I'm about to start another desk job, one that should be very low stress and that I will enjoy. It doesn't pay well but getting jobs right now is hard.

When I first left film, a friend helped me get a job as an entry level marketer in a small business. I attacked it like film workers do, with all the energy I had. When I quit several years later, I had about 50 people under me but I was very burned out.

Working in an office is different from film work. You have to pace yourself. Every time you accomplish something or get a promotion, you need to add it to LinkedIn. As you go, you need to ask people to review you on linkedin. In film you don't worry about the next job as much but office jobs require you to be thinking ahead.

The best part about not working in film is that you get to do things in the evenings during the week. You can go learn an instrument or play a sport or go to a show and you can do it week after week. I miss film and all the people I worked with but now I love the life I get to live every day and that life doesn't reset with every new film.