When it rains, it pours.

When today started, I had one audition booked for next week. The kind that I just scheduled, not submitted for. Now I have three auditions booked for next week. With two on the same day. And I got them from submitting. And now I'm all panicked and agitated.

I don't consider auditioning to be my strong suit. And very, very rarely do I find it fun. I need to get over all this, I realize. But I wasn't expecting to have to do it all next week. And one totally threw me off since I submitted to them in, I don't know, October maybe?

I am, of course, prepared for none of it. Which is my own fault, without a doubt. I think I know what I am going to do for each one, so we're a step ahead of last time already. But I would hardly say the plan has formed beyond that.

But, of course, I've already thought about what would happen if I got each of them. Or any of them. Jumping the gun, I know. I can only do one of the three projects (if I'm fortunate enough to land any of them) because they're all theatre and they all interfere with one another. As luck would have it, too, it then becomes a matter of prioritizing: one is a good career move (I think), another is a good financial move, and the third is a consolation prize but would definitely make me a better actress.

Nothing happening in your career is frustrating. But something happening in your career could be just as challenging...

Getting an audition is just the beginning of the battle. If you're fortunate enough to get a foot in the door, what do you do next? This is what I'm still learning. And I will let you know what I figure out.