his tracks.
Then, there's the morning show I work on. I won't get in a long diatribe here, but let's just say our politics don't mix, and it causes me problems. I have been told privately that it's cost me jobs in other markets, just being associated with him.
It's not all doom and gloom, I enjoy 94% of what I do, the problems arise that I have been getting up at 3AM since my late 20s (I'll be 40 in July), and the schedule is just so draining. So, instead of just mindlessly complaining, I've decided to just look for another job, and leave radio. It breaks my heart a little, but I have to think of me. I'd like to actually have money in my account at the end of the month.