My thoughts are a bit scattered and long, so I numbered them, but this is what's on my mind:

I'm a hula hooper of 13 years. I'm starting massage school in a few weeks, and my hope is that because massage therapists generally work 15-30 hours a week as opposed to a traditional 40 hour a week career, I'd be able to support myself while performing professionally. The past three years I have done 9 hobby performances, taught four workshops, one of them at a festival that I also got paid to perform in, and a small paid role in a bigger show, while running a circus arts group for two of those years.

The Plan!

1. Get my massage license so I have a stable career.

2. After massage school I'll have money to afford aerial lessons (I want to combine aerial arts with hula hoops), get some fire hoops, more LED hoops, high-quality costume wardrobe, choregraph a list of really solid acts, get a promo video, etc. etc... I can't imagine paying for all of this with a performance job, I'd strongly prefer for that to come out of a more high paying income.

3. I'm super super lucky and have a minimum wage job with scholarship money, so I'm considering getting another BA in dance. I did a self-designed BA in Somatic Psychology already, and just graduated from that.

4. I would hope between a BA studying body awareness, another one in dance, aerial lessons, having hooped over half my life, and having a solid character and choreography put together that I could start applying places to perform professionally. What types of gigs would be realistic? Would I be able to get hired as both an onsite sports massage therapist for the performers and a performer for a traveling group? Maybe teaching circus arts at a school and doing local shows and not caring if it's professional or hobby since I'd already have 2 main sources of income. Any suggestions on what a realistic way would to have both careers are appreciated!