Happy New Year!

No it’s not an April fools joke, I am genuinely wishing you a happy new year in April! Why?

Well I don’t know about you, but I found 2022 to be a very long and challenging year, like all of the things we missed out on in 20/21 were thrown into 2022 and we had to juggle to make them all fit!

I won’t complain that I had a lot of work, Voiceover, audiobooks, animation, Broad Radio, running Voice over work shops… I even went back to do some ABC radio after a 3 year break! But add doses of covid, sick family members, and it was just.. a lot.

And I got to the end of 2022 and I needed a big… long…. rest.

So, as my last blog spot said I was kind to myself and took a break, but this time I just started to say no I’m sorry I can’t, or just to think about what I could actually manage to take on and do well. Rather that just saying yes to it all and burning out because of it.

Such is the life of a freelancer!

And when you genuinely love what you do, you don’t want to say no to things that sound exciting, fun and you don’t want to miss out on…so it’s hard! REALLY HARD!

But here we are, the new year is 3 months gone, and already, a slow start to the year has allowed me to be there for my kids, and allowed e to concentrate on my first passion, voice work.

I have alrerady had some amazing voice over work with an agency in London, voiced TV campaigns for Mitre 10, and Loreal, I’ making a podcast for women in construction and have loved learning about marketing with Fiona Killacky, my daily business coach.

And rather than feeling burnt out and grumpy, I feel very excited and hopeful for the next 12 months.

Maybe the year should always start in April! ;)