Speaker 1Shut up, and sit down. Welcome to Being On Stage, the only podcast that gives you motivation, inspiration, and confidence to be better on stage. No matter how you entertain, sing, dance, band, comedian, public speaking, MC, drag, burlesque, performance art, or street performer, this is the show for you. Hey Rockstars, Reggie Dawson here, your host of the Being On Stage podcast. Welcome back, it has been a long, long time. Thanks for sticking with it, truly appreciate it. This episode, I'm going to kind of download what's been going on a little bit, and just kind of update you guys on everything, really. So, it's been a while, my last podcast was just about a week ago, probably over a week ago, honestly. And, I'm embarrassed. You know, I feel bad, I do. This is my baby, this is my thing, and, you know, I took a little too much time away from it. Yeah, I've had stuff going on. You know what, we all got stuff going on. I think the same thing has probably happened to you. You're a performer, or you want to be, there's always going to be something standing in your way, right? So, for me, I found out that my in-laws are coming into town in a couple of weeks. So, you all know what happens, if your in-law is coming into town, you're cleaning the whole house. Top of the house. Top to bottom. It's, you know, it happens. So, my entire weekend, I gave to my wife for that reason. Normally, I record one or two or three podcasts over the weekend, and just kind of, you know, get them uploaded throughout the week. This weekend, couldn't do that. So, it's like 12, 20 in the morning on Wednesday, and here I am recording because I finally reached the point where I said I have to record. So, I gave her my entire weekend. We went through all my tools. We moved all the tools from the house to the shed. We bought a new shed. So, all my tools are now in the shed, which she's grateful for. So, on top of cleaning the house the whole weekend, I'll be honest. I have had a crazy amount of noise in the apartment above me. I live in an apartment, guys. Like, I'm not some big hot shot performer living on the beach somewhere in L.A. or, you know, in some New York flat. I live in an apartment. I mean, I do live. I'm about a block from the beach, but I live in a very small apartment with my wife and my daughter, and we live on the bottom floor. So, we have neighbors above us. The ceiling, super, super thin. So, every footstep is caught. They have a dog. They also have a 16-year-old boy who plays video games and loses his temper very easily. Oh, and she's in a band, so they always have people over. Lots and lots and lots of footsteps going on upstairs. They hang out out front. Out front is also by my window. So, there's just been an incredibly amount of noise, and I get really, I guess, self-conscious about the podcast. And listen, I think we all get self-conscious. You know, we all have times when we don't want people to see us rehearse. We don't want people to hear us sing. We don't want people to see us dance. We don't want to show it or share it until it's ready, and that's kind of how I am with a podcast. You know, I don't even let my wife sit in the room. I don't let my kid hear it. Like, I stuff blankets under the door so they can't hear it. I get real. I get real self-conscious with it. I don't want anyone to hear it until it's ready, until I know that what I'm putting out there is what I'm intending to put out there. And listen, I edit the podcast a little bit. I have to. You know, I don't want you guys to hear silence while I think of what to say. I don't have a script I'm reading from. You can probably tell that, so I mess up here and then. And truthfully, during this whole statement about me editing the podcast, I've had to edit this. And listen, I'm downloading it. I'm kind of giving you away my secrets and everything. But. I talk, you know, I talk about being authentic. I talk about staying motivated. I also talk about being real and confronting your barriers that you put up for yourself. And if I'm not willing to do that, how can I tell you to do that? Right? And I have the same thing going on at work. And work's a whole other thing. I have a day job. I have a job that I work 40 to 50 hours a week plus. I'm a supervisor in a local call center. And let's just say it is very stressful to work as a supervisor. And a call center for a major corporate company. So all the stress there. By the time I get home, you know, half the time, I don't want to do anything. I go outside. I watch some Netflix. So add work into the mix, you know, doesn't really put you in the mood to do a podcast sometimes. So you add work into the mix with the cleaning of the house and the noisy upstairs neighbors. There's also my own self-consciousness, which we all have. And kind of. I don't know why I'm sharing all this and why I'm telling you. Listen, this is not me asking you to, you know, understand. And this is not me complaining and bitching about my life, you know. Like, I have a great life. And that's something that I realize, you know. As I'm going through all this, I'm like, oh, I can't podcast. There's too much noise going on. Or I got to clean the house. Or, you know, there's people hanging out outside that might hear me. And, you know, I made excuses for myself. And I found myself doing that. And I damn near slapped myself in the face. I was embarrassed for myself. I was very embarrassed to sit there and have to explain once again why I've gone six to seven or eight days between podcast episodes. And I found myself making these excuses over and over and over again. And not just out loud. In my own head. And when we start thinking like that. When we start making up excuses in our own head as to why we're not doing the things that we love to do. We have to stop. And we have to just do it. Do it. And that's the point that I've reached right now. I was sitting here. My wife was playing her video game on her computer. We have like a his and hers office setting in our bedroom. She was playing a little bit of game on her computer, de-stressing. And I'm sitting on the bed. And I'm like, oh, I have to podcast. I need to record. It's been too long. And I'm almost talking myself into it. And sometimes that's what we have to do. You know, you're going to have those days and those weeks and sometimes those months when. And it is really, really difficult to force yourself to rehearse or to force yourself to do something. And that's where I am right now. It was really difficult to force myself to do it. It's now, you know, 1225 to almost 1230. And I never record a podcast this late. But it got to that point. Every single time you reach that point, you have to make a new commitment to yourself of how you're going to proceed. I have to do it. I've committed to myself right now that I am going to find a way to podcast three times a week minimum. I have to. This is my dream. This is what I'm going for. And this is yours. You need to be saying this to yourself as well. I am going to find a way to rehearse. I am going to find a way to improve. I'm going to find a way to practice. I'm going to find a way to insert item here three times a week. Three times a week minimum. Do it with me. Let's do this together. And you know what? We can hold each other accountable. I have a group on Facebook, Being On Stage group. Join the Being On Stage group. Answer the few questions that help me get to know you. And let's see how this turns out. I'm going to post this challenge into my group tomorrow. So join the group so that you can participate in the challenge. And the challenge is going to be rehearse three times a week minimum. No matter what. You will make time for your talent. Thanks so much for listening to me just kind of like go on a little bit about what's going on with me. I mentioned that I'm recommitted to this podcast. And I'm going to continue to recommit every single time that life stands in my way. And every single time I find myself making excuses. I'm going to recommit to you. Because that's what performers do. We recommit every single time. Keep on shining.
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