Comments on: Get the Balance Right http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/ Mon, 20 May 2013 18:44:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-28529 Oliver Chesler Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:40:01 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-28529 Thanks for the kind words Jim... appreciated!! Thanks for the kind words Jim… appreciated!!

]]> By: Jim http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-28527 Jim Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:12:16 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-28527 You continue to impress me Oliver - ever since the 101 days. Your time and life management are inspiring as the others have noted. Keep it up man! You continue to impress me Oliver – ever since the 101 days. Your time and life management are inspiring as the others have noted. Keep it up man!

]]> By: Mark Kunoff http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-26604 Mark Kunoff Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:00:24 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-26604 Great post Oliver. I often feel like I have way too much on my plate and finding the right balance between career, girlfriend, musical interests and general life maintenance can be a challenge. For me, this is the main source of everyday stress. Lately I have been more willing to say "no" to new projects as attractive as they may be. If I do say 'yes', then another project comes off the plate. I'm 47 and still learning how to prioritize my time. As I get older I've found that preserving the relationships with loved ones and close friends becomes more important. You can always replace a job and all the toys in the studio, but the people you love are irreplaceable. And so, a question- how much sleep do get each night? And what's your secret for dealing with the jetlag from these over-the-weekend trips to Europe? Great post Oliver. I often feel like I have way too much on my plate and finding the right balance between career, girlfriend, musical interests and general life maintenance can be a challenge. For me, this is the main source of everyday stress. Lately I have been more willing to say “no” to new projects as attractive as they may be. If I do say ‘yes’, then another project comes off the plate. I’m 47 and still learning how to prioritize my time. As I get older I’ve found that preserving the relationships with loved ones and close friends becomes more important. You can always replace a job and all the toys in the studio, but the people you love are irreplaceable.

And so, a question- how much sleep do get each night? And what’s your secret for dealing with the jetlag from these over-the-weekend trips to Europe?

]]> By: Paul Vervoort http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-26588 Paul Vervoort Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:41:38 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-26588 "I pretend I am a CEO". I've read the War of Art by Steven Pressfield some weeks ago, following this post:http://www.heatercore.net/2010/12/love-your-craft.html (hope you don't mind me posting that here). I would highly recommend it. It's striking that one of the tips Pressfield gives creatives is that they should see and treat themselves as professionals. "You Inc." he calls it. “I pretend I am a CEO”.

I’ve read the War of Art by Steven Pressfield some weeks ago, following this post:http://www.heatercore.net/2010/12/love-your-craft.html (hope you don’t mind me posting that here).

I would highly recommend it. It’s striking that one of the tips Pressfield gives creatives is that they should see and treat themselves as professionals. “You Inc.” he calls it.

]]> By: Marco Tulio Thrash http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-26531 Marco Tulio Thrash Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:54:37 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-26531 The balance between "for love and for money" is razor thin. The balance between “for love and for money” is razor thin.

]]> By: g1sh http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-26439 g1sh Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:05:50 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-26439 Yeah, I get that feeling sometimes too. Currently I'm in a state of chaos, doing shows and working as a designer + trying some other "hobbies" on the side and I find myself in need of a change. I think I'll try to get more organized, maybe not down to minutes daily but at least hourly. Yeah, I get that feeling sometimes too. Currently I’m in a state of chaos, doing shows and working as a designer + trying some other “hobbies” on the side and I find myself in need of a change. I think I’ll try to get more organized, maybe not down to minutes daily but at least hourly.

]]> By: Christian W. Meyer http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-26363 Christian W. Meyer Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:05:46 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-26363 Time management it's one of the hardest challenge. Especially when you have a Day job. Day job, Friends, Family each part has to be in balance. If it's so, you will find creative time for making music in no time. This year I chanced my time management and it works great. Mo-Fr. I'm max 2 hours in the studio and 8 hours at the Day job (shift). Saturday I'm sometimes more than 4 h in the studio :-) I also found the time and pleasure to going to a fitness studio. Each of us have 100% energy and 24 hours per day, so take care of you. Time management it’s one of the hardest challenge.
Especially when you have a Day job.
Day job, Friends, Family each part has to be in balance.
If it’s so, you will find creative time for making music in no time.

This year I chanced my time management and it works great.
Mo-Fr. I’m max 2 hours in the studio and 8 hours at the Day job (shift). Saturday I’m sometimes more than 4 h in the studio :-) I also found the time and pleasure to going to a fitness studio. Each of us have 100% energy and 24 hours per day, so take care of you.

]]> By: Peanut http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-26328 Peanut Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:40:44 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-26328 This kinda resonated with me somehow. For as long as I can remember I've wanted to play music for a living. I thought that maybe, if I stayed close to the industry in which I wanted so much to be involved, I would somehow leapfrog from working behind the stage to working on it. But after dropping out of university and getting a job in a music venue to try and achieve my goal, I'm slowly realising that being a professional musician is not going to happen via 'osmosis'. Too many late nights and being tired from 18-hour shifts all the time are getting in the way of me making music. So I've decided to try and get a 'boring office job' in the hopes that, when 5 o clock rolls around, I'll be able to take off my work hat and go home and record or go to a venue and perform. At least that's the plan...... This kinda resonated with me somehow. For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to play music for a living. I thought that maybe, if I stayed close to the industry in which I wanted so much to be involved, I would somehow leapfrog from working behind the stage to working on it. But after dropping out of university and getting a job in a music venue to try and achieve my goal, I’m slowly realising that being a professional musician is not going to happen via ‘osmosis’. Too many late nights and being tired from 18-hour shifts all the time are getting in the way of me making music. So I’ve decided to try and get a ‘boring office job’ in the hopes that, when 5 o clock rolls around, I’ll be able to take off my work hat and go home and record or go to a venue and perform. At least that’s the plan……

]]> By: Miguel Marcos http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-26299 Miguel Marcos Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:41:04 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-26299 > I feel I’ve become a mouse on a wheel I've reached that point on a few occasions and it really is troublesome to get through that. It feels as if the "the point of life" has vanished. I think, however, it's just the mind playing tricks and try to ignore it and persist. Nice post. > I feel I’ve become a mouse on a wheel

I’ve reached that point on a few occasions and it really is troublesome to get through that. It feels as if the “the point of life” has vanished. I think, however, it’s just the mind playing tricks and try to ignore it and persist. Nice post.

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/03/07/get-the-balance-right/comment-page-1/#comment-26296 Oliver Chesler Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:47:47 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6883#comment-26296 Thanks... in the engrish words of some of my German friends, "We go on!". Thanks… in the engrish words of some of my German friends, “We go on!”.

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