What does the term Letting Go really mean and how does it apply to our industry? I’m sure you’ve heard this term in your journey as a voice actor/actor? What it really means is stop trying and just be. This all sounds so easy doesn’t it, yet we seem to have to educate to learn this trait but it’s really just giving ourselves permission to be who we really are.
I think this goes for our personal life as well. Ok, I’m just going to lay it all out there…. my good, bad and even some of my ugly. I tend to be the type of personality that tries’ too hard. I love to impress people. This can be positive and negative. I am a bit of a perfectionist (even though there is no such thing as perfect) so my need to impress is great when I’m cooking, crafting or doing things and in fact helps me a great deal with clients, acting, coaching, directing and running a business or two. The negative however is when I’m trying too hard to get someone to like me or value me. As a teen I knew this feeling all to well, I just didn’t realize how much I was pushing people away by trying too hard to make them like me. I tend to slip still now and then, but I’m much more aware and more confident in who I am so don’t feel as much of a need to impress people, instead I try much harder to be myself…except I still talk too fast at first LOL.
