Faith Elizabeth Instagram – It’s no secret that breaking into the film industry takes more than the magic 3 T’s drilled into us back in the day!! (tits, teeth & talent 😐)
I’d argue there’s a far superior T they missed- TENACITY.
Sadly there’s often sacrifices that have to be made, when tenaciously following your dreams. You sometimes have to decide wether to miss that Nativity play or miss that deadline.
Wether to bail out on a family BBQ or not attend a networking event- where your next investor could be waiting for you!
It can be so hard to know what is best. For your future. For your family. For your film.
I loved the analogy I once heard about juggling balls.
Bare with me haha.
I will paraphrase, hopefully not too badly, but basically they said in life we are juggling so many balls. Some of them are plastic and some of them are glass.
When glass ones fall, they shatter.
But the plastics bounce.
When things get overwhelming & you’re being pulled multiple ways- You have to look at what things are MOST important to you- your glass balls. Focus on not dropping them.
The day before my @thegrannydj pick up shoot, I still had many things on my prep list. This shoot meant a lot to me, as I’ve agonised over the last year about how to fix this project (after the initial shoot not going quite go to plan 🙈)
It also happened to be one of the busiest days in my calendar for family commitments. My daughter was carrying the flag in the Remembrance Parade (after walking for several years this was her first time being given this duty!)
I had also promised we’d see the film The Marvels my little Marvel obsessed girl obviously LOVED IT (especially the Flerkins 😂) & we were having a late family Bonfire night (which I had already asked them to delay as I was shooting my calendar over Nov 5th!).
It was an impossible decision to choose between these precious family events & doing the work that HAD to be done.
So I dropped my Sleep ball. Went to all the events. Had a wonderful time. Made memories. Then stayed up half the night getting the work done.
Thankfully it all went well. The tasks got finished.
The shoot went amazingly.
But it’s not easy. Not for any of us. ♥️ | Posted on 15/Nov/2023 23:01:07
