Examining The Modern Creative Workforce and the Ongoing Struggles of Productive People, with Prescott Perez-Fox — The Busy Creator Podcast 80

Prescott Perez-Fox (@scottperezfox) is an independent brand consultant and designer based in Brooklyn, NY. Following ten years as a scrappy freelancer in New York's design scene, he's built a number of eccentric workflows and organisational structures.

This conversation loops and swirls a bit, covering career observations, podcast production, personal productivity struggles, and Prescott's possible plans for becoming a consultant ... and perhaps an agency.

Catch up with Prescott on his crumbly old website, perezfox.com or, um, here on The Busy Creator.

Show Notes & Links

Prescott & Marie are both coffee drinkers; neither are super-early morning people

"The Cult of 5:00am"

Morning Pages

Gratitude Practice

"I help small businesses put their best face to the world."

—Prescott Perez-Fox

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Daniel J. Lewis

The 6 P's of Podcasting Workflow

"Editing a podcast is a lot of deleting."

—Prescott Perez-Fox

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Kanban view within Freedcamp

"There's a baked-in irony in being a productivity blogger because you constantly examine your own habits."

—Prescott Perez-Fox

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The Self Journal by Cathryn Lavery

"Some habits are easier to adapt than others."

—Prescott Perez-Fox

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Bagel Tuesday

"Is it the curse of the entrepreneur that we feel the need to constantly be working?"

—Marie Poulin

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Deep Work by Cal Newport on Amazon and on Audible

The Accidental Creative Podcast by Todd Henry

Molly Young's review of Deep Work, et al.

Voltron [av_video src='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uS5b8aQ6z8' format='16-9' width='16' height='9']

Forbes predicts "by 2020 over 50% of the US Workforce will be freelance"

Digital Strategy School group on Slack

Prescott thinks co-working spaces are primarily a real estate play

RIP Studiomates in DUMBO, Brooklyn

Tina Roth Eisenberg aka Swiss Miss

Creative Mornings

WeWork is the big player in co-working. They're becoming the Starbucks.

BKLYN Commons co-working space

Marie and Ben work in a co-working space in Vancouver

9 Habits of Highly Creative People

Decision Fatigue — willpower erodes during the day

Do you have a "Work Uniform"?

Prescott still has his Powerbook G4 from 2004

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo on Amazon and on Audible

Joaquin Cotler

RIP Ethan Greene

Hoarders, and how it builds compulsive anxiety

"No one is immune from psychology."

—Prescott Perez-Fox

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"Let's be honest, a lot of designer identities are for other designers."

—Prescott Perez-Fox

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Prescott hasn't redesigned his personal site since 2010

May 1 Reboot — redesign your site by May 1

Squarespace

"I have to take the long way for [web] design."

—Prescott Perez-Fox

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Hi-Fidelity Mockups

Divi

Prescott did his chiropractor's website using Divi

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How to set up a Git repository

Sally Hogshead

Berkshire Hathaway

How The World Sees You by Sally Hogshead on Amazon and on Audible

Armin & Bryony from UnderConsideration

The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber On Amazon and On Audible

Freelancers struggle with one of three things: Staying organised, staying focused, or staying energised

New York City Podcast Meetup

"Unlike rock music and Olympic gymnastics, designers get better with age."

—Prescott Perez-Fox

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Sayba Naturals — Jill Fox's soap business

Starship Design

 Prescott Perez-Fox on Twitter

 Prescott Perez-Fox on Facebook

 Prescott Perez-Fox on Instagram

 Prescott Perez-Fox on YouTube

Tools

Freedcamp

Balsamiq

InVision

Divi

BitBucket

SourceTree

Techniques

Propose → Plan → Prepare → Produce → Publish → Promote

Save letters to make your processes simpler

Divide your day into blocks like "Morning shift"

Look for peer mastermind groups, an accountability partner, and a mentor — concurrently

Habits

Work toward having an entire podcast episode in the can

Learn the keyboard shortcuts as soon as possible.

Track your projects on a wall, using post-its or cards

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