There is tremendous power in being organized. It frees your mind and relieves stress. It gives you focus so that you can become more productive and achieve your goals. But more importantly, it gives you power to create as an artist.
When you’re organized, you’re balanced and you have a clearer focus on what it is you are trying to accomplish. However, being organized is not always a strength for us as artists, and a lot of that comes from how our brains are wired—but it can be learned.
Information comes at us so fast now that sometimes it feels like we can’t catch up. What used to be a lot of clutter on your desks has now become clutter on your desktops. It is easy to procrastinate and let it build up on us. But when you do, I really feel that you lose so much freedom and power as an artist.
Try to look at the time spent organizing the files on your desktop as valuable as the time you spend trying to find work as an actor. I know that sounds kind of crazy, but think about it. When you open your computer and you first thought is, Ah, I need to organize this stuff, does that not demotivate you to work on a project? Being organized allows you to find information quickly and
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