Getting Enough Sleep
Sleep is soooooooooooo important. It is hard to get enough sleep when you are living in New York. Even if you get your 8 hours, you are literally running around from the moment you wake up to the time you get back to your home. For me, a typical day would start at 7am (the latest). I live out in Queens and I have to give myself enough time to be slow and travel to my first audition. Okay, so let’s get back to a general schedule so you can see my Mon - Fri lifestyle.
6:30 - 7 - wake up, get dressed, grab bags, and go
7 - 8:30 - travel to the city, pick up tea at starbucks, sign-up for auditions, travel to workstudy
8:30 - 9:30 - do workstudy (easy office work) for voice lessons
9:30am - 3:30/4pm - auditions
4pm - 9/10pm - survivor job - catering/babysitting/teaching
That is a typical weekday for me. It is busy and I am still getting used to it. Is there any way to really change it? Not really. If I want to make money yet have my days free for auditions (my whole reason for being here in the first place), then that is what I learned is the best schedule for my goals. Obviously, on some days, I may have a voice lesson in the middle of my audition day … or something else that helps me move forward in my career.
So, do I get enough sleep. Technically, yes, but in the middle of the day, I could really use a nap, but I have no where to sleep unless I want to be like a homeless person.
