Thinking about volunteering for SXSW

SXSW is now looking for volunteers. And since I am leaving my job, I just might be available. The question is, do I do it?

Advantages:
* Get to see a bunch of free movies (though not as many as if I paid for a wristband)
* It sounds like I could have some choice in the sort of work I'd do--if I couldn't get work that sounded okay, I wouldn't have to commit

Disadvantages:
* Must work a minimum of 30 hours (though 6 of them are pre-event training)
* Who knows what else I might be up to by the middle of March?

Basically, doing that would take a whole week out of my schedule, would not pay anything, and would not help me find a good job.

I've really not been into committing to much of anything at all lately (but I attribute that to having all my energy sucked away by my job). My job won't be stealing my energy any more by then, but will I already have other plans by then?

I guess I should ask myself what my actual goals are for the next six years until my pension kicks in. A big part of me wants to just slide through on odd jobs. I once calculated I would need only 25 hours of minimum-wage work per week if I didn't mind spending down half my Roth IRA.

But a real job is the most efficient way to get a lot of money (especially if I can find one at UT).

Or do I want to be using this period to find myself? Or start my own business in something or other? Or otherwise get involved in something big? (Nooo! Run away!)

Maybe I won't be up for anything else big by mid-March after all.