Docs to Keep Handy
It is really hard to manage time when things keep changing. And in a creative career, everything is always changing. Rarely do two projects look exactly the same. (Thank goodness.) Rarely do two clients want exactly the same thing. Rarely […]
The Secret to Time Management
Spoiler alert: There is no secret to time management. Oh sure, there are plenty of “secrets” each more life-hacky than the one before. But if you’re looking for a secret that comes with an embedded definite article (THE secret, THE […]
Room to Breathe
I often ask my students to read “The ‘Busy’ Trap,” a delightful personal essay by Tim Kreider about the temptation to rely on our own busyness, whether actual or self-imposed, as a “hedge against emptiness” or a confirmation of our […]
The Non-Sexy Part
When we see “work in progress” pictures, they almost never show a budget in process, or the draft of a difficult email, or even a stack of legal research as we struggle to write our own contracts. Nope. They […]
The Myth of Doing What You Want
“I just want to do what I want.” Of course you do. “I don’t want to spend all day in a cubicle answering to someone else.” Who does? “I know best.” Yup, we’ve heard that one too. […]
October 2016 Tasks
Message from Elaine 168. That’s the number of hours we all get in any given week. But what we do with our time during any given week differs dramatically from person to person. And the way we spend our […]