Decisions, Decisions.

Decisions, Decisions.

QUICK! You just got offered a gig and you need to take two days in a row off from work and you are in the middle of a financial deadline that is due on the final day of shooting…what should you do?? Oh, did I forget to mention that this role is for a featured walk-on you have been auditioning and trying to get for about 4 or 5 months!?

This happens all the time. Having to decide between the duality of your job and your craft. It is exhausting and stressful, no doubt about it. I mean, in general, you have to ask yourself if a two-day gig is worth you possibly losing your job with your decent salary. Or sometimes we are plagued with having to choose between one gig over the other. In the end, you have to decide what is best for you. I always tell myself that if I was given this one opportunity, then another one will come. And that applies to both jobs and your craft. And hey, it applies to the people you cherish as well. You may have to make decisions that in the end doesn’t benefit the both of you, but it’s what’s for the best.

One of the hardest talks I have ever had was the “Where is My Life is Going” talk.  And for someone like me who is extremely goal-oriented, it was different and difficult. It was with my mother and she has always stressed the importance of having a “Plan B”. And while I am sitting there practically getting reamed by her harsh approach, I am holding in my hands my professional resume. As I am looking down at my resume, I see my tears splash unto the paper. Here in my hands were ALL of my attempts of a Plan B. And I was tired of feeling guilty about them. I am proud of all the experience I have gathered and gained, but that is what life is about. You live and you learn. You learn that when one door closes, another one always opens. You just have to be ready when the knock comes.

© Keep Calm and Create On, Brittney Simone Harris