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The Future

I’m excited, but I’m also nervous. I mean, it’s a feature. You don’t know what’s going to happen, so I guess there’s a little bit of anxiety surrounding that. When talking about the future, there’s definitely a lot of questions that jump to mind. I still don’t know what I’m going to do, and that’s okay. My future is uncertain, but I want to do something in acting. It feels so wrong to say that because everyone’s like, “You’re going to starve now that you want to be an actress.”

The future makes me think of acting, singing, dancing, writing my own music, producing my own music. But my mum tells me, “Oh, you’re going to grow up and realize what you’re doing is a complete waste of time. You like it now, but that doesn’t mean you’ll like it in the future.” I really want to mentor Indigenous youth. I want it to be a message of hope. Really making Indigenous Australia feel like we have a hell of a lot to give.

My name is Sophie, and I’m from Sydney. I just didn’t see a future. I was always one of those people who was obsessed with their future. I just saw no point in living, and it’s hard to live when you don’t see a point to it. It feels like everyone else has a normal life, whereas I’ve got to work with what I’ve got—if that makes any sense.

I am Emily, and I have an invisible illness. I’ve had it for eight years; it’s genetic, but I started getting the symptoms when I was 12. It affects my muscles, ligaments, tissues, my skin—pretty much everything. I’ve just been feeling quite scared about where things are going for me in the future. Most recently, I actually had a little bit of a breakdown to my boyfriend, just saying, “I’ve had enough. I just want to be normal.” But I’ve been able to get through that mindset because of my friends and my boyfriend, and they make everything a lot easier.

Cherish what you have. Believe in yourself. Just go for it! You only live once: YOLO. If someone out there is feeling like a burden and that they weren’t important to people: you’re not a burden. There are so many people that care about you. You don’t want to seek out support when you feel like you’re a burden, but that’s when you really need to seek out support. You know, you’ve got nothing to lose in reaching out to people.

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