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From Content Manager to Stay-at-Home Voiceover Actor
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“Going into an office every day. Feeling guilty for taking time off. Wearing pants. Working overnights and holidays. Spending more time working and commuting to work than doing the things I love.”
This is a list of just a few of the things Alice Everdeen – a former content manager for a supplement company, now a full-time voiceover artist living in a school bus converted into a tiny home – categorically does not miss. Like, at all.
From content manager to stay-at-home voiceover actor
Before making the jump, Alice was pulling in about $42K a year doing all that commuting and pants-wearing. The bus came before quitting, but as she and her husband were renovating it into a living space, Alice started side-hustling on Fiverr, making a little over a grand in her first month as a part-time voice actor.
As a full-timer, the goal was to swing gas for the bus and fund the couples’ traveling lifestyle. In 2022, she made over $150K from her 21-foot home, which is customized with a compact, slide-out isolation booth for remote recording.
“The digital revolution has turned the voiceover industry on its head,” Everdeen says. “Thanks to gear and tools becoming increasingly more accessible, home studios are now standard practice, and casting is done nearly 100 percent remotely.” [Check out 20 businesses you can start on the cheap.]
Battling imposter syndrome
While the democratization of the voiceover industry has been a boon, Alice initially grappled with a common gremlin sitting on the shoulders of those brave enough to transition from the 9-to-5 to the nontraditional: imposter syndrome.
“I was successful early on landing a new career, which led me to question myself. How was I possibly making so much money with such limited experience and training? What if I’m not actually good at this, it’s all beginner’s luck, and I go broke a month from now? Also, I can still hear my mother’s comments about losing health insurance and benefits echoing in the back of my head.”
With time and consistency, though, those feelings faded like dust behind the tires. “Eventually, after months of consistent growth and glowing testimonials, there came a point where I realized luck couldn’t have been the only cause of my success.”
Home on the range
Nowadays, that self-doubting mental noise has given way to the soothing sounds of the country. From her current parking spot on a farm in Missouri, Alice tells b., “Yesterday, I had to stop recording multiple times to accommodate cows mooing, the chickens chicken-ing, my dog barking at the air, and a couple tractors and trucks passing.” It’s a small price to pay for entrepreneurial freedom.
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