Today’s Quote:
The Business of being an actor, whether you are employed or
not, is a full-time job. Serious
pursuit of your career demands diligence in developing your talents, looking
for jobs, being able to perform on cue, and packaging yourself correctly. It really requires a total
commitment. – How To Be a Working Actor by Mari Lyn Henry & Lynne Rogers
Today’s Song: A Real Hero (feat. Electric Youth) by
College
My Dreams: This
week is the start of some yearly goal setting. I’m doing something that lots of folks think is taboo. I’m going to tell you how much money I
want to make. Weird right? By August of this year (when my current
apt. lease is up) I want to make at least $25,000 through performance
work. These are big numbers for a
fresh actor, but, not impossible.
Besides, even if I get to half of this it’ll be more financial stability
than I have ever seen.
What did I do to get there?
Honestly, I dropped the ball a little this week. I had a car emergency that soaked up a
day and a half, but still: I
partied with a bunch of industry professionals at an annual party (yes it
counts), I put my website online (still under construction) check it out -
eriksiegling.com – give me your comments on the site. What’s good, what’s not… I had an audition yesterday that
went all right, and I finally got some balls and started calling up casting
agencies.
Ok, so technically I’m a few hours late getting this in for
my ‘weekly’ minimum update. Shame
on me! I’ll write two at least
this week to make up for it. Boy
do I have enough to talk about!
Tomorrow marks the start of something big. I’m going to be working from 9AM to
5PM! This isn’t at a bank, or a
market, nor is it at box manufacturing company (LOST reference). I am starting rehearsals, which will go
the next two and a half weeks, followed by an average eight show per week run
that goes from now through the middle of April!
Tomorrow marks the first day of my life that I am fully
supporting my lifestyle and all of my bills with my art. This is a giant piece of awesome pie
that many never even get to taste.
I am so grateful. And I
want to keep it that way.
I don’t get how one could ever want to have a job that makes
them literally HATE Monday. WHO
DOES THAT!? Why would you do that
to yourself? I think such a
sentiment is a big indicator of how soon you should quit your job and start
following your dreams. If I hated
Mondays because of my job, I’d quit … THIS Monday. If doing this ends up not working for you, don’t blame
me. Just try again.
I think the other thing that I’m grateful for this Monday is
that I have three weeks of that 9-5 work to get into a hard workin’
groove. Once the show gets
running, it’ll be tempting to call the daytime shows and the evening DJ gigs
good enough. But, I can’t imagine
how much more reachable my fiscal and acting skill-level goals will be if I
work a solid 8 hour day. I’m gonna
do it!
Unstoppable.
Tomorrow marks the day that I become UNSTOPPABLE!!!
I hope it’s that good of a Monday for you too.
loving it!!
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