I feel like my brain just exploded and a whole world of possibilities just opened up for me🤯 I've been in a really sticky mental place lately. I'm slacking off in classes, I make excuses for not doing work, and I feel unmotivated overall. We had a discussion about core values today in class and while I could pinpoint important values in my life, such as self-respect, I couldn't say with 100% certainty that I committed to them everyday. Later tonight I taught my first dance class and struggled to even gain the respect of this group of 15 year olds. Which got me thinking: do I really respect myself as a performer? I tend to consider all the obstacles and achievements from my life as 'worthless', I feel embarrassed as to where I am right now in my journey, and disappointed for the times in the past I didn't fight for myself. I retreated back into my old habits as 'punishment' and lost the confidence I worked so hard to gain. But by not working hard now, I'm not respecting myself, which means I'm letting my future self down. I'm setting a strong goal for myself this week to respect myself and everything in my path right now. I started writing out my affirmations and I really feel the sun starting to creep through the clouds now. Excited to update you all next week☀️

I mentioned on call tonight about a few of the silly ways I trick my brain into mindfulness and gratitude. First is my bingo card for the year, I have a professional and a personal one. Some of the spaces are more of a reach than others but it's fun to see if I can get a row. Second is my audition jar. For every submission I make, I put a pebble in the jar. If I get a callback or book, I add a different colour. Even if the initial submission is as far as I get, I still get the little win of another pebble.

While I'm on the tail end of vocal fatigue, I also want to take a moment to be incredibly gratefuland proud that I puppeteered for Moomba on Monday! I then had a wonderful meeting with a dear friend who is stepping into Producing and has offered to produce my cabaret for Melbourne Fringe 😭 AND to top of the week I had an awesome interaction at work and had a little girl draw me and crown me a queen, so I can essentially retire now. It's the monarch life for me 🫅

I wanted to come on here and celebrate some skill building! I've been taking tap for over a year, and am starting to do some more intermediate steps and did one today i never knew I'd be able to do!! slow progress is still progress, and I'm really proud of how far I've come in a year! truly a boost of the self confidence- keep at it yall!

Hey family, I just felt like sharing today a little of my creative journey. Since joining the hub, I have been really inspired in my creativity journey and there is a hope and fullness in my heart to keep going. I am currently working on a cabaret show with friends which will be performed later this year. We have been workshopping this for a few months and it is bringing me alive. I have enrolled and currently loving the Actors Scene Study class at Brave Studios where we dive deep into script analysis and film our scenes. Currently teaching a Broadway dance fitness class at Glow Dance in Fitzroy. (this definitely gives me life), I feel like I am performing every week in that class. Am also in the process of producing a show reel of my work and looking for an agent to represent me. For so long I gave this all away and I have no regrets, but a new passion and dedication to the craft has emerged and I feel alive again. Just enrolled for the 5-day challenge, and I literally cannot wait to dive in deep and get started. I would love to hear what everyone is working on currently, and how your creative journey is going.