{"id":1925,"date":"2018-04-26T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:44:04","slug":"an-actor-s-guide-to-motivating-yourself-through-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/lifestyle-wellbeing\/an-actor-s-guide-to-motivating-yourself-through-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"An Actor\u2019s Guide to Motivating Yourself Through Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"BodyA\" align=\"center\">Katie Redford offers the advice you need to get through the inevitable uncertainty of the acting world&#8230;<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">Accept that you feel uncertain and give yourself credit for doing so. Trying to fight against it and worrying about things that haven\u2019t even happened yet won\u2019t make things any easier.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Katie Redford<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">For those of you who are reading this, who also happen to be pursuing an acting career, I\u2019m sure you\u2019d agree with me that it is a path full to the brim with uncertainty. Being told to just \u2018stay motivated\u2019 doesn\u2019t quite cut it. We could not have chosen a more uncertain industry to work in if we had tried. Firstly, the practical uncertainty; not knowing when you\u2019re next going to work, not knowing when you\u2019re next going to get paid, not even knowing if you can \u2018just book that week off\u2019 in May 2019 for your mate\u2019s 30th in Lanzarote. Then there\u2019s the mental uncertainty, which I\u2019d argue to be the worse of the two. Staying motivated whilst feeling uncertain is tough &#8211; brutally tough &#8211; so here are a few suggestions to hopefully help along the way.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"BodyA\">Start with acceptance<\/h4>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">Of course, you\u2019re going to feel uncertain; you\u2019re not made of stone. You\u2019re pursuing a path that requires very little stability and despite your talent and hard work, offers no guarantees of a successful career. So firstly, give yourself a break and accept that anyone who was pursuing something and not receiving reassurance or any sort of feedback, would feel exactly the same. Accept that you feel uncertain and give yourself credit for doing so. Trying to fight against it and worrying about things that haven\u2019t even happened yet won\u2019t make things any easier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">I recently ran my first (and last) marathon. I despised the training; however, I was advised I\u2019d have a \u2018change of heart\u2019 on the race day itself. \u201cYou\u2019ll breeze it,\u201d they said. Yes, well it\u2019s safe to say I did not \u2018breeze\u2019 it. I far from breezed it. I lost the feeling in my legs after 3 hours, listened to power ballads and cried on a Dutch man at mile 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">However, on reflection, I now understand what people meant when referring to me simply enjoying the day itself. It\u2019s the bit before that I found to be the scary part. The months that lead up to it, the night before the race\u2026 What if I struggle in the heat? What if it hurts so much that I can\u2019t move for days\/weeks after? What if I get even more excruciating blisters? What if I fall over and everyone sees?\u00a0<u>All<\/u>\u00a0of these things happened. But I still did it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">We can let the fear of uncertainty eat us up, but really, what\u2019s the point? Why waste time fighting against all of the \u2018what ifs\u2019 when you could have an easier time by just accepting them? With a lifetime of uncertainty, there are going to be times when things are bound to get ugly. So, instead of worrying about the things that have may not have even happened yet, just accept you\u2019re going to feel a bit uncertain. And at the very least, try and have confidence in the fact that the more struggles you encounter along the way, the higher the highs will be.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"BodyA\">Do something else<\/h4>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">Sometimes, you just don\u2019t feel motivated. And not only is that absolutely fine, but it\u2019s absolutely normal. So, chuck yourself into something else for a bit. My mum is a writer. She writes poems, mostly based on the theme of nostalgia, but there are some days when she doesn\u2019t feel nostalgic in the slightest, so instead, she designs bookmarks &#8211; not to sell or anything, just for herself. She just whacks out her felt tips and starts doodling. She\u2019ll go back to her writing at some point, but she needs to do something else unrelated to her writing, in order to ignite her other creative job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">This particular process is called \u2018Combinatory Play\u2019; a simple act of opening up one mental channel by exploring in another. According to our old mate Einstein, he believed Combinatory Play to be \u2018the essential feature in productive thought.\u2019 Doing another creative task quietens both the ego and the fears by simply lowering the stakes. It\u2019s not procrastination with the right intention. Last Wednesday afternoon, I caught my mum curled up on the sofa, watching Gogglebox. \u201cAren\u2019t you supposed to be working?\u201d I said. Without looking up, she just replied, \u201cCombinatory Play.\u201d Yeah\u2026 not entirely sure Einstein would agree with that one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">If you\u2019re feeling uncertain and unmotivated, don\u2019t just let it all bottle it up and let it come out when you\u2019ve had a few too many J\u00e4gerbombs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Katie Redford<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"BodyA\">Remember why you want this<\/h4>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any shame in admitting to ourselves that sometimes, our passion and enthusiasm for acting can get a little lost in the act of juggling the practicalities of it all. So, take some time out from the challenge of trying to ace this ridiculously-uncertain-self-employed-lifestyle-we-call-work and do something to remind yourself why you\u2019re doing this. Reconnect with your enthusiasm again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">I always find going to see something helps; whether that\u2019s at the cinema or theatre. For me, there\u2019s something about someone else right in front of you, regardless of if you know them or not, demonstrating exactly it is that you\u2019re itching to do, that gets me fired up again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">It could be anything that triggers this; an interview with someone you admire, a certain place, a piece of music &#8211; whatever it is, use it, watch it, listen to it, go to it. Do whatever you need to do to reconnect with that. It\u2019s so important that we do this. Without passion and enthusiasm, what are we even doing this for? These feelings often instantly trigger motivation, so it\u2019s a win-win, really. Think back to a time where you were massively motivated: Where had you just been? Who were you with? Who or what had caused you to feel motivated? Remember the feeling and try and recreate a similar pattern.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"BodyA\">Exercise<\/h4>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">I personally would prefer this heading to say \u2018Eat chocolate\u2019 but that piece of advice is so obvious that I thought it just went without saying. So instead, I went with this one. It sounds so ridiculously basic but if you feel as though you need to motivate yourself whilst feeling uncertain and you\u2019re not sure where to start, start with exercise. Do something physical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">Whether it\u2019s a run, a swim, a cycle or jumping up and down to Joe Wicks, whatever it is, it will get you out of your head. When you\u2019re not feeling motivated, being struck in your head isn\u2019t always the best place to be. It\u2019s such a positive distraction and may be the shift in focus that you\u2019re after. If you have the option of being outside whilst breaking out into a sweat, do it. Get out of the house. Go to places that are inspiring to be around &#8211; rolling hills, a park, a riverside, a busy built up road, whatever. As long as it\u2019s scenery that removes you from the one that\u2019s not exactly inspiring you at the minute.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"BodyA\">Talk to the right people<\/h4>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">If you\u2019re feeling uncertain and unmotivated, don\u2019t just let it all bottle it up and let it come out when you\u2019ve had a few too many J\u00e4gerbombs. Talk to someone, but make sure they\u2019re the right person to confide in &#8211; someone who not only knows you well, but who understands what the uncertainty is genuinely like. You don\u2019t need to hear another round of how you must \u2018keep your chin up.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">I remember once I was in a bar with my friend (who\u2019s also an actress), and the barman abruptly interrupted our conversation (if it helps set the scene, he was called Geoff). He\u2019d obviously heard my friend telling me how frustrated she felt with the lack of acting work and as he was pulling a pint, he shouted down the bar to \u2018stop moaning\u2019 as she \u2018didn\u2019t realise how lucky she was, pursuing her dream.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">I\u2019d just like to point out that my friend hadn\u2019t had an acting job in four years, was living back at her parents with her young son and was working three part time jobs, one of which involved her dressing up as a carrot. So, I\u2019m sorry Geoff, but I beg to differ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">Surround yourself with people who encourage you and that will simply listen to you voice your concerns. If we were in a job in which we had a boss and a team around us, we\u2019d have regular meetings where we\u2019d discuss our targets and our progress so far, where our concerns would be discussed. So, because these chats aren\u2019t scheduled in for us, we must make sure we instigate them ourselves with\u00a0those who\u00a0we know will reassure\u00a0us in the right way. Just stay away from barmen called Geoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><em>Katie is an actress &amp;\u00a0writer originally from\u00a0Nottingham.\u00a0She&#8217;s a member of BBC Comedy Writersroom and is a part of the BBC Talent Hot List. She currently plays Lily Pargetter on Radio 4&#8217;s The Archers and Beth in BBC1&#8217;s Still Open All Hours.\u00a0When she&#8217;s not in work, you can find her in the soft play centre in Epsom where she takes the children she sometimes\u00a0nannies\u00a0for, so she doesn&#8217;t have to do any actual work.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Redford offers the advice you need to get through the inevitable uncertainty of the acting world&#8230; Accept that you feel uncertain and give yourself credit for doing so. Trying to fight against it and worrying about things that haven\u2019t even happened yet won\u2019t make things any easier. 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