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I've always had a plan, a method that I use to go about my business. I have created a set of rules, guidelines for myself. For the most part, they are pretty simple, pretty basic.Things like work as much as possible, write every day, over tip bartenders. No brainer stuff for the most part. As my career has played out and as I have gotten older, many of the rules have changed and quite a few have been added to the list. Rules like no drinking before the show, don't ask the audience questions, try something new every show have all been added along the way. Some rules get taken away. I used to stand in the middle of the stage and leave the mic in the stand, I now hold the mic and move around.
Many young comics have asked me for advice about how to advance their career. The first thing that I tell them and the first step is always to perform as much as possible until you can perform every night. Stage time is the only way to get better. Every night that you don't have a show is a night that you don't improve. I've become so adjusted to working every single night that on nights off I am often edgy and uncomfortable.
I've also always tried to remember that while this is a job, it is also a dream. I'm doing exactly what I want to do for a living. I try to not complain and to remember to enjoy it each night and every step of the way. Right now I'm on a very nice ship in Alaska in August, there really aren't many nicer places to be this time of year.
Two weeks ago, I spent five days in Amsterdam with my wife, Becky for her birthday. It was a real vacation. I don't take real vacations. I work, all of the time. My job is my vacation. Sometimes Becky comes with me while i am working, but I am still working. This was different. This was me not working.
Since I've gotten back to work I've had quite a few shows on ships and every single one of them has been great. I am really having a good time onstage and finding ways to work in new material and to give new life and energy to the older stuff. Turns out, taking a vacation actually helped me do my job better. I was wrong, two shows a night, every single night isn't necessarily the best way for me to work. I'm still going to keep a very full schedule, but I've decided that it might be good to walk away from it for a few days every couple of months.
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