We all have 24 hours, it's what you do with it that's important

Every single person has the same twenty four hours. This is both a blessing and a curse, the blessing is that you are not just magically going to lose any time over the next person. The problem comes with how do you use your 24 hours a day and have you over extended yourself, or have you underextended yourself. So here are some questions to ask yourself

How much money do you need to survive? (i.e. are you making your budget)
What projects are you working on?
Are you getting paid?
Are you getting paid enough to keep doing this work? (i.e. are you under selling yourself?)
If you are underselling yourself, can you charge more for the work?
Are you overcharging yourself? If you are why?
How much time do you have dedicated to your craft?
What are your other responsibilities?
Are you heading for a burnout? (I'd say if you can't take a day off once a week to enjoy yourself and friends then you are heading for one.)

These are all important questions that you should ask yourself as you progress forward with anything, particularly work and life, and particularly film. Because in film when you work on a shoot oftentimes a shooting day is 10 to 12 hours and that doesn't usually include driving times either, and film is one of the hardest industries to stay in especially in this economy.

I've read stats that say something along the lines that 1 in 5 people are still in film/video five years after they have gotten out of college, which means that this is a field for the dedicated and the well planned.

For a lighter note I saw this music video on youtube and I think that it is fantastic, and shows what dedication can look like. It took 22 months to make a three and a half minute piece. It's called In Your Arms, and I have nothing to do with this piece, but you can get it here on amazon

I'll be back online in a couple days. I'm going to go take one of these breaks that I believe in.