It’s been a few days since I have done a podcast. In fact, last week got so productive with projects for other people, I was really too exhausted to work on my own stuff. It sounds like excuses, but that’s what I want to talk to you about. See last week I attended a meeting with a group of amazing people, who asked me to help them with their podcast project called, Breaking The Cycle. Check out the page on Instagram at btc_podcast, and I had 2 new clients who needed help with their podcasts as well. I have 4 people I’m working on edits for, and needed to get them done by Saturday. What ended up happening is that I didn’t get very much sleep for a few days, and that led me to physical and mental stress, which caused more fatigue. Which lead me to crashing Friday night, and taking Saturday to fully recover.
What lesson did I learn from this?
Well, I became very self-aware that I need to recover by getting some sleep at night. With working a day job to fund really everything right now, that leaves me with just a few hours in the evening, and in the morning to work on my own stuff. Organization and time management, I discovered, is vital. I tried to compact too much work in too short of time, giving me no time to recover. In all honesty, I could have reserved some of the work for Saturday, which I had been doing, and got some recovery time during the week. I have the drive to get the work done, but when you run out of fuel, you can’t really drive anywhere.
Recovery time is important, so be aware of how much you really need to recover, and take that. But, word of caution, don’t get stuck in recovery mode, to where you get lazy.