This is a weird moment for me; a very weird one.
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It was a fateful summer at San Diego Comicon when a few folks approached me with two prospects: Audiobooks and Fiverr, which was in its infancy at the time.
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I made the decision to quit project management life. A 10 year path in tech was not my goal when I moved to Los Angeles. How lovely was it that these seasoned, union actors delivered the answers of Fiverr and Audible while I worked my booth.
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“The money will not be good, but the networking will be. Plus, you have skills most actors don’t have: knowing what a deadline actually is.”
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Fiverr, despite the shameful veneer of ‘gig economy’ helped me evolve as a business person and a performer.
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Through Fiverr, despite how horrid clients can be; I learned how to stay ahead of the curve: build a functional, website, perfect statements of work, grow my clientele base OUTSIDE of the platform, advocate my time, fire clients and polish myself as my own / agent / promoter/ accountant / performer.
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Not all labor is cheap labor on the platform. I am proof of that.
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It’s funny; after so many years of being on radioshows, commercials, movies, videogames, political campaigns, podcasts, award winning projects and movies…I get this email alert when I am dead asleep.
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I fiinally have something to show; I’m finally a chick who can write her napkin numbers and people will pay it.
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People who now hold political offices, sell their games, push their films to Cannes and Toronto and use my work in museums world wide. It feels good to be appreciate for my skill and get paid for doing what I love.
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The major take away from all this:  Fiverr taught me was the power of patience and ‘no’.
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I astutely confirm, I have not done a single project that I did not want to do. I held on to my freedom AND my integrity. I walked away from money that reeked and waited until something better came. It always did.
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All I wanted to do since I was a child was the following: tell a story, give people joy then go home with a clean soul and a light heart.
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I’m starting late, but I have no regrets. I questioned the universe and kept moving forward.
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