Stress is Sneaky and The Body Speaks

Usually after a show closes, I get sick. All the stress and adrenaline that have been keeping me running for however many months of rehearsal + tech + performance take a vacation and leave my body defenseless. And my body says, “Girlfriend, you need a nap. I’m gonna zap you with a cold so you stay in bed and take long hot soaks in the tub.” Zing! Since Hedda Gabler opened last Thursday, my brain has gone numb. I had so many blog posts churning in my head when I didn’t have time to write them. Now that I have time to write them, they’ve vanished. I have them captured on my little “Future Blog Posts” list, but the creative energy required in order to bring those ideas coherently to fruition just wants to be left alone to play sudoku and read escapist fiction

On the Hunt for Artsy DIY Planner Pages

I promised I would share the goodies I found on my DIY Artsy-fartsy Planner Page Hunt. I wanted unique, attractive, useful, adaptable, fun, whimsical and colorful pages for my great big I-can’t-believe-I-carry-this-around-with-me-every-day binder. And I found some beautiful stuff: Eye candy for geeky artsy planners: There’s a group on Flickr with 370 members who have posted over 580 photos of their home-made, hacked, doodled-on, re-tooled, planners: Flickr:Do It Yourself Planners

Theatrical Perspectives for Life Planning and Productivity

I am a sucker for planners, productivity programs and task management tools. Not an expert – a sucker. Someday I hope to qualify as a semi-pro. There are many wonderful systems and tools available to choose from along with endless blogs and blog entries dedicated to improving personal productivity. I’m going to give you a run-down of my favorites and their pros and cons and then introduce you to a concept that I’ve been playing with which applies Theatrical Perspectives to Life Planning and Productivity. First let me explain a bit about why I came up with the Theatrical Perspectives and how planning from multiple yet cohesive and collaborative perspectives may be helpful for you too

Beginning and Finishing Creative Work

Artists and writers are often required to sneak their creative work in around the edges of their lives and rely on their own will, desire and self-coaching to achieve their goals. And, because our creative work is often a labor of love as opposed to the kinds of labor we do for a paycheck, because there is no boss waiting expectantly for our results to add to his/her bottom line – we can let our creative time slip by. Then another week goes by and another month and another three years and that dream of writing a novel or seeing your art in a gallery is still sitting on a shelf gathering dust and waiting for you to show up

The Show is Over: Time to De-clutter and Re-Focus