It isn't normal to work at an arts organization where the artistic side of the ledger and the admin side are constantly at odds.
It isn't normal to have been around for a decade and still have as hard a time raising money in Year 10 as you did in Year 2.
It isn't normal to have people who have with you for years and yet aren't making a living wage.
It isn't normal to have a dysfunctional Board.
It isn't normal to have a dysfunctional Staff.
It isn't normal to sabotage your own efforts because you are afraid of what success might bring.
Those things happen. They all happen.
But that doesn't make then normal.
Some of the drama, chaos and pain you are going through as you pursue a career in the arts can be avoided.
Not all of it.
But certainly some of it.
The key is not accepting what appears to be normal.
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