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One of the questions I’m asked a lot is about my typical workday.
Here’s the truth: when you’re an artist, entrepreneur or any combo thereof, there’s no such thing as a typical workday. Every day is different and I like that. My days depend on two factors:
1. Where I am geographically. Remember, I run a virtual company by design. I like the freedom and flexibility to work from different locations. All I need is a Wifi connection, my cell phone and my computer to get the vast majority of my work done. But days spent in NYC inevitably unfold differently than days in the woods of the Catskill Mountains or days in Venice Beach.
2. What I’m working on. Writing is different from production which is different from shooting which is different from post production which is different from day-to-day leadership which is different from meetings which is different than promotion which is different from hiring and training which is different from learning which is different than speaking, and so on and so forth.
Each day contains a multitude of these tasks (and more) in ever fluctuating proportions.
That said, this episode of Marie Unplugged is a glimpse into one recent summer workday. Not a typical day, just one day.
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Marie Forleo: Morning. I don't know if you can hear that, but it's raining outside. I kind of like rainy days in the summer because then I don't feel pressure or torn about whether or not I should go to the beach. I'm going to keep writing or hanging out inside or doing my cleaning or whatever it is that I want to do. But feeling no guilt about missing the sunshine.
Marie Forleo: Doing a new workout today, one I've never done before. I looked at the preview, definitely intimidating, but no matter what it takes, I'm going to make it happen. Workout, hip hop edition. Let's do this.
Marie Forleo: All right. I just completed my challenge workout. Sweating my ass off. And I need water. Oh, oh, I got to cool down. Okay. I'm going to do my cool down.
Marie Forleo: Today, in fact, in less than seven minutes, I am meeting with UK publishers for my next book. So we're doing virtual meetings. We're doing conference calls and Google Chats. Now I just worked out. It's summer. I'm sweaty as all heck. Look at this hair. Super sweaty. The first one is a conference call, and I'm really hoping by the time the Google Chat comes up, I'm not going to look as sweaty. It's a little bit like dating. Like are they going to like me? What will they think of my book? And I'm excited to have these meetings and see who the UK publisher for my book is going to be.
Marie Forleo: This is how you do deals across the pond. This is Sandy, everyone, and us doing a Google Hangout, which both of us were like sending invites and going, like is this thing on, because, you know, technology. Anyway that's it. So I just got done with my first round of meetings with UK publishers and it went awesome. Everyone was so cool. I fell in love kind of easily. I really like people, and I like smart people. All of my meetings today were with really smart humans who were kind of nice and had their own flavors and visions for the book. So tomorrow more meetings, and then we'll see where we go from there.
Marie Forleo: On days when I have a headache and I need a break, TERRA Chips and hummus, and like a few minutes of CNN. I'm sorry. Look, you may not like CNN. You're going to have all these opinions about CNN. I kind of don't care. When I need just a minute or two to reset, TERRA Chips, hummus, big tall glass of water, catching up with the world actually gets me even more committed to stay positive and create good shit.
Marie Forleo: And some days it's time to give our dog a shower. You look so happy right now.
Speaker 2: Damn it, turn the camera off and get me a towel. What the hell is this.
Speaker 3: I'm taking us to Montauk tonight to go see my buddy Seth Herzog, now your buddy too, do some stand up at Ruschmeyer's. And he'll probably end up in his underwear at some point.
Speaker 3: Hi. This is my mustache.
Marie Forleo: I hate the mustache. I keep trying to get him to... He needs to get rid of the mustache.
Speaker 3: The mustache is really cool.
Marie Forleo: The mustache.
Speaker 3: It's a summer stache.
Marie Forleo: I don't like it.
Speaker 3: Okay, well, I didn't expect you.
Marie Forleo: It's so porny.
Speaker 3: Like you liked it when it had the other stuff, so I'll just let the other stuff grow back.
Marie Forleo: No, let it all grow back at once. It's not like Michelangelo's David. It's not like there was some masterpiece hidden in your beard and then you like removed the excess.
Speaker 3: That's exactly what it was.
Marie Forleo: It's horrible.
As Annie Dillard so wisely shared, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Every single one of us is different. We have different goals, different ambitions, different strengths, different priorities and different outcomes that we’re after.
One of the keys to happiness and winning at life (however YOU define it) is to get super honest about what your goals and priorities are. Then be ruthless about living it. Resist the urge to compare yourself to others.
While not always successful, I do my best to fill my days with love and laughter and movement. Those are as important to my existence as oxygen.
I’m curious, what’s your oxygen? Are you giving yourself enough of what you most need? If not, what’s one action you can take now to change that?
Leave a comment below and let me know.
Thanks for taking this August Marie Unplugged journey with me. Your words of love and support are appreciated more than you know.
With enormous gratitude,
XO
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