I am immersing on a new journey to Explore an interest which has lived inside of me for some 40 years. It began when I was invited to be a part of KFAL, the radio station for my San Francisco Bay Area high school. Every Wednesday at 11:30 am I would step up to the microphone to read the announcements that were being broadcast throughout the campus. It was fun but I didn’t give any thought to it other than it gave me an opportunity to be in the same space with a guy I had a huge crush on.

Some twenty years later I was asked to do a Voice over for an apparel company that was one of my then employer’s biggest clients. I didn’t think any more of it beyond it being a fun give-back to my employer. I drove to a studio in Manchester, NH to do the taping. There were a few takes, but nothing excessive. It was a totally new experience that I didn’t know what to make of. Somewhere buried deep in one of my storage boxes lies the final packaged recording.

Since I moved back to California 20 years ago, I have attended introductory Classes to two different voice over training programs. I skipped out after the initial day for both programs, feeling intimidated and afraid that I could never be good enough.

I’ve seen this voice over acting thing come up for me frequently enough throughout my life that I recognize there is something there that I need to explore. Over the past month I have thrown myself in as a student, taking classes and reading books.

It still feels scary to throw myself into a whole new world, yet this time I’m ready to Walk through the Fear rather than walk away.