Choose the Life You Want
As an actor life can be tough. We are constantly in a state of flux, either really high or really low. We are under pressure and scrutiny by others, in most cases by people we don't even know. We are judged on our appearance and somehow usually made to feel like we are never good enough.
But if you are like me, utterly dedicated and in love with acting, it is totally worth it to go through all of that in order to do what I love; act. I have always said, as have many others, that if you can find something else that you are passionate about, something that makes you feel "full" like acting does, then pursue that in life. Acting as a career is challenging to say the least, and I would certainly not be pursuing it as a career if there was something else that made me as happy.
With all this being said, I would also like to mention that regardless of every external factor we can still choose to be happy. If I was to dictate my happiness, like so many do, on the amount of acting jobs I was getting or how great everything was all the time, I would be on an endless roller coaster ride. Instead I have the choice to decide how I want to see the world and decide how happy I want to be.
Things in our external environment are not always going to be as great as we might hope, in fact there will be times where things can get down right shitty. But if I wake up every morning knowing that I can control my reactions to these things then it doesn't matter how bad things get. Of course there will be times when I will give into my reactions and allow myself to be low, there are certain events that would require no less... but if I can pick myself up at the end of that and continue on then there is no option but for me to succeed.
In life like attracts like. I notice every time I decide to be happy, regardless of how many jobs I am booking (or for the last year not booking) a whole slew of positivity gets directed back at me. I find myself smiling more and living life to its fullest in each moment. I control what I can and let the Universe figure out the rest. The amazing part is that if we stop over analyzing every small detail and just have the faith that things will turn out the way they are supposed to magically things will just start falling into place, and in a way that we could never have imagined.
My time will come for an abundance of acting success and that will be a great moment in my life, but I can still be happy in the meantime. I can still find the joy in my everyday "normal" life. I choose to be happy and I encourage you to do the same.
But if you are like me, utterly dedicated and in love with acting, it is totally worth it to go through all of that in order to do what I love; act. I have always said, as have many others, that if you can find something else that you are passionate about, something that makes you feel "full" like acting does, then pursue that in life. Acting as a career is challenging to say the least, and I would certainly not be pursuing it as a career if there was something else that made me as happy.
With all this being said, I would also like to mention that regardless of every external factor we can still choose to be happy. If I was to dictate my happiness, like so many do, on the amount of acting jobs I was getting or how great everything was all the time, I would be on an endless roller coaster ride. Instead I have the choice to decide how I want to see the world and decide how happy I want to be.
Things in our external environment are not always going to be as great as we might hope, in fact there will be times where things can get down right shitty. But if I wake up every morning knowing that I can control my reactions to these things then it doesn't matter how bad things get. Of course there will be times when I will give into my reactions and allow myself to be low, there are certain events that would require no less... but if I can pick myself up at the end of that and continue on then there is no option but for me to succeed.
In life like attracts like. I notice every time I decide to be happy, regardless of how many jobs I am booking (or for the last year not booking) a whole slew of positivity gets directed back at me. I find myself smiling more and living life to its fullest in each moment. I control what I can and let the Universe figure out the rest. The amazing part is that if we stop over analyzing every small detail and just have the faith that things will turn out the way they are supposed to magically things will just start falling into place, and in a way that we could never have imagined.
My time will come for an abundance of acting success and that will be a great moment in my life, but I can still be happy in the meantime. I can still find the joy in my everyday "normal" life. I choose to be happy and I encourage you to do the same.
posted by Alissa Christensen | 8:01 AM
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