How To Become Organized: From a Procrastinator
Day 3:
Now, I see how you’re looking at me, look I have two heads. Please understand, I procrastinate due to the fact that I become overwhelmed. It’s hard to be everyone superhero, the responsible one. You go around never asking for help, which forces you to do everything all by yourself. Yes, I am stubborn, but I am not one who like things a certain way. I just want it done! If you go the long way, fine! All I want, is for it to be done by the time I asks for it. I do not want to have to chase you down to learn your progress. This is rarely the case and I hate to inconvenience people, so I do it myself.
What I am trying to get to is, I’m great at planning and organizing, my issues is the follow through. I am asking anyone who is reading this to check and get on me daily. Make sure these tasks are being done. Here are two list of daily tasks I am going to be accountable for. One is for my companies/brand and the other is for my life, because that needs some cleaning up too. At the beginning of each blog for the next 30 days, I’ll keep you posted on my progress and if I was on task. I’ll also have more things to discuss, like the struggling artist and the starving artist. I see them as difference. I’ll love to hear your opinions on my upcoming blogs and my daily goals.
Thanks in advance
Life | Arts | ||||||||||
Daily | Week | Monthly | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | ||||||
Workout in the morning | Workout at least 4x | Workout at least 20x | Tell people about my company via social media | Attend a networking | Go to at least 4 networking events | ||||||
Drink 64 oz. of water | Clean up on Sundays | Deep Clean last Sunday of each month | Work on Budget and be accountable | Go to an art event outside of dance | Attend art events at least 3 times | ||||||
Work on Budget and be accountable | Laundry on Sundays | Save studio check | Post on social media regularly | Promote at least 4x throughout the week | Promote at least 20X throughout the month | ||||||
Stretch | Take dance class | Take at least 3 dance classes | Do it right then and there | Allow others to help me | Give a task away to someone willing to help | ||||||
Limit my fast food | Fast food once | Fast food at the most 3x | Record rehearsals and edit it the same day | Record rehearsals and post | Do monthly updates on the company | ||||||
Pack a lunch | Keep groceries in the apt | Grocery shop | Review website daily | Take dance class | Take at least 3 dance classes | ||||||
Eat at home more | Redo budget | Being paying off debt | Tell myself I deserve it | Work on Master classes and descriptions | Teach a master class | ||||||
Do it right then and there | Take one day to myself (off the grid) | Pay off parking tickets | Add contacts to mailing address | Blog | Newsletters | ||||||
Wash all dishes before I go to bed | Go back on an allowance | Take myself out | Look for sponsors | Vlog, edit and post | Get Peoples’ home address | ||||||
Begin to make smoothies and juice | Hang/fold clothes after washing | Rebuild saving | Pick an artist friend and say hi | Promote website | Fundraiser | ||||||
Be happy | Work on lesson plans, on all classes | Communication with friends and family | Be present | Email company updates | Dancer of the month w/interview | ||||||
Have a conversation with a strange | Call my parents | Call my brothers and cousins | Tell my dancers how wonder they are | Create descriptions and proposal | Work on Proposal grants and fellowships |
About The Author
Erika "Big Red" Stowall is a choreographer and performer from Detroit, MI. Currently she serves as Artistic Director of Big Red Danke productions, and teaches at various locations in the Metro-Detroit area. Her current dance companies are Big Red Wall and Red Pumps.