by Jessica Dorman | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
You read that correctly. While I do have a chart of recommended amounts of daily practice time on my studio policies page, that’s just a basic guideline. Because it’s not so much about the quantity as the quality. Well, ok, if you don’t put in the quantity, you...
by Jessica Dorman | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
About 6 years ago, Colin and I took a close look at our bills. As freelancers with income that varied month to month, the timing of several of those bills really hurt. Of course, some essential bills are due each month (mortgage, gas/electric, cable,...
by Jessica Dorman | Feb 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
According to the experts you can’t truly multitask. You wouldn’t know that if you looked at my Google calendar. Especially in the before-times, I would regularly have multiple events in the same hour slot. The thing is, I wasn’t truly...
by Jessica Dorman | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
I hear this so much. Honestly, I hated practicing as a kid, too. I didn’t start to enjoy practicing until I learned how to do it well; I didn’t start to enjoy practicing until I started having flow experiences (when you lose track of time...
by Jessica Dorman | Dec 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I am a serial over-committer. I discovered a few years ago the magic of SCHEDULING EVERYTHING. I put EVERYTHING on my calendar. Ok, ALMOST everything. I schedule everything that I would procrastinate if it weren’t...
by Jessica Dorman | Nov 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Almost all the productivity advice I’ve heard/read says that “the key” is to wake up early and get your important tasks done in the morning. I’m sorry, but we are not all morning people. We are all programmed differently. I, for one, am a serious...
