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I was thinking today..... I'm living my dream.
In that letter I told Subaru he had inspired me to follow my dream and that I was going to become a performer. I'm not on TV and I'm not famous (yet ~_^) but I'm getting paid to sing and act. I travel around Japan doing shows. I'm in a DVD for kids. Occasionally, I have auditions. And little by little more and more doors are opening for me.
When people ask me what I do I still hesitate before answering. For so long I've underestimated myself. I've thought: 'Oh, they're just shows for kids. And I still teach in school, etc....' But the fact is I'm getting paid to do what I like. If that's not living my dream then I don't know what is! Of course, it can always get better. My goal is to eventually make enough with my acting/voice work to give up teaching at schools all together. Which I might be able to do as early as March of next year depending on how things go. And there are more things I'd love to do, like perform on a big stage, do narration jobs and recordings, have a TV show on NHK, be featured in a magazine because of the work I'm doing, write a book........
I can always keep dreaming.
Thing is, all of that..... it'll happen if it happens and if not it won't. The point is I am a performer. I'm actually doing what I told Subaru I would! I'm lucky enough to do what I like and get paid for it!
I have my ups and downs, and things take their time, but I'm doing it. I've done it. I've built a life I'm happy with. Me.
And that's something to feel good about.
In that letter I told Subaru he had inspired me to follow my dream and that I was going to become a performer. I'm not on TV and I'm not famous (yet ~_^) but I'm getting paid to sing and act. I travel around Japan doing shows. I'm in a DVD for kids. Occasionally, I have auditions. And little by little more and more doors are opening for me.
When people ask me what I do I still hesitate before answering. For so long I've underestimated myself. I've thought: 'Oh, they're just shows for kids. And I still teach in school, etc....' But the fact is I'm getting paid to do what I like. If that's not living my dream then I don't know what is! Of course, it can always get better. My goal is to eventually make enough with my acting/voice work to give up teaching at schools all together. Which I might be able to do as early as March of next year depending on how things go. And there are more things I'd love to do, like perform on a big stage, do narration jobs and recordings, have a TV show on NHK, be featured in a magazine because of the work I'm doing, write a book........
I can always keep dreaming.
Thing is, all of that..... it'll happen if it happens and if not it won't. The point is I am a performer. I'm actually doing what I told Subaru I would! I'm lucky enough to do what I like and get paid for it!
I have my ups and downs, and things take their time, but I'm doing it. I've done it. I've built a life I'm happy with. Me.
And that's something to feel good about.