{"id":63,"date":"2016-05-12T14:55:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/?p=63"},"modified":"2016-05-12T14:59:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:59:53","slug":"how-i-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/?p=63","title":{"rendered":"How I work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Location:<\/strong>
\nNear Paisley Park, MN
\nCurrent Gig:<\/strong>
\nThe Producer for 4 different podcasts on the Solitaire Rose Network. I also have two real world jobs, one in an office and one in a group home from developmentally disabled adults.
\nOne word that best describes how you work:<\/strong>
\nStories
\nCurrent mobile device:<\/strong>
\nLG G4, which is already out of date, I hear.
\nCurrent computer:<\/strong>
\nA trusty old PC and a bare-bones laptop
\nWhat apps, software, or tools can\u2019t you live without?<\/strong>
\nOpen Office \u2013 I need a word processor for everything I do it seems. I also rely on Skype and Audacity for creating podcasts. Everything else is browser based.
\nWhat\u2019s your workspace setup like?<\/strong>
\nI have an old rolltop desk my Aunt gave me ages ago, and I need to go through the drawers and start getting rid of the things in them, since I rarely open them. The top of the desk is cluttered with notes, tsotchkes<\/strong><\/em>, a shot glass of jelly beans and a glass of soda.
\nWhat\u2019s your best time-saving shortcut or life hack? Do you automate something that used to be a time sink? Do you relegate email to an hour a day?<\/strong>
\nI treat mixing a podcast the way a chef puts together a meal: Mise en Place I have all of the sound file I need open and ready to drop in. I listen to the audio, cut out what needs to be cut out, tighten things and drop in the extra sound stuff. Usually while multitasking on writing up episode descriptions, website tweaking and answering e-mail.
\nThe other big time saver for me is to do the up front planning. My co-hosts do things seat of their pants, so I am the one who has the show format, keeps people on track and does all show prep.
\nWhat\u2019s your favorite to-do list manager?<\/strong>
\nRemember the milk. EVERYTHING is on it.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBesides your phone and computer, what gadget can\u2019t you live without and why?<\/strong>
\nMy tablet. I read a lot of comics, and moving to digital has made my life easier because I can read them pretty much anywhere. Plus, I have videos on it for watching at the gym, my to-do list and all of my other electronic crutches.
\nWhat everyday thing are you better at than everyone else?<\/strong>
\nEmpathy. I think I am a good interviewer because I have a good read on what people want to talk about and what they are uncomfortable about, and knowing if what they are uncomfortable about is something that will make it a good interview or not.
\nWhat do you listen to while you work? Got a favorite playlist? Maybe talk radio? Or do you prefer silence?<\/strong>
\nIf I am mixing a podcast, I have to listen to that. Otherwise, if I am writing, it\u2019s music, and usually movie soundtracks, which is a horrible clich\u00e9, I know. For anything else, I am listening to podcasts. I am an information junkie and am always feeding my brane.
\nWhat are you currently reading? A novel, comic book, website, magazine?<\/strong>
\nLOTS of comics, and am still on a Atlas kick now that so many of them are on Marvel Unlimited. When I was in my teens and 20\u2019s, I was a big EC guy, and EC fans trash the Atlas stuff, but while the Atlas stories are pretty much what you would expect from 50\u2019s horror\/western\/monster comics, some of the art is incredible and I am enjoying learning about that era. I am reading the Travis McGee novels again and the magazine I adore that isn\u2019t comic book related is The New Yorker.
\nHow do you recharge?<\/strong>
\nScience documentaries and the like. The damn things are like crack to me. I don\u2019t watch a lot of TV anymore, but I actually like to watch professional wrestling for fun. I also enjoy going to the gym because I HAVE to concentrate on what I am doing. I also am a self-taught meditator.
\nWhat\u2019s your sleep routine like? Are you a night owl or early-riser?<\/strong>
\nTerrible. I have been grabbing a lot of \u201csleeping overnight shifts\u201d at the group home I work at, where I sleep on their couch, wake up if the awake staff needs help and then rush home to clean up for my full-time job. Left to my own devices, I go to bed around 2 am and get up around 8 am, but that\u2019s not hwo the working world works.
\nWhat\u2019s the best advice you\u2019ve ever received? Doesn\u2019t have to be work or productivity-related.<\/strong>
\n\u201cYou need to love her unconditionally.\u201d I was starting a relationship and it was the first one I had been in for a long time and I asked a friend what I could do not to screw it up. Why is it the best advice? Because I didn\u2019t just apply it to that one person, but in all aspects of my life. Love unconditionally, forgive constantly and remember that every day above ground is a good day.
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