Yesterday a miracle occurred on Mistletoe Ave. and no it's wasn't a Christmas miracle. I am completely caught up on all orders. Every order! I can't remember the last time I was ahead of the game. Jess had 2 days off, so I put that guy to work. Whips were cracking, well okay, just me whining. But it worked.So, you know what that means? New beads!!!
I put the new Branch beads up today. The Klimt beads are on my table awaiting their photo shoot. Oh, it's a good day in the Humblebeads Studio.
Are you a scheduler or do you work according to your muse? I'd love to hear some of your time management tips or leave me a comment if you've read a good article or website on juggling it all! I was a "put out the fire" kind of girl, working on the most urgent items as they were needed. But last week I came up with a schedule to keep on track and work a little smarter. Seems to be working! Now if I just clone myself...
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Oh I am terrible at scheduling. which tends to be a problem when submitting work to magazines.
I can think of a thousand things I'd rather be doing at the moment that I know I should be working diligently on a deadline project.
While you are cloning yourself, can you clone me too?
thanks
appreciate it
immensely
I work 3 days a week at my "day" job, and usually spend 3 days on my jewelry business. Sometimes it overlaps into the 4th day! I usually have so many ideas that I just go, go, go with designing. I did read a good article about time management and jewelry business, by Rena Klingenberg,but I don't remember the article's title. You can search her articles at: www.home-jewelry-business-success-tips.com or www.jewelry-business-blog.com.
Cindy
http://www.devinedesignsjewelry.etsy.com
I work with a loose schedule - my artwork is a part-time job, income wise but majority income job is also self-employment based so my schedule is flexible.
That said, multi-tasking is a good way to get very little done well. So during the loose blocks I divide my week into I try hard to focus on the project that is at hand for that block. It's a simplified version of David Allen's Getting Things Done.
A fabulous productivity site for anyone is: http://www.zenhabits.net
The only solution I've found is that sleep is over-rated - the only way to add more hours to the day. Since I work a full-time job outside, sometimes lots and lots of hours, I snatch a few here and there where I can. Instead of cloning me, could you just add a couple extra hours to the day - or more days to the weekend would work too!
Statues shed tears of blood, drink milk and open their eyes in benign blessing. Crosses of light inexplicably appear around many parts of the world. Sea water in a muddy creek turns sweet. The faithful flock in piety and amazement while sceptics pull out their hair in desperation, crying foul.
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gillberk
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