Faith Elizabeth Instagram – The HONEST truth- it doesn’t happen overnight 🥺
Anyone striving to make a living in a creative industry KNOWS the battle. ⚔️
Wether you’re a dancer flipping burgers between ballet shows 🩰, a potter spinning the wheel after your 9-5 or an actor pot washing to pay for Cannes 🧼 (that was legit me 6 years ago 👀) it’s the same struggle for us all.
Those bills gotta be paid. 💰 Then you need to invest in the courses to help you learn, the ever updating technology & dreaded social presence (which is becoming more & more essential in this modern era)- but life doesn’t stop churning because you need cash to fund the dream- your kid still needs new shoes & your car door handle might fall off (it might even happen 3 times) ((yes that’s me again 😂))
AND you still need to be a Mum, Sister, Daughter, Aunty, Friend- even someday a Wife 🥹
I have seen far too many people in the film biz painfully sacrificing everything in the hopes that they might “make it”- and forgetting to enjoy the magic of life along the way.
After all it’s the joy you find in the journey that really matters. 🙏🏼
Yes you can miss a few Christmas dinners, a few friends birthday parties, a few drinks out with the girls. 🥂
But if you miss them ALL- then what kind of tapestry of life are you even weaving?
After all, you can’t always stitch in the same colour. 🪡
We MUST learn to weave the threads of family time, friendship building, life experiences & filling the piggy bank around chasing what sets our soul on fire 🔥
And so, as I sit here writing this post in my breaks at this event today, wishing I’d already found a stable solution to these filler jobs (& wishing these filler jobs actually paid a decent check 🙄) I am reminded that
👉🏼 although some days it might feel like you’re loosing the battle 👈🏼 every thread has a purpose & together they are spinning something beautiful 🩷
#femalefilmmaker #femaleempowerment #actress #actor #jobbingactor #unfunkmylife | Posted on 25/Nov/2023 21:51:09
