It’s all about perspective…and soup
Today is a day of renewed perspectives.
I found out this morning someone I know passed away this weekend. He was more an acquaintance than a friend; a good friend of friends that I knew and liked and saw in the circles we both circulated in fairly often. It’s really sad. He was only a couple of years older than I am. I guess in a way it reinforced this sense in me that I need to start living the life I want. Life is too short to spend it being unhappy.
I firmly believe that the world gives back to you what you put into it, and I will be honest when I say that since my mother has been sick I have really lost a lot of my sense of self. The whole experience really crushed me, and while my mom has been slowly recovering, I don’t know that I really have…until now.
I feel like, actually quite suddenly, I’m feeling a lot more like me. Maybe all it took was the permission, figuratively of course, to let go of all that anxiety and start focusing on all the good things in my life, as opposed to walking through every day with this overwhelming feeling of dread. I was putting out some seriously depressing mojo these last few months!
Things are changing though. I’ve decided to be pleasantly selfish and spend more time focusing on me, my needs, and what I want. One of those things is to get back to my roots, back to the stage/screen. Which is why it’s so exciting that I have an audition tomorrow!
Now, I won’t get into the probabilities of me getting the spot as opposed to not getting the spot, I’m just really excited that I have an audition. It’s my first audition in a while, once, not so long ago that was as normal a part of my life as breathing now it’s something to celebrate. It feels like my life is coming back to me. It feels good.
I made the executive decision to shake up my fitness routine tonight. Instead of going to my oh-so-centering yoga class tonight I hit up a spin class, I needed something energetic to get me going. Yoga always makes me sleepy.
Speaking of exercise we have a Rockin’ Body Giveaway Winner…Emily!
Emily was chosen at random with the Random Number Generator. Emily, expect an email from me asking for your mailing information.
Okay, now onto the food:
Breakfast
Smoothie with kefir, strawberries and peach slices
Snack
1/4 cup mixed nuts
Lunch
Banana, Greek yogurt, Granola
3 carrots sliced
Dinner
I came home from spin class and made one of my favorite soups
Kale & white bean soup with chicken sausage
Mmmm. Comfort.
Kim
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I’m glad you’re getting back to you! Getting back into performing on a regular basis after such a long break more has been wonderful for me! I’m so happy that you are persuing more of your dreams! Go get em!
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Glad to hear (read?) it. You need to look out for YOU now and then, too
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Good luck! Tht’s really exciting, and I’m sure your positive vibes will come back to you
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Congrats on getting an audition! Incidently, I also want to do some acting, but I have no idea where to begin or to go for auctions. Any advice? Thanks in advance!
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Kimberly Rae Miller Reply:
February 24th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Phil: I’m not sure where you live, so I don’t know what the community is like there. I tend to find auditions from three sources ActorsAccess.com, Backstage, and Playbill.com. I would say that Backstage and Playbill are NYC and LA based, but Actors Access has stuff all over the country. I would definitely suggest taking some acting classes, acting like most other professions is about who you know in many circumstances and meeting people through classes is a great way to build your network. I hope that helps. Good luck!
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This is a wonderful post, it reminds me of the intro to Mary Tyler Moore when she throws her hat up into the air.
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Thank you for your help! I’m definitely looking into it
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