When It Feels Like You’re Out of the Loop (You’re Not Alone)

14 Jul

The edit suite can get loud.

Pressure, feedback, screens, speed.

Then the job ends, and the silence hits.

That’s when it creeps in.

That thought that you’re the only one not working.

Not posting.

Not on something.

But here’s the thing.

Everyone in this world goes through that.

Even the ones with awards, long credits, perfect feeds.

I’ve cut Emmy-winning projects and still had months where nothing landed.

I’ve finished tour films watched by millions, then sat through weeks of silence.

It doesn’t mean you’ve lost it.

It means you’re human.

And you’re freelancing in a business that moves fast and forgets fast.

Here’s what helps me when that happens.

I rewatch something I’m proud of and remind myself, I made that.

I call a friend in the industry. Not to network, just to talk.

And I make something small. A reel. A site update. Organise old projects.

Something that’s mine.

You don’t have to be cutting every day to be an editor.

And you don’t have to be hired to have value.

Hold your space.

It always comes back around.

Ben Wainwright-Pearce

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