Most of us remember something about our first bits of art. A few leaves or twigs glued to a piece of paper…my first mixed media piece.

What’s in a word? A lot more than the simple surface level definition we tend to think of first. Words attempt to convey much more than…

I can do it. Four little words we use individually, I dare say, dozens of times a day uttered throughout our speech as we engage in conversation. Combined as ordered above, they become a mantra for today. At the same time, the phrase harkens back to our toddling days where we fought…

Oh, the English language with its rules and exceptions and history…it’s quite frightening.

I’ve always found learning and growing to be cyclical. You learn. You grow. And then you’re right back to learning. Learning and growing are so enmeshed…

If you’ve never had a cheerleader in your corner, maybe you’re not sure what one could do or why you’d even want one.

Try something new…That sounds scary. Who would want to do that? Well, maybe then, just mix it up a little. Again, that sounds scary. Who would want to do that? Quite possibly, someone who is stagnating where they are or someone who has lost motivation or someone who needs a fresh perspective or someone who actually really does thrive at new tasks even if they are scary at first.

That was me when I quit my day-job and went into Voice Acting full-time. It may have seemed cold-turkey to some, but I can assure you much planning and preparation took place. Hopefully I didn’t stay in the procrastilearning phase too long. Hopefully I jumped at just the right moment. Time will tell.

As I was preparing to go full-time as a voice actor/voice talent/voice over person/VoiceOver artist (now that’s a conversation for a later post), I took all my ideas, training up to that point and knowledge gained and made a ginormous list of everything I could think of. I called it my VO Major To-Do List. It took days for the first rough draft and then weeks spent tweaking on it. I went through each item carefully to make certain it needed to be on the list. Then I started numbering each item based on when that particular item might need to happen. For example, purchasing a room treatment like acoustic foam might need to come before doing an audition. Some items were all grouped together with a single number because I knew I’d do those things together at a similar time, if not, the exact same time.

Going back to my opening sentence, “Try something new…,” at the top of this post, I can say in all certainty that two years ago, I had never heard of 95% of the things on my VO Major To-Do List. Never even heard of them. Not, didn’t know they worked. But, never heard of them. That would make them new to me. And, no secret here, but I am having the best time. I’ve learned so much! I have so many more skills in my life toolbox now. I know how to connect my microphone, headphones, and computer to my interface. I know how to work my DAW. I know how to determine my noise floor. I can edit audio. I can produce and have produced an audiobook. I still have lots more to learn. And I can’t wait…