Year One. Nearly Done.

It's been one year. One year since I left school, said goodbye to a regular 9-5 job offer and embarked to the world of acting. One year since I left my little local youth talent agency and signed with a much larger LA talent agency. Almost one year since I signed with my manager.

What a year. It was the year I finally moved out of my family's home and moved to a big city on my own. It was the year I got my first grown up full time job. It was the year I learned the realities of this show business. I got rejected more times than I could ever care to count, I booked several wonderful projects I was honored to work on, and I learned so much about myself.

Year two begins now (technically at the beginning of August). I am wiser, smarter and just one tiny year older. Things haven't worked out as ideally as I would like, but I'm still in a place I'm comfortable with for now.

So new plan for this year: I'm going to regroup and study. I think I'm ok if I don't have any auditions for awhile, as I just want to focus on learning and growing and not being so "green" (the terribly annoying phrase I keep hearing). I'm going to study my butt off, polish myself for a few months, then attempt to come back with a vengeance in a few months.

I'm excited for the future, though it isn't the step forward I was hoping for. I'm still convinced I was called to come out to LA, though for what reason, I am still unsure of. I don't know anything at all actually - where I'll be in a year, what I'll be pursuing, who I'll be with, when this will happen, but I know my God has a plan and a purpose and He will guide me to wherever He sees fit.