Learning from past experiences to develop workflow
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How are baking cookies, completing a chemistry experiment, filling prescriptions, publishing a podcast, and narrating an audiobook similar?\xa0 For each one, you need a plan, and you need some kind of workflow.\xa0
During my career transition from pharmacist to voice actor, I\u2019ve had to figure a lot of new things out.\xa0 There have been a lot of firsts, and I have referenced other times in my life when I also had to figure things out.\xa0 Our life experiences help us with new experiences.\xa0 I draw strength from the fact that I have figured out how to do a number of things in my life by making or following a plan and smoothing out the workflow. \xa0
Here are some examples:
- Baking cookies
- College chemistry lab
- Working midnights alone as a pharmacist at the age of 23
- Podcasting
- Narrating Audiobooks
Some of the \u201cfirsts\u201d I\u2019ve had during my transition from pharmacist to voice actor:
- Using recording software:\xa0 Audacity and Studio One Artist
- Setting up a USB microphone
- Setting up an XLR microphone
- Using an audio interface
- Working with coaches via Skype and Zoom
- Using RX8 (audio repair software)
- Producing podcast episodes
- Recording audiobooks
After the first time I do something, I know what to expect, and it gets easier.\xa0 It\u2019s true of baking cookies, getting through chemistry lab, filling prescriptions on midnights, producing podcast episodes, and recording audiobooks.\xa0 Planning and workflow help me get things done. \xa0
If you\u2019re doing something for the first time, give yourself some grace.\xa0 I do!\xa0 Think back to some other times in your life when you had to learn something new.\xa0 Did you have a recipe?\xa0 Did you have a plan?\xa0 Did you have all the equipment you needed?\xa0 Did you watch someone else do it first like a cooking show host, a chemistry lab instructor, a pharmacist you trained with, a podcast coach, or an audiobook narration coach?\xa0 I look at all the things I have learned how to do, and I\u2019m amazing that I can do some pretty cool stuff.\xa0 The first time is always hard.\xa0 Learn from past experiences.\xa0 Develop good workflow.\xa0 Get things done.\xa0 \xa0