Allocating Your Ducks

Time, energy, effort, money, focus

Actors only have so many f*cks to give

So where does one allocate these precious resources?

Some possibilities:

Social media / marketing

Class / practice

Reading 

Researching

Networking 

Actor-Agent Relationship

Creating work 

Writing

Self Taping 

Auditioning

Job preparation

Working professionally

Etc etc

I spent years trying to give everything equal attention

That resulted in major burnout

The way I was doing things, It was simply unsustainable

And on top of that

I never really progressed

(Progression being a big influencer of fulfilment)

Which reminds of the saying

“Amateurs try do lots. Pros do less, and they do it better”

So, how can we do less, and at the same time, do it better?

The Pareto Principle states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes

So the question then becomes

Which 20% do I want to invest the majority of my resources toward?

In other words

Which 20% will give me 80% of the results?

Mmm curious

Out of all the areas of an acting career I could allocate my f*cks

If, gun to my head, I could only pick two?

Two clear, important areas to allocate the majority of my time, energy, effort, money, focus…

One - Creating an addictively fun self-tape process (where joy comes from the effort itself)

& Two - Showing up to class / practice once per week with great external accountability, no matter what. 

Forget motivation. Just book in the time, place & people. 

Everything else an actor does

Comes as a result of one thing

Contributing great work in between “action” and “cut”

Make progress in that one area

And everything else will flow

Hope this helps

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