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New Years Resolutions

by Jenna Kantor

I don’t believe in New Years Resolutions. I believe in setting goals. Goals that move towards achieving your dream. I believe in writing ten goals per year. Then I write 10 realistic and possible baby steps for each goal that would make my movement forward possible. I have already written my goals for next year and I am super excited. Why? Because when I look at the goals I have written for last year, I have achieved so much. I learned so much. I have grown so much. It is not luck, it is the pursuit. Because I organized myself at the top of the year, I had a direction. For example, one of my biggest goals was to work regularly throughout the year in musical theatre. And look … I have been working regularly. In my baby steps towards this goal, I set out to audition as much as possible, submit myself to theatres regularly, and make sure I work and fully rehearse my audition materials. Well, I have been giving out my best and it feels fantastic! I love it!
To many people, writing out goals sounds like extra work. Honestly, it is such a great thing. Once writing the goals, keep them available so you can check in with yourself and see where you may have slightly changed your goal. You may not want to do just any musical theatre job and would like to make the choice of taking only leading roles. Who knows? But when you get that extra focus, it is impossible to not move forward.


Posted in General on December 28th, 2007

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