With the end of the year quickly approaching, I thought I’d share part of my annual ritual. It’s a condensed and sanely-packaged, year-end question review that lets you look back at the year completed, and then forward to the one ahead. It might seem early to post this in November, but from personal experience I can say starting in October would be even more ideal! In previous years, the annual review has turned into a mammoth marathon of a writing-session ending in a monumental migraine. Alliteration aside, this version I’ve weaved together gets you straight to the point. Plus, I…
Author: Natasha Younge
Natasha Younge
Natasha Younge is an actress ( General Hospital ) and comedienne ( The Ice House ) who has appeared in television, commercials, award-winning independent film, and musical theatre premieres from Los Angeles to London. She is currently pursuing an MBA at the Drucker School of Management ('19).
Welcome to my first collection of “By The Numbers,” an assortment of witty, and inspiring articles that have numbers in their title. I love collecting, sorting and filing an inordinate amount of information. Call it a hobby – okay, maybe an obsession. This first set of articles is chock-full of tips about human behavior and life. As a person who works in entertainment, and particularly as an actress, I find them very useful. Whether you are moving toward self-mastery in order to move forward in your life, or career, you will find nearly everything you need in my three favorite…
As I write this, I have a particular audience member in mind: the young and impressionable dreamer who wants to run away and join the circus of the entertainment business. Now the title may suggest that I am gearing up for a long-winded lecture. But I’d like you to think of it as more of a cautionary and action-oriented tale. If you will allow, I will now relate this simple story. “A few years ago, only about two, there was a beautiful young girl with fair hair. Her name was Satara from Tennessee – and an actress in Hollywood was…
In the entertainment industry we perform the mind-bending task of monetizing and quantifying something intangible and fluid: creativity. We must harness, craft, package and present for review, observation, and consumption the most vulnerable content of our soul. Due to the changing nature of the industry, more of us are wearing multiple hats (some more constricting than others ). This can mean hours and hours spent away from the primary art form that got us into this business in the first place. But I have discovered if I don’t make time to stay artful, my artist will invariably find ways to…
Have you reached the “Twitter 2000 Plateau”? Here’s how to tell if you’ve joined this very special club: Are you following 2,000 Twitter accounts, but you can no longer follow any new accounts? Welcome to T2P! Annoying, but real, it’s a limit Twitter imposes to prevent system strain and limit abuse of the website. When we start out on Twitter, our goal is to follow as many new accounts as possible and simply start connecting. Inevitably, you will notice that some follow back, and others do not. However, once you are following 2,000 accounts, and you do not have enough…