I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint” before. Meaning, it’s a long game and don’t expect quick results. Yeah well, first of all, I hate those people that say that. Second, I’m a very impatient person. I get frustrated when things don’t happen immediately.

And that’s to my detriment.

My brain is a weird, wonderful place. Come on in, pull up a neuron over on the corpus callosum and let me give you the 5 cent tour.

In my brain I know that good things come to those who wait (Heinz taught me that, thanks, TV) and looking back on my life, all the best things that have happened have come because I was patient or had waited. I didn’t meet my wife until I was 30. I mean, she wasn’t my wife right then, but I knew she would be. When I decided to propose, I sat up and said, today’s the day and went out got a ring and proposed that night. I guess that’s both a patient and impatient parts of me working together. Point is, I waited through many girls before I got the right one. I mean, MANY girls. (Just kidding, I was sort of a loser)

Like with my weight loss surgery. I have been fat the majority of my life since I discovered pizza and video games were more fun than sports and running. I finally decided to have gastric bypass surgery in 2021. That was April. I didn’t have the surgery itself until August. They had to run tests and bloodwork and insurance etc etc etc. I was super impatient. Even after surgery, I expected this magical weight loss thing to happen. It took a year to lose 100 pounds. Again, it’s a marathon not a sprint I was told many times.

When I want something to happen, I want it to happen RIGHT THEN. I’ve made the decision so why now do I have to wait? It went that way with voiceover. I decided back in 2012 that I needed a exit plan from my long time job at a veterinary surgery clinic. I starting coaching and boy I was rearing to go. I was told that with my skillset, I should be “making it” within a year. Yeah so it took me about 7 months to book my first gig on Voice123 after starting out. And to this day, I’m still not “making it”, but I keep trying. It’s a marathon and not a sprint. I’m finding that with voiceover the more you push it, the more it fights back against you. Like a mule. A stubborn ass mule.

How many times have you delivered an audition, and then constantly check your email to see if you booked it or not? You have to be patient. Most of the time, things move at a snail’s pace, until it doesn’t and the client needs that audio now now now! That’s the time I shine. I can deliver the audio supa fast and under pressure. But the majority of the time, it’s a hurry up and wait kind of thing. Marathon not a sprint.

Just recently I booked a job from a guy who I had started a relationship with well over a year ago. Sometimes it takes that long.

Just be patient as much as it sucks to do so. Things will happen eventually.