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 “Contextual Editing” Can Save You Hours Per Week In the Edit Bay
Editor’s Note: This is the second in my three part series on saving your sanity in the edit bay. Click here to read part 1 …
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 …
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:
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.
Spartan Race Checklist
I am what you would call a “Weekend Warrior.” Let’s just say that I signed up for the Elite Heat once (placing 212 out of …
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 …