6 Things I Learned with a Film Funding Free-for-All: Grant Application Tips
6) Spread out the work over a few days
For those who had to write essays in school, this is a nostalgic moment for you. Remember when your teacher gave you an assignment WEEKS in advance? There were many types of ways students went about their essay-writing. I often heard horror stories of people’s extreme procrastination like it was a sport. Computers breaking down hours before the deadline, printers not working, bibliographies not done, spelling and grammar a mess, and on and on. Please try not to bring that kind of energy to your grant applications. Break your application down into chunks across multiple days so that you have time to make any tweaks, give feedback, etc.
Nine Productive Things To Do During Downtime
#8 - Share your gratitude
Have you ever recieved a shout-out on social media or a personalized thank you note? Then you know how special it feels to have someone show how grateful they are to you. Gratitude is highly underrated. Take some time to say thank you to loved ones, team members, mentors, etc. Schedule shout- out posts on Twitter and Instagram, call your extended family, mail a thank you letter to the person, say I love you to your beloved and explain in detail why you love them, if you are a person who prays offer gratitude in that way.
You are responsible for your life: Law of Attraction
Measure Your Life with The Wheel of Life
Money. Why 4/10?
Not many people will admit their income in such a public space, but I want to be transparent. In 2018 I made under $15,000. Now, in Canada, to be considered as a low-income earner, you must be earning less than $23,000 as a single person. But also, I was officially a full-time freelancer, securing gigs, and transitioning fields - away from the not-for-profit sector. With my low income, I managed to move out of my mom’s house, travel to South America and USA, contributing to my investment accounts, and still pay my bills. Sure, it was a struggle, sometimes I spent money unwisely, and I often had breakdowns about money, but I also know I can survive off of $15k, so when I make more it means I can thrive.
Ten Lessons in 2018
I have a secret. Don’t tell people, okay?
When I very little funds in my bank accounts, I have an internal crisis. I ask myself questions like “What is my purpose?”, “Why am I even here?”, “How am I meant to help change the world?”, “What’s the point?”, or “Is this all there is?”. I might as well be having a mid-life crisis. But then, an invoice is paid or a new opportunity falls into my lap, and I’m my productive and motivated self again. This happens to the best of us - we stray from our path, but then find it again.
5 Must-Have Traits of Intrapreneurs
I realized I’m not into entrepreneurialism as much.
Thus, there’s a group of people like me who are intrapreneurs.
Definition via investopia:
An intrapreneur is an inside entrepreneur, or an entrepreneur within a large firm, who uses entrepreneurial skills without incurring the risks associated with those activities. Intrapreneurs are usually employees within a company who are assigned to work on a special idea or project, and they are instructed to develop the project like an entrepreneur would. Intrapreneurs usually have the resources and capabilities of the firm at their disposal.
Are you wondering if you are an intrapreneur? Below are five skills/traits that help identify intrapreneurs.
You Are The Average of the 5 People You Spend the Most Time With
Why Can't You Get Anything Done? The Know-Do Gap for Artists.
The knowing-doing gap was popularized by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton. The knowing-doing gap is essentially: You know what you have to do. But, the doing doesn’t happen. Therefore, the results don’t happen.
Below are a few examples of how the know-do gap can show up in your life:
I KNOW I have to start that essay my professor assigned us at the beginning of the semester, but I DO it two days before it’s due.
I KNOW I should be getting medical help for this reoccurring problem, but only until I start coughing up blood is when I DO it (this example is a bit extreme, but you get my drift).
