My Future Goals

I figured it was probably good to figure out my life.

I've often heard that it's a really good idea to write down your goals, so that way you have something holding you to them. I realized that I've never actually gotten down on paper the goals that I have for myself in my industry and for my future. I'm also writing this down in several other places so that I have it to always focus on and remember, so hopefully I'll have some sort of cohesive guideline for how my life is going to go. I'm also including the goals that I can into the semester with, so I can report to myself on how I did and hopefully have this to look back on it I ever get down on myself, which happens far more than I wish it would.

My first goal for my life was to make the Classical Acting BFA program. Fortunately, I can now confirm that I managed to succeed in this one. Looking forward to this school year, my first year in this school, I wanted to establish my place and my ability in this program. Unfortunately this industry is extremely judgmental and cliquish, and the program here at the school doesn't seem, as of yet, to be much different. So attaining the BFA was incredibly important for two reasons: the first is for the incredible training and connections that I'll work through and for, and the second is establishing my place at the school and in this program, as much for me as anyone else.

The second goal I came into the program with was to grow as an actor and a human being, and honestly this is a goal that I'll continue with for the rest of my life. And I can state that I've gotten a decent start on this one. This is the goal that voice and diction helped the most with, because it helped my figure out the connection that I've been missing between my voice, body, emotions, and performance. Learning to control my breath and how to correctly study text has been so incredibly helpful in my growth and understanding as an actor.

The goal that I have for the immediate future is to work at USF in some way. This will be a daunting challenge, as my next opportunity will come after being in another country for two years and speaking another language with no acting practice whatsoever. But it wouldn't be a decent goal if it didn't seem impossible for a while. I've loved the shakespeare festival for as long as I can remember, and the chance to do the work I love at a place I cherish seems like the absolute best thing that I could ever achieve.

My final goal is simply to be a good person. My experiences with the theater world haven't given me a ton of confidence as to the moral integrity of this industry, and I just want to maintain who I am and what I believe in throughout my work in the future