Scheduling and Time Management.

I'm finding out real fast that I need a lot of help in this area.  When I was working it didn't seem to be a problem.  I knew what needed to be done, when it need to be done and who i needed to do it.  I was the boss, I needed to be on top of things.  Every day started the same way, go in early, define the days shop floor needs, make the schedule and get everyone to work.  The rest of the day consisted of administrative work (paper work, there's always paper work) staff meetings and planning.  Everything was scheduled, everything fell into place.  Not so much now.

I refer to my approach to hobbies as the "Colorado River School" because I acted in much the same way the Colorado River does.  I would rush in, chew up as much info as I could and then just sort of drift and meander here and there, from this to that, all depending on what I wanted to do that day.  This always seemed to  result in me digging a big hole for myself and everything just got all backed up.  See the relationship?  I can see that's not going to work for me now.

So I decided to come up with a "tentative" schedule.  Something that I can more or less follow without feeling like I'm going to work all over again ( I am retired, ya know), yet where I'm able to accomplish what I need to do.  So here it is.

Monday - Speed painting and concept sketching.
Tuesday - Refine Matte work.
Wednesday - Training (videos, on-line research)
Thursday - Free - catch up, mix things up.
Friday - Free - catch up, mix things up.
Saturday - Sunday - Computer work, blog. website development and general clean up the office days.

Of course, between all that there's everyday life stuff to do.  I don't watch much TV at all, but there's always shopping, going to the doctor, talking to the family... things like that.  I can afford to do this because my main income doesn't depend on my art (thank God for that).  When that day comes, I'll make adjustments but I want to ease into it now because I'm finding I'm not getting the results that I want.

Looking at the schedule, you might ask, "hey, what's up with Thursday and Friday".  Well, right now, those are the days that one of the most important people in my life comes to visit... my little grandson Daniel.  So, things have to fit in where they can and they have to be things that don't require a high level of concentration.  Sorry, but nothing comes between me and this little guy.

Ok, so today is Monday... I need to stop blogging and get to painting.