MONEY and all the ugliness of it

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It's expensive following your dreams. 

 Timing might get you an opportunity.
Talent might get you in the door. 
Luck might get the shot. 

 Money, though, money is what keeps it going. 
There's a lot of expense to being an actor. 

 It's true you have to spend it to make it, but when you don't have it, what are the chances you are going to make it?
PROFESSIONAL HEAD SHOTS.
ka-CHING!
CASTING WEBSITE SUBSCRIPTIONS
ka-CHING!
OTHER PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES
ka-CHING!
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
ka-CHING!
TRAVEL
ka-CHING!
CLOTHES
ka-CHING!
AGENTS AND/OR MANAGERS
ka-CHING!
GYM MEMBERSHIPS
ka-CHING!
THERAPY
ka-CHING!
ka-CHING!

 Therapy is expensive!

 I don't know what to do. 
This is just crazy. 
How do you base following your dreams on your financial situation?
And yet...there it is.

 Venting is free. 
Nice to know some things about my professional life are. 

 Just keeping it reel. 
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  1. Robert L MeyerApril 18, 2015 at 7:26 AM

    Does this go along with that old adage, "You gotta have money to make money. Unless you're Mark Zuckerberg."?

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    1. Jody MatzerApril 20, 2015 at 8:25 AM

      Sadly yes it does.
      It's the million dollar question, mostly, because you need close to a million dollars to answer it. I rounded up. ;)

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