Summary: Summertime and the living is easy. At least it is for students who have the summer off. I suspect that every working person still gets shivers of expectation as mid-June approaches. The child inside remembers the break from school and the freedom it allowed. And then reality strikes and we head out the door, back to work. So what’s a person to do? Plan some time off for the things that are important to you. If you can’t afford to go away, plan and make sure that you take some weekends off with no work, no cleaning, and no responsibilities. Go to a museum or street fair. Go to the ocean, a lake, or river. Go to a botanic garden, a park, or a wilderness area and bring a picnic lunch Remember, your experiences inform your acting. If all you do is work and stay at home, then your acting is going to get boring because you aren’t replenishing your library of experiences, you aren’t feeding your creative soul. Getting out in the summer and taking time for yourself is essential for actors. So don’t feel guilty for not working, just get out there. Making time for yourself and what’s important to you will invigorate your acting and make it more interesting for you, your acting partners, and your audiences.
