Repeated burn out is a major issue for independent artists. It’s vital to learn to control your work-day. There is no overtime so it’s up to us to learn to mange our time.

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Hi. John Paul Fischbach here, CEO and Chief Alchemist at the Auspicious Arts Incubator with this week’s Hot Tip Tuesday. The title of this Hot Tip this week is End Your Work Day. This another of our productivity tips. How many times in the last say six months, have you said to a friend or a colleague “I work a 12 hour day, I worked a 14 hour day, I worked a 16 hour day”? That is working harder, not necessarily smarter.

Hours on the job dont equal better results for us as independent artists. Ending your work at a time that is at the same time every day gets you in the habit of being more productive during those work hours. Rather than piling up all the procrastination for after hours.

This tip is to have a strict working period, set it, declare it, stick to it because this forces you to prioritize and get the most important stuff out of the way. The productivity that you gained by declaring an end to your work day is not about being to do more or get through your entire to do list. It’s about being focused and choosing to do the important things.

The whole concept of ‘important versus urgent’ is covered in Hot Tip Number 50 so you might want to check that out. Of course there will be times when things build up and you have to burn some midnight oil. We’re artists. That happens. What’s your overtime rate? What reward can you give yourself that when you have to work the 12 or the 16 hours there’s a reward because it’s not the norm. It’s not something that you had to do out of guilt. It’s a choice that you make.

I want you to be a good CEO of your company. Dont burn your Artist out. I mean seriously, if you had an artist working for you I bet you would make them stop at the end of the day. I want you all to promise to end your work day and stop martyring ourselves.

That’s this Hot Tip. If you knew someone who burns the candle at both ends, does lots of hours, maybe share this video with them. If you found this helpful to you, if you’re the kind that just gets burnt out please like this video. I would love to hear some comments of what it feels like to declare an end to my work day. It’s a very liberating thing. Here at the Auspicious Arts Incubator we want you to more than survive we want you to thrive. The best way to thrive is to subscribe. We’ll see you next week for another Hot Tip.