Time Management Skillz
Inspired by a recent post on The Green Room Blog, I decided to track my hours for the week.
Even when you are in-between gigs, the pursuit and maintenance of an acting career takes a huge amount of time and effort. This is easily my full-time job, but I also have to find ways to monetarily support myself, i.e., making time for a survival job.
Here is the rough hourly breakdown of my week:
Monday
2 hours - Catching up and writing emails, responding to tweets and other social media.
4 hours - Information session at acting conservatory and networking afterwards.
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6 hours
Tuesday
4 hours - Emailing and social media maintenance. Blog for own blog, and write guest post for two others.
2 hours - At the gym. (Personal upkeep is park of the job, too!)
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6 hours
Wednesday
9 hours - Survival job.
1 hour - Prepping for class this weekend.
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10 hours
Thursday
9 hours - Survival job.
2 hours - Responding to emails, scheduling auditions.
1 hour - Social media upkeep.
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12 hours
Friday
9 hours - Survival job.
3 hours - Emails, social media upkeep, submitting to new projects, reading industry message boards, blogging.
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12 hours
Saturday
10 hours - Savvy Actor workshop
2 hours - Gym
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12 hours
Sunday
10 hours - Savvy Actor workshop
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10 hours
That's a 68 hour workweek. 41 of those were dedicated to emailing, submitting for projects, updating social media, blogging, professional development, etc, and the list goes on and on and on.
Even when you are in-between gigs, the pursuit and maintenance of an acting career takes a huge amount of time and effort. This is easily my full-time job, but I also have to find ways to monetarily support myself, i.e., making time for a survival job.
Here is the rough hourly breakdown of my week:
Monday
2 hours - Catching up and writing emails, responding to tweets and other social media.
4 hours - Information session at acting conservatory and networking afterwards.
---
6 hours
Tuesday
4 hours - Emailing and social media maintenance. Blog for own blog, and write guest post for two others.
2 hours - At the gym. (Personal upkeep is park of the job, too!)
--
6 hours
Wednesday
9 hours - Survival job.
1 hour - Prepping for class this weekend.
--
10 hours
Thursday
9 hours - Survival job.
2 hours - Responding to emails, scheduling auditions.
1 hour - Social media upkeep.
--
12 hours
Friday
9 hours - Survival job.
3 hours - Emails, social media upkeep, submitting to new projects, reading industry message boards, blogging.
--
12 hours
Saturday
10 hours - Savvy Actor workshop
2 hours - Gym
--
12 hours
Sunday
10 hours - Savvy Actor workshop
--
10 hours
That's a 68 hour workweek. 41 of those were dedicated to emailing, submitting for projects, updating social media, blogging, professional development, etc, and the list goes on and on and on.
I completely agree that sometimes the in-between job phase is more work than being in a show! A lot of that time is spent on our laptops marketing ourselves and making all the necessary connections. Thanks for highlighting the WORK that actually goes into our careers that not many people realize.
ReplyDeleteAmen, sister! When you are in a show, its almost like a vacation...
ReplyDeleteLove that you actually tracked your hours, too! And I totally didn't even include my working out time...duh.
ReplyDeleteTwo thumbs hard for the hard work :)
Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing how the hours just keep adding up?