13290: I Ain’t Here For A Long Time, I’m Here For A Good Time

Raw transcript:

I’ve been going to these weekly mixers
uh put on by uh an organization that
sits
six strangers
at a dinner table together. And it just
so happened that at last night’s mixer
uh I reconnected with a voice talent
that I met uh over a decade ago here in
Los Angeles. And she said something that
just made me so happy. So happy. I want
to share it with you in this episode of
the VO Heroes podcast.
So, the phrase that she shared
reminded me of what an awesome life I’ve
had. I’ve chosen. I’m in. I’m enjoying.
I ain’t here for a long time. I’m here
for a good time.
And I was just like, whoa, wait, say
that again. Repeat that one more time.
Because sometimes we get so wrapped up
in the pressures and the challenges and
the speed bumps in this life that we’ve
all decided to pursue the performance
life, acting, voice over, writing,
whatever it is. You know, there’s no
there’s no guarantees.
There are no uh planned routes that
everybody has been following
consistently forever.
It’s not like a typical uh bluecollar or
white collar job pursuit where if you
just do this then this happens then this
then this happens. It’s very random but
it’s so fun. And sometimes when we’re
faced with those challenges and we have
to figure out how to overcome them, that
takes over the share of our mind that is
outsized.
And it’s good to remind ourselves
sometimes just how joyous this life can
be. Remember those moments when you nail
an audition, when you meet somebody who
really loves what you do, when you book
something, when you get a call back or a
pin or an on hold. Um those moments when
the joy is in the forefront and the
challenges kind of recede.
Just remember that. Remember that
not everybody gets to do what we do.
Not everybody has developed the skills
that we’ve developed. And if we’ve
developed them really well,
you know, we kind of fool people as to
making it look so easy that anybody can
do it. We know that they can’t. So my
question for you is, how do you remind
yourself that you ain’t here for a long
time, you’re here for a good time. What
do you do to keep that
uh available to you in terms of your
feelings painting pot? You know, let me
know in the comments below over on
vioheres.com. If you’re here on this
page and you’re watching the video here,
great. Um, scroll down the comments
below. if you’re listening uh on a
podcast app or on one of the other
sites. Go over to vioheres.com,
hit the uh the podcast area and just let
me know how do you remind yourself uh to
have that good time and to remember what
a joy it is to be who we are, right? Hit
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with another actor who might be a little
grizzled at this point, a little chippy,
and needs to be reminded as to how good
this life can be. I’d be thrilled if you
did that. I’m David H. Lawrence the
17th. I thank you so much for watching
and for listening, and I will see you in
the next episode of the VO Heroes
podcast.

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