Barb Lyon
Voice Artist

Mid-August handed me a two-for-one on rejection. I lost a booking to another voice talent that week that sounded really promising, and a few days later I took Friday — my dog, not the day off — to a rally obedience trial hoping to knock out two more legs toward her Rally Master title. Normally, failing either one of those would've been enough to wreck my mood for a day. Somehow, together, they didn't. Bouncing back from rejection was something I did without thinking.

Days fly by like lightning. Sometimes, Friday shows up and I think, what in the heck even happened this week. And that pattern can go on and on till blamo, it's November. It's especially tough when you work alone. There's no one to tell you, "Nice job" or "That was awesome." So it's really easy to just drone on from task to task. Stopping a moment to appreciate or even create the good stuff is essential so you have some markers in life. And it doesn't have to be some "Insta