Taking Chances

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never loves, the fool afraid of chasing after their dream that never reaches it, the one who never takes a chance that never learns to truly live.

You have to be willing to take a chance on the improbable, no matter how scary that is. I have taken a lot of risks in my life, and none have led me astray thus far. Without delving into the details of my personal life, I'll simply talk about my dream. As is probably obvious, I want to be a make-up artist. Well, I technically am, I just don't work. Yet.

Within the past few months I have taken chances with this. I have emailed stylists, photographers etc. in the hopes of making a few contacts. In doing so, I have made some wonderful contacts. I have the beginnings of a professional portfolio, I have potential photo shoots planned for the future, I even organised a whole photo shoot myself with models and a photographer, the photos of which can be seen here. Just last night I emailed a modelling agency asking if they needed make-up artists and they said yes! So hopefully I will be working with them in the near future also.

All of this happened because I took a chance. I asked random people if I could work with them, and now I'm starting to get a name for myself locally.

My point is, no matter how scared you are, if you don't think you're ready for something, you don't think they'll deem you good enough, you don't think you'll get a certain job, you don't think he'll like you, you don't think it can work out between you and him because it's just too complicated. I promise you, if you take that risk nothing bad can come of it.

Of course, you may get rejected. And let me tell you, if I had been afraid of being rejected with every email I sent I would still be twiddling my thumbs with no contacts and no portfolio. But that's the risk. You don't know what life you're missing out on by sitting there afraid of being hurt. You're life could be absolutely amazing, everything you've ever wanted and more. You just need to trust that it will all work out, and eventually you'll be that dream version of you that's just out of reach.

Please, take a risk, if you see a potential opportunity snatch it up before it's gone. There's only so many opportunities in life, if you don't risk it you'll miss them!

Go, chase your dream, follow your heart, and hang in there if it makes you happy.

Aila Maritz xox