Happy Friday everyone!

I haven't had an opportunity yet, to share with everyone how the whole process went down with the Chicago Cubs Public Address Announcer position, and why I turned down the audition at Wrigley Field this past Monday.

The Chicago Cubs, as you might have heard, were looking for a new Public Address Announcer for the upcoming baseball season. A Public Address announcer is responsible for the in stadium announcements including promotions, announcing the batters, and etc. I applied for the job and submitted my audition video. 

During the process I never watched one single video from all of my competitors.  Why?  Because to me...it didn't matter. I felt comfortable enough in what I did, that it didn't matter to me what the other people were like. I didn't want to put myself in a position where I was feeling too good or too bad about the product that I put out there.

A week ago, around 6pm eastern, I received an email from the Cubs congratulating me on being a finalist. Exciting, huh? I thought so too. The representative from the Cubs asked me to call him to discuss the next step of the audition process and the compensation for the job. 

I did so, and after speaking with him, my family and friends I decided to turn the opportunity down. Some of you might very well think I'm crazy for turning down the chance of working with a Major League Baseball team, but I feel very comfortable in the decision I made.

Without delving too deep in the specifics, let me just say I love my home base of South Carolina. I have a great job and spend my weekends at the ballpark calling game for the National Champion Gamecocks. The compensation for the Cubs job wasn't great, and the logistics of getting to Chicago in two days was almost impossible for a job I knew I wouldn't take if it was offered to me.

So here I am, back where I was when I started the process. Right? 

No. Not at all. I can't tell you how much fun the video was to make. Not to mention the exposure it provided for Defining Voice Productions. It also reminded me how many people out there support me, and that's always a blessing. 

If I had to pass along any wisdom from this, it would be this...

If you see something that you want to do, no matter how silly it might look or seem to you and the outside world, do it. Do it for fun. Do it because you want to experience something different. Do it so you'll have a story to tell. Do it because you might actually reach your dream.

I'd rather regret the things I've done, than regret not doing something I wanted to.