Friday, December 12, 2008

December 12th 2008 - Work VS Life / Ready for '09!

Out of a 24 hour period yesterday, the weather had to decided to pour down rain during the small slot I had scheduled for a shoot. Of course I wake up and it is absolutely beautiful. Good thing for studio space and equipment, right?

My last couple of weeks have been extremely hectic and I have been really working on teaching myself how to handle all the ingredients of working hard. Trying to separate your work life with your personal life is hard when you take so much pride in what you do. Your work life becomes your personal life and your personal becomes your work. At some point, you have to know when to draw the line. Taking a certain amount of time each day to do certain things has helped a lot. For example, I may take one hour a day to do some online marketing and networking and take 30 minutes to watch the news. I have read many places and I am true believer that the average person needs to take a small break every 45 minutes because the human brain cannot fully concentrate on working, studying, reading etc. for much longer. I tend to work a little longer and take a slightly longer break in between. You have to find out for yourself what works best for you. Just remember that wearing yourself out will cost you a lot more in the end!

With 2009 making it's way around the corner and the economy still struggling, I have decided to do something I normally would not do. I am running specials for all my shoots in January. If you contact me before January and set the date, you will the special rate! Not too bad right? The only catch is that dates are filling up fast! Email or call me to get it set up.

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