Auditions - 0

No auditions this month, and on reflection that's probably been a good thing. As my agent's have shut down shop for the holidays, it's given me some room to breathe.

As it is every year, December is deceptively busy. For some reason I thought taking on a play, doing as many shifts as possible at the day-job, and preparing for a big family Christmas would all be managable. I walk around with a constant feeling that I'm forgetting something very important, which doesn't help when combined with the list of things I know I haven't done.

We are still rehearsing the January play every Sunday. I know we've only had two rehersals so far, but already I feel behind. I'm one of those people who likes to be off book before I feel like I can actually work on my acting, and I've had literally no time to work on line learning. I'm fairly good at learning lines, so I'm relying on that for now, but I know I still have a lot of work to do.

Christmas is always busy at the day-job, and I've gone from a few months of next-to-no shifts (I made £250 in August), to working up to six days a week. I'd like to say "I'm not complaining," but I know I am. I'm sure it'll make my bank balance very happy, but it's caused nothing but strife in terms of planning. I realised today that I've basically scheduled myself out of my last opportunity for in-person Christmas shopping. I'm going to need to be very crafty with my online shopping the next few days.

The next post I make will be my Year in Review, where I go through and break down all the auditions I had this year, and how I plan to move into 2026. As you can tell, I have bigger fish to fry at the moment, but it's a post I've been looking forward to making all year, and I'm determined to get it out before New Years. (No promises)