Timers and lists are my best friends when it comes to staying productive! I will set an hour timer and jump into a job – prime the flower cut outs for the mural. If I want to get a few things done in the day … for example, right now I am working on a mural, preparing for a residency, and creating a collaborative woodcut (plus we have three artists with us) … I break things down with timers. Since there are any number of jobs to be done here at Spark Box this can range from working with residents, to running workshops, to writing blog posts, to making artwork … you get my point. Once these three daily tasks are done I plan the main focus of the day. I have a full idea schedule to help make this easier which I add to throughout the week with ideas, topics and links. I post to Instragram throughout the day via “stories” or a single image post. During this time I schedule what I want posted to Facebook and Twitter for the day. In my ideal world I could get through all my emails for the day in that time (this has never happened).Īfter these two jobs are completed I move onto social media. For this job I set a timer, because if I don’t it can take up the whole day. Then, I take my coffee to the office and do the next task that I don’t enjoy as much as being in the studio – emails. Generally, there is a coffee brewing on the stove while I wash dishes, sweep floors and generally tidy. ![]() It is not my favorite task of the day, so I do it right away, otherwise it is easy to let it slip. ![]() Since we run a residency and have guest artists with us 11 months of the year this is an important part of keeping the space clean. The first thing I do everyday is tidy the communal parts of the house. What works best for me may not work best for you, but I find it helpful to hear about how others face these challenges and add what I like about their processes to my own. So, I have to give myself systems to keep productivity up. Getting up everyday and being my own boss, setting my own schedule and making all the rules can sometimes lead to a day ( or three) of Netflix binging. Let me tell you about my day and how I stay productive: ![]() I don’t know about you but sometimes I find it hard to get my ass into the studio and produce.
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