12 December 2014

How To Become Organized: From a Procrastinator

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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.