This Post Life – It’s About Following Your Life’s Passion But That Just May Be The Hardest Thing You’ll Ever Do.
This is from the About page of the This Post Life Facebook Group, updated March 1, 2021.
This Post Life is a community about transitioning to your life’s passion and why it may be the hardest thing you’ll ever do in your life. Stories from people in film and TV post production and from life in general.
Join this group if you’re in Post Production and/or are thinking about making a creative change in your life and would like to contribute to the narrative or are just interested in following along.
Follow our journey from “Day Jobs” to Dream Jobs in the TV and Film business.
Who I am:
Eric Francis Harnden – For 14+ years I worked in a data center. But in 2008 I discovered what I wanted to make my career. Since then, I’ve been faithfully studying and in 2018 made the decision to spread my wings and pursue my passion in post production. But while doing that, in 2019, I was suddenly dropped from my “steady” job. And the pressure was on….
There were various small jobs that “got me through”. Then 2020 and the pandemic (which is still going on and affecting many).
Out of nowhere though, in October 2020, I got my first longer than a couple weeks or a month gig, an assistant editor position for a reality show that would go about four months! Starting out in an office but then being able to work from home/remotely. Life was going great. Then something happened that would change my life forever and almost take it in the process.
January 10, 2021, I suffered a heart attack and 5 days later had a quadruple bypass open-heart surgery (and I still had time left on the show I was on….).
While this was bad enough, a month into my recovery I had a bad reaction to one of the medicines I was on and was rushed back to the ER. This was compounded in urgency, as it turned out one of the other patients in one of the many rooms I was in in the hospital tested positive for Covid. So under the cloud of possible death for a third time already in 2021, I am striving to continue to A) not only survive but B) still try to transition completely to my career of choice.
March 1, 2021 – I am back home and updating this description. One of my goals in life is to help people and especially to help them do what they want as a career, and especially those who are looking to pursue a creative career.
Since my passion is in post production, especially editing, I am going to concentrate on that journey more.
I want to share that journey and hopefully inspire others to follow their dreams.
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