I will write about my audition and music video shoot. First, I want to tell you about my day before all that happened.
I woke up with a stuffy nose. I wasn’t sick (because the rest of me didn’t feel sick), but I must have been having an allergy attack. I took my allergy meds and a decongestant and headed off to work.
I had to open at work yesterday because my boss had somewhere else he had to be in the morning. I got there at 9am, but really didn’t feel like I should be at work.
I wanted to make sure I felt as close to 100% before both my audition and shoot, so I ended up texting my boss after 2 hours and asked if I could leave. Since there were other people there, he said ok.
I went home, and focused on me. I wanted to work on my lines for my audition. Between all my crazy work days, I didn’t have as much time to prepare as I would have liked. This audition has the potential to change my life, and I wanted to take it as seriously as it deserved.
Also, I knew that I’d be spending a late night filming at the shoot and wanted to make sure I was rested for that.
So after I texted my boss to let him know I was leaving early, I texted him to say that I might take Thursday off.
It seemed like a risky thing to do, but I know my boss would understand. I really need to focus putting me ahead of other people/things when I start to feel run down.
I’m not too good at doing that, so I’m proud that I did it this time.
As soon as I got home from work yesterday, I spent 3 hours doing research on the team working on the pilot as well as working on my lines.
I was able to leave for the audition feeling prepared and positive, which I know would not have happened if I left straight from work.
Yes, I’m losing money at my day job because of this, but to me, this is worth it.
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