You can do it all.
Repeat.
You can do it all. However, what you can’t do is do everything at the same time, or create a day that lasts more than 24 hours.
The two most important aspects of time management are acceptance and choice. When you think of time in terms of acceptance and choice, you are never “wrong”, “bad” or “lazy”, you have just made certain decisions. However, when you think in terms of discipline and willpower, your inner critic can really make you a number. We already have low self-esteem as artists; Let’s not add to the problem!
An example of this from my own life is that I choose to live alone rather than with a roommate; That means I also choose a higher rent and the need to earn enough income to cover that rent. When furtive thoughts of resentment or self-pity occur to me in my head, I need to remember the choice I made, and I must accept that this is the way it is for now.
Here are some tips for using choice and acceptance to manage your time.
Decide what you want to have time for. What is still being pushed into the back burner or rushed? How will you pass the time once you have made your composition dreams come true and have become the artist you should be? Feed this vision until it is clear in your mind. It is essential to know what you are working for. Remember, you won’t always be so busy unless you choose to be.
Choose not to be so busy – for a week, keep track of your time using a time log. You can make one yourself; just graph (on paper or on the computer) your day at fifteen minute intervals and then record what you do in each of those blocks of time. Completing a time record will illuminate how much time you are spending on different things. Look carefully at the choices you are making. What do you want to do the most with the time you have available?
Accept your daily work for what it is, a source of the financial support you need to eat and live, and write songs! Practice feeling grateful for the work you have, instead of feeling resentful for the time your composition is taking from you. For example, what recording equipment, CDs, manuscript paper, software programs, or musical instruments have you purchased with the money you earned from this job? In addition, work gives you life experiences and, most likely, many opportunities to interact with other people. Your passion is to communicate with people through your music. How can you take some of that passion and apply it to your daily interactions? What kind of stories do your coworkers have to tell? What ideas awaken you that you can use in your writing?
Find a “daily job” that is meaningful and takes you in the direction of your dreams. Do you need some ideas? Try to meditate to access inner wisdom and spiritual guidance. If songwriting is your main passion, what is your second passion? What else makes your juices flow? There’s no need to be in a job that doesn’t make you feel alive, to support what you do. Some artists I know get great satisfaction from teaching children or adults about their craft. Others take jobs that involve public speaking, to give them more experience and confidence when speaking with groups. Some take jobs at music stores, where they can have plenty of time to learn about the newest equipment, meet many artists, and get a discount to begin with!
Schedule time with you to write, collaborate, and rehearse. Keep these dates with yourself and with others as sacred appointments!
Be good to your body and don’t sacrifice sleep for productivity (if you keep doing that, you won’t be in good shape to produce anything!).
There are only a couple of things we really NEED to do every day. Everything else is a choice.
This article was originally published on the Muses Muse Songwriter resource website (November 2004) http://www.musesmuse.com.
(c) Copyright 2005, Genuine Coaching Services.
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