“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Did you know?!
Many places have an artist’s discount, but don’t advertise it on their site. Any time you’re buying something big or taking a class, it never hurts to ask if they have a discount for artists.
Here’s some places I love that give a discount to artists in Chicago:
And I need to preface, I am seriously not a complainer. On the contrary, I’m super positive. But this summer has been really challenging. Thankfully I have spent the last year and a half, working an acting method that has been helping me be a real human. So between that, Brené Brown, and past talk therapy, I feel like I have some tools.
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My friend Darci calls me a ninja when it comes to getting a discount. Really, I’m just not afraid of looking “cheap,” and I want to save as much money as possible. She told me to write a how-to blog. Here are some of my best ninja-saving tips:
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“These two threads that run through our life—one pulling us into the world to achieve and make things happen, the other pulling us back from the world to nourish and replenish ourselves—can seem at odds, but in fact they reinforce each other.”
― Arianna Huffington
A couple of months ago, I felt like I had a day from Hell on set! The director barely gave me the time of day. I wasn’t able to get my lines out in the time and space that he wanted. He wasn’t talking directly to me, but to me through others.
Other actors on set were joking with me, hugging me, letting me know it was all good. The crew was doing what they could to help me.
But, I still left defeated.
I cried to friends on the way home. They met me with chocolate cake and wine in hand. They told me, “Everything would be okay. I would get asked back to set. It probably wasn’t as bad as I thought it was.” They were telling me everything that I would tell any one of my friends in the same situation.
I had a sadness hangover the next day. I don’t know if it was from the sugar or the crying, but I felt sick.
Have you ever had a day like that?
When it comes to days like that, there are both physical and mental things I do to help get through it.
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