One of those days
Illustration by Giacomo Bagnara I'm a creative, that's who I am. I've always been happiest when acting, writing, reading, creating. I've heard people say you're not defined by your job title and well, I've been a waitress more than I've been paid for acting and writing so you would be right, I don't feel my core self doing that job, it just gives me money and the freedom to go to auditions whilst paying rent, but above all I do feel that at my core I'm a creative. The problem that most of us creatives experience is the uncertainty within our careers, especially those of us that don't have a wealthy background to keep us afloat. Will we be able to afford to lose that shift to make that audition? Will we ever be able to rely solely on our creative income? Will we ever be deemed 'successful'? There's also another issue that comes with being a creative and that's the need for validation which also comes hand in hand with it's bes...