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It’s time to reset your relationship with time.
I’ll preface this article with some background; I’ve learned the hard way about time management, having spent most of my professional career cramming tasks in, rushing around, juggling as many shoots & client obligations as I could and generally being super, duper busy. I worked under the assumption that being busy with shoots every day and working 7 days a week meant I was successful (LOL). In February 2016 I had a nervous breakdown, followed by a back injury (because I didn’t quite let the nervous breakdown stop me), as a decade of overworking finally burnt me and my creative spark out.
It was a huge turning point for me and frankly I’m grateful it wasn’t worse. We live in a world that celebrates waking up as early as possible and sleeping as little as possible like it’s a good thing to be exhausted. (If this is something you’re battling with, I highly recommend reading Arianna Huffington’s book Thrive). Exhaustion and stress kill creativity, and if your creative vision is how you earn your living, working yourself into the ground will end your business.
So, without further ado, here are a few tips for regaining control of your time and getting more done without sleeping less:
Learning to manage your time when you’ve not ever really thought about it before is a work in progress, remember that. None of us is doing this life thing perfectly, however, by making some tweaks here & there and implementing some new strategies, we can do it a little better and most importantly enjoy it more.
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Hunters of Light is an initiative to help motivate and inspire photographers. We welcome photographers of all skill levels and all camera brands, this group is all about creating beautiful images.
The Hunters of Light was founded by Quintin Mills, a Johannesburg photographer and videographer.