The “sophomore slump” is legendary for all manner of talent and business but as a voice talent, how (and if) you weather the all-too-common phenomenon determines if you will go on to have a career at all.
If you’d been blessed with dumb luck from the onset of your career and scored some profitable results early, it’s likely you’d assume your career could run on autopilot, nothing could be farther from the truth. As bitter a pill as it may be to swallow, I generally equate this to unrealistic expectations. It’s been my experience that the definition of unhappiness is when reality does not meet expectation. Therefore, if your expectations are realistic from the start, the likelihood of you being happy is far greater.
That said, regardless of how talented and skillful you might be, you’re likely to happen upon a period where you’re simply not booking or you’re booking far less than when you started.
There’s a reason few recover from a sophomore slump and transition from novice to true ownership of their fate; it’s all too for talent to simply give up rather than do all they can to overcome the situation. After all, apathy is a certified
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