Your Day Job Might Just Be Worth Keeping For A Bit Longer

Hey there!

Many of the talent that I coach want VO to be a side hustle, or in addition to the rest of their acting portfolio, or something they do for a bit of extra cash or personal satisfaction.

And then, I have clients that are looking to ditch their day job and make VO their main source of income.

Whatever works for you, go for it. But if you’re looking to make VO your sole income stream, think long and hard before taking the plunge and saying good bye to your role in the Starbucks universe.

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Hope this helps!

David

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hey there it’s David H Lawrence the 17th
and I have a lot of different types of
clients their approaches their goals the
way they’re going about things what they
want from a voiceover or an on-camera
performance career some people they just
kind of want it to be a side hustle they
want it to be the kind of thing where
they you know do it at night do it on
the weekends in addition to what they
normally do for a day job or other areas
of performance on camera on stage etc
and then there are some people who want
to make it their sole source of income
and they can’t wait to ditch their day
job and to those people whatever works
for you that’s fantastic I want you to
be happy and successful and satisfied
and safe and to that end for those of
you that want to get rid of the day job
you no longer want to be a part of the
the cog in the Starbucks machine or you
have an even bigger career where you’re
making a lot more money but you’re not
happy I want you to just be careful
about pulling the trigger a bit too
quickly on ditching that day job and I I
completely get the idea of I can’t take
this one more day I’m going to kill
myself if I have to sit here at this
desk I get that I completely get that
what I would say to you though is use
that to your advantage sort of twist
that a little bit and say look for every
every day that I delay the instant
gratification of not having this awful
day job that I’m trying to get out of
and I Bank some extra big cash or just
some extra cash at all is one less day
that I have to worry about financial
safety so I think some people want to
wear that badge as quickly as possible
of I gave up my day job I do this for a
living even when that living can become
a struggle because it’s a little early
in your journey so all I would ask you
to do and this is really short and sweet
is really examine your budget what your
plans are for the next year or two
how much work you’re actually getting
that you think you can reproduce in the
world of voiceover before you jump away
from something that’s going to support
you in that effort
and just know and relax into the idea
that you’re still on the path you’re
still working toward that but you want
to be sure you want to give yourself a
safety net
my buddy Killian says leap and the net
shall appear and what I would say to
that is that’s great you might also want
to have a net in your pocket that you
can throw open and catch yourself with I
don’t know if that actually works maybe
a parachute would be a better thing my
point is it’s really inspiring to say
that to say oh you know what just go for
it you’ll the risk alone will make you
successful it’ll make you do the right
thing and I get that I’ve done it myself
sometimes it’s been successful and
sometimes the net has had big holes in
it
all I want you to do is be safe I want
you to be happy I want you to be calm
and I want you to be worried about you
know how you’re gonna pay for your rent
we talked about this in another video
about having a war chest build your war
chest up just a little bit more than you
think maybe you need to you know you can
get away with it now but if you could do
it another week or two or a month maybe
that’s just that little extra added
cushion that will make the difference
when you go to make voiceover or any
other performing art that is filled with
rejection and what is salad days today
could be drought tomorrow you know give
yourself a little bit of um a little bit
of cushion okay tell me what you think
about that is it something you just
can’t wait to do and you’re just like
you’re gonna dismiss me out of hand
I’m getting out I’m getting out I’m
getting out today is it something you
went through tell me in the comments
below I’d love to know what you think
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wherever you are right now I’m David H
Lawrence the 17th and I thank you so
much for watching and I’ll talk to you
tomorrow

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