As a creative professional, your greatest asset is your ability to create ideas and make decisions. You are paid for your opinions. Yet despite the …
How to Save Time (And Your Sanity) By Working In Time Blocks
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a 3 part series on saving your sanity in the edit bay. In part two I cover the …
Why Supplements Are Worth the Investment (And The Ones You Can Trust)
Prefer to listen instead of read? Imagine a young, inexperienced editor approaches you with the following question: “What is the best plug-in package I can …
How Total Burnout Led to the Most Productive Year of My Life
My name is Zack Arnold, and I’m a recovering workaholic. Here’s the thing about being a workaholic that nobody ever talks about. Unlike other addictions …
Is It Possible to Stay Healthy at NAB? Let’s Find Out…
Editor’s note: The following is a guest post from Katie Hinsen (including her partner Boon Shin Ng) who is a senior finishing artist at Light …
Ready to Blow Your Paycheck On ‘The Perfect Chair?’ Read This First.
For the last several decades we as office dwellers have been on an endless quest for the “perfect” chair that provides the most comfortable working position …
Sitting Is Killing You, But Standing Isn’t the Answer (And Neither is Exercise)
Learn why standing all day won’t solve the “sitting is the new smoking” epidemic, and what you should be doing instead to stay health at your workstation.
How to Establish a Morning Routine (Even If You’re Not a Morning Person)
I’m going to confidently make a blanket generalization: Editors are not morning people. Here’s the morning routine trick:
The Endless Chase For Work-Life Balance
Working as an assistant editor for one of the biggest shows on television is no easy task. Finding the time to train for a marathon AND work on Empire, is almost impossible. Check out one assistant editor’s story on how she will attempt both.
How to Get the Best Sleep of Your Life (And the Evening Routine That Makes It Easy)
I used to be a zombie living off 4 hours a night, but after developing this system I now get 7 hours of sleep every night no matter how busy my schedule.
How to Overcome Post-Production Burnout
Burnout is not the exception in the post industry, it’s the rule. I’m hoping that sharing my story and my strategies to overcome burnout can change this.
A Classic Case of Post-Production Burnout
Read more about what working in post-production really does to us and the steps to avoid post-production burnout.
From Couch to Star Wars 10K
I have never been a runner. Anytime the idea came up, the famous quote “Run…for fun?! What the hell kinda fun is that?” But I just ran my first ever 10k.
Spartan Race Checklist
Wondering what to bring to your next obstacle course race? Use this comprehensive guide to prepare for battle (also includes a PDF checklist!).
The Top 10 (Healthy) Must-haves For Any Editing Gig
Staying healthy in the post-production industry isn’t easy under any circumstances. But traveling from one show to the next and constantly working in different offices …