36. How to Balance Passions while Serving Active-Duty w/ Actress + Navy LT Arabia Shanklin

"If you are in the Navy you can't have any other passions OUTSIDE
the Navy"--do you want to know how many times I've heard this?
More than I can count. Is it true? Absolutely not. Serving
active-duty does NOT mean you need to sacrifice who you are and
all of your passions. You CAN do both, but you have to do so
strategically, delicately, and be very thorough when you do
so. 

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Arabia Shanklin, Navy
Lieutenant and Actress, who is an expert at balancing both her
service to country and professional acting career. We are digging
into our tips as to how you can, too, balance both your career in
service (or maybe your full time job in general!!) with your
outside passions. Grab your notebooks, we've got 10 tips for
you. 

LT Arabia Shanklin serves as an Human Resource Officer at Navy
Region Southwest and performs as a professional TV/Film Actress
in San Diego California. She graduated from USNA in 2013 with a
B.S. in Economics.


Arabia commissioned as a Surface Warfare Officer and served with
Sailors and Marines aboard USS SIMPSON (FFG 56), USS WHIDBEY
ISLAND (LSD 41), I Marine Expeditionary Force, and as the Flag
Aide for Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group THREE. Arabia has
deployed to the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Western Pacific, Indian
Ocean, and Arabian Gulf.


She has been featured in VOGUE Magazine as one of this
generation’s trailblazing black servicewomen and is highlighted
in the “Proudly She Served” traveling art exhibit honoring
military women who exemplify courage, strength, and selfless
service. Arabia recently won the 2020 “Best Actress of San Diego”
award by Black San Diego Magazine.


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