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BUILDING SEASON


"Ok. But, when?"

Aight so boom, last week we discussed being in a season of waiting. Now, waiting doesn't mean sitting there and doing absolutely nothing. When you're waiting in the doctor's office, do you just stare at the ceiling? No, you're either reading the magazines they provide, scrolling through your phone, or thinking about your next move.

Watch how I'm bout to hit ya'll with this metaphor...

Photo: My Mama


If you are occupying your waiting time while in the doctor's office, why not apply that same concept to your everyday life and BUILD on your dreams while you wait. God is the doctor. While you're in his waiting room, you need to be thinking about your next move.

Did ya'll like that or was that too much? Sorry. The black church is jumping out of me.

In honor of 314 day, I'm going to give ya'll a quick peek into my BUILDING SEASON in that waiting room in St. Louis: 

Ya'll know this story. About the time I had to do what I thought was a "walk of shame" back to my Mama's house after making that big move to California where dreams are supposed to come true. I spent every dollar that I'd saved and had to start over in order to move back to Chicago. While I was waiting, I was building. I saved as much money as I could. I traveled back and forth to be an extra on the popular tv shows (not ideal, but helpful in building a resume), I applied for jobs until one day, my wait was over and I'd done all the building to get me to my next phase of life here in Chicago.

That was in 2016. Here I am in 2019 and I've found myself in yet another waiting room. Waiting for the work I am doing to show in the form of success. But that doesn't mean that I'm going to stop building. What that looks like for me is weekly blog posts, audtitions & rejections, networking, small roles, random jobs and lots of frustration.

Listen ya'll, the moral of the story is, keep stacking those bricks and one day, you'll look up and see that you've built a whole wall. I recently heard someone say, "The walk may be long but the view will be beautiful!"

See ya'll next week!

-BRIT
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