"Daily Accomplishments"

DAILY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

4/2/2020
“Read about kids’ shows”
“Comment on a casting director’s Tweet”
“Edit video of me singing”
“Share happy thoughts on Twitter”
“Submissions”
“Film, edit, submit video for Conde Nast posting”
“10 minutes of ballet barre”
“Zoom call on self-tapes”

^This is the list I keep daily.  It is many pages long now in Google Docs, thanks to starting it many, many months ago-- and I am so glad I started it indeed.

As a performer and personal trainer, my days are not scheduled like they would be if I had a set boss, a set office, a set schedule...

The majority of my time is a ‘’choose your own adventure” format.  Anyone who has been any version of self-employed understands the many pros and cons of this set-up!

More me, the over-arching challenges presented each day are staying focused, prioritizing, moving forward through what sometimes feels like a black hole of ‘where the heck do I go next’ in the on-camera world, while finding the balance of saying ’yes’ to the right amount of clients and classes in fitness to thrive but not collapse at the end of a day ;)

Anyway, this post does not have to go on very long today-- The point is, right now, especially, so many of us are facing a similar “choose your own adventure” calendar.  If you are up for creating a DAILY ACCOMPLISHMENTS doc, I highly recommend it.

Yes I have my running to-do list, but this is a way for me to quickly jot down what I actually complete, however small, during a day that relates to moving forward in my career.  Maybe you want to put everything you do in a day.  That would overwhelm me, but more power to you if that is the route you go ;)

Go ahead, open Google docs, type today's date, and write some accomplishments. 

What constitutes an 'accomplishment''?  That's up to you.  But I urge you to count every 'little' thing that moves you that tiny step forward.

I don’t know about you, but it certainly makes me feel better when I can look back at that and say, “YES I AM doing things!”  Some days it feels I am stagnant, and this helps me keep track of the reasons to celebrate, of all sizes, those baby steps forward.

"Wrote a blog post."  That’s going on the list :)

What other ways do you have of staying focused and motivated these days??

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