Day 1 of a Dream 10 Years in the Making

 


Okay, I'm amazed at how one day can be so different from the previous one. I'm writing this blog post two days after the first day of the Certified Voice Artist Program and my setup right now looks very much different from the photo above! Ah, and not only that. The entire first session was jampacked with so much learnings, it almost made me feel like an entirely different person after!

How's that for a one-day progress, huh?

It's crazy exciting to think that this will actually run for 4 more Saturdays and if one day can teach me so much, I'm so stoked to see what the rest of the program has in store for us, the CVAP Batch 3.

Day 1 was all about motivation and finding the true purpose hidden within us on why we are embarking on this journey. Sure, there's that whole thing about voice artistry being cool and fun, but what goes beyond it? The craft may be a part of our passions, but what was our purpose? Sir Pocholo De Leon Gonzales helped us navigate through the clutter of our thoughts to find that. 

Writing about the actual activities we did might just cause me to blabber too much or you might say I'm being such a spoiler, so to recap our first session, let me just share with you the top 10 quotes I've noted down that ignited the vigor in me to pursue this endeavor beyond simply doing voiceovers and dubs.


Top 10 Motivational Quotes / Ideas from CVAP Batch 3 Day 1:

1. "False humility is stupid." Be proud of what you can do and if people see that, all the more you should! (This is actually a principle of another person I know, and I love how the peptalks I've been receiving from various sources are all coming together)

2. No one will appreciate you if you don't appreciate yourself. You cannot give what you do not have.

3. People are going to laugh at you for being different. Laugh at them for being normal.

4. With us, you are given the opportunity to be who you really are.

5. You don't need to be loyal to a relationship. You have to be loyal to a vision.

6. "Ayokong magpakaalila sa kahit ano o kahit sino bukod sa purpose ko" (Translation: I don't want to be enslaved by anything or anyone other than my purpose)

7. Find you "why".

8. Loyalty, commitment, and dedication.

9. You become what you focus on.

10. "Babalik at babalik ka sa passion and purpose mo." (Translation: You'll always come back to your passion and purpose. Context: being too busy, ending up trying so many things)

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That's it for our first day! I'm so sure my journal's going to get a loooot of notes and quotes throughout the whole program. I'm so excited!

With love,

AiVoice

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