When I wake up at 3am worrying about where Iβm at in my acting and i'm thinking about stuff like:
the fact I haven't booked something in months
or my peers getting jobs when I have barely had a self tape
or more genrally feeling like my time is running out.
I often think about the following:
I am 36.
I have been acting professionally for about 18 years.
I respect and admire Anthony Hopkins, heβs still having a great time at 88.
All things going well, I have 52 years left of being an actor.
I have 74% of my βcareerβ in front of me.
When I think about this, that little voice of anxiety settles and refocuses.
I go from thinking I have run out of time, to having lots of it.
Like realising it's Saturday when you thought it was a Sunday.
You get your weekend back.
You get your time back.
Then it becomes about what shall you do with the time you have now.
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Almost nobody wants to hear the real answer to the question of how to spend more of your finite time doing things that
matter to you⦠The answer is: you just do them.
β Oliver Burkeman
Here's how to figure out yours:
THE HOW-MUCH-TIME-DO-I-HAVE-LEFT EQUATION
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= ( Years Left Γ· ( Years Left + Years Done ) ) Γ 100
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Years Left = (antony hopkins - your current age)
Years Done = (your age - age you started)
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My Maths
Years Left = (88 β 36) = 52
Years Done = (36 β 18 )= 18
( 52 Γ· ( 52 + 18 ) ) Γ 100 = 74%
Now go do the fkn thing.
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You have more time than you think.
See you next week,
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