Introducing the Photographer’s Business Toolbox | Angelsea Urban

Anastasia - That’s something I sugtgrle with too some days I feel completely in the zone, others I wonder whether I’m coming or going.At work most days I have regular interruptions, which lead me off on wild goose chases. If I don’t say no I end up feeling like I’ve worked hard all day and achieved nothing. I know what you mean about working when no-one else is. Sometimes I start work at 6.30am for a 8,30am start, and the strange thing is that the part of the morning I get paid for (8.30 12.30) seems to last longer than if I’d got in at 8.30. It’s like I’ve had the mental space to find focus, and the focus actually stretches time out somehow.I think that’s the key thing for me focus gives me the flow you’re talking about I have my objective, and I’m not getting distracted.My main challenge though is to do that when the whole factory is knocking on the door asking me to deal with urgent irrelevances (they often are). Personal organisation flavour of the month in December was planning work at the start of the day, estimating the duration in 30min chunks, then working through the list marking off when I’ve done a full chunk without allowing myself to be distracted, or anyone else from drawing me away. I note them down on the task list, and at the end of the day I can see how much of my time I’ve spent on key projects. The shock was that to begin with I sugtgrled to spend 1h per day achieving key goals!! I’m working on improving that in the new year Keep writing your posts I’m enjoying reading them, running a business is something I’d like to come back to one day Jon