The Busy Los Angeles Lifestyle: How to Get More Done! (videos)
by Dane Findley on May 27, 2010So many of us who live or work on the Westside of Los Angeles live the typically busy lifestyle of today’s urban professional (and when I say “urban professional,” I am also including stay-at-home full-time parents: the ultimate pros)!
Unique lifestyles require unique solutions. The more hectic life seems, the more important it becomes to “stay on track,” and get the most productivity from each moment — whether that’s quality relaxing, or quality workflow.
Are you in charge of your day, or is your day in charge of you? One-third of our nation’s workforce are members of what is currently referred to as “the Creative Class,” because they create for a living — as entrepreneurs, as knowledge workers in education and technology, and, of course, within the artistic professions.
Many people who work and create in these areas are extremely busy. I know this first-hand because I work with a talented team of real estate professionals who are also journalists; they are community experts who reach out and connect with their neighbors through their hyperlocal blogs and online social networking channels.
There is a constant temptation for those of us who keep extremely full schedules to fall into a state of unawareness about how we organize our days. In other words, we forget to periodically work on our days, instead of just in our days.
Oh, the excuses we create to keep from taking a hard, honest look at how we organize our time and prioritize our projects! My team and I have found it useful to get together and have “accountability groups” where we support and challenge each other to improve our personal productivity, and to be the best we can be. I hope that you find within these videos something that might be helpful to you, or spark an idea that might light the way toward a new solution that will make an improved difference in your own week!
I invite you to share, in the comments section below, any thoughts you have about how best to navigate effectively through an especially busy week. What works for you?
Quotidian. I’m going to work at getting word that into my daily routi-, ahem, quotidian.
i must remember to take another seat.
I loved your example of a quotidian (daily rituals) — as demonstrated in the video you shared — with the opening of the Mr. Rogers show.
Every day for 50 years, he: walked in the door, welcomed viewers to his neighborhood, took off his jacket, donned a button up sweater, sat down, removed his street shoes, and put on his house shoes.
Not once in all those years did he alter the routine. Our culture seems to do little to support ritual, so many of us never have the opportunity to experience the benefits of a rich quotidian.
I’d go crazy without organization. Now I’m all about enhancing the quality of my habits that better support my enjoyment of life and all things good. Thanks D.