We are in the Ready Lane as Actors when we are Available for any offer or contract. This can feel freeing, open, exciting.

It can also feel overwhelming, fearful, scarce. There is help at hand in knowing that how we Think About our work in this Lane changes Everything.

We need to ensure we feel Secure. Then we can lean into feeling Stable. And that leads to Sustained Longevity as an Artist. Which is what most of us want. A Long Career, doing what we love. If you are in this business for any period of time, you will experience All the Lanes. That is how it works.

So never feel you are alone. When feelings arise that you are stuck, misunderstood, never going to be cast, not the 'right' type.... that is your Primitive Brain sounding the alarm because that is what it has evolved to do.

And just like we would handle a toddler throwing a fit because they didn't get What They Wanted at the Exact Right Moment, say to your Primitive brain... I hear you. Relax. This is the Actor's Life I signed up for. Jobs are coming. So what do I want to do with my Beautiful, Available Time?