121. What I'm Grateful For & Lessons Learnt After 2 Years As A Freelance Entertainer

It's here! My reflections on what it's been like working as a freelance entertainer for the last 2 years. I broke this one down into things I'm grateful for and lessons learnt. And there were a lot more lessons learnt. Hope you enjoy it!What I'm Grateful For:I've paid all my bills for 2 years off the back of telling jokes and reading quiz questionsI've begun to get some response from the content I'm creatingI'm feeling more connected in my communitiesThe podcast has been a very good networking tool Second comedy special was received very well, nearly at 10k views.Lessons learnt:Success is not going to make you happyYou will be told "no" more times that you can count, get used to it.Therapy is worth the moneyIdle hands are the devil's playthingCrumbs make crumbcakeThe cavalry is not coming to save youYou can never predict what's going to happen, curve balls will constantly be coming your wayEven with a dream job, you're still going to have shitty daysWhen it's going well, it's never going as good as you think it is, and when it's going bad, it's never going as bad as you think it is."Bush was terrible for the world, but great for punk"--Increasingly uneasy about the American oligarchy's rapidly tightening grip on social media? Me too! Join the mailing list on Substack and together we'll escape the clutches of tyrany but you'll still be able to check out cool shows I have coming up and secret events available only to newsletter members.Ruddle me this now has a proper website! Visit www.ruddlemethis.com to check it out!Watch my full hour-long stand up special Panic! At The Buffet for FREE on YouTube here!I'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.Follow Taylor Online:YouTube, Tiktok, Instagram, or Facebook--Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!Follow me online!Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Tiktok | LinkTreeTickets for my 2026 tour Absolute Battler are now online at candocomedy.com/battler