2024-11-21T14:23:12-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150166125/when-it-comes-to-planning-your-day-keep-it-simple Sean Joyner 2019-10-23T11:08:00-04:00 >2019-11-03T13:41:14-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/06/06e1af7f33a17c9b70b60485c9115b6b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Like many professionals, our days in architecture can get hectic. We try to manage the emails, the meetings, and the deadlines. In our efforts to check off all of our boxes we can sometimes fall short. With everything from calendar apps to team management softwares, we have a multitude of tools to pull from. But, despite the abundance of aids at our disposal, there is one thing that consistently proves helpful. Keeping it simple.</p> <p>When it comes to tasks, we have the big ones that will <em>significantly&nbsp;</em>move us forward to our end goal. And then we have the small ones, that still help toward that goal, but in comparison, hold less value, it could be things like responding to certain emails, adjusting annotations in a Revit file, or ordering samples.</p> Milestones and the theory of the few <p>Say we have a DD set of drawings due to a client in a couple of weeks and we've made good progress on our plans, sections, and elevations, but are lagging on our detail sheets; maybe it's casework and wall d...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150164091/2-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-pulling-an-all-nighter Sean Joyner 2019-10-11T12:30:00-04:00 >2019-10-13T23:51:40-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/de2196f00fc130e42c024d3f42ca3cba.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The all-nighter is a common occurrence in architecture today, especially in school. We briefly explored the reasons for this growing phenomenon in&nbsp;<em><a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150139021/the-architecture-student-s-guide-to-studio" target="_blank">The Architecture Student's Guide to Studio</a></em>, but let's dive a little deeper into the issue. Here are 2 things you should ask yourself before you decide to pull an all-nighter:</p> Would I be better off getting rest and returning to the work? <p><a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150146929/burnout-fatigue-and-the-architecture-workplace" target="_blank">Tiredness</a> is one of the primary factors in decreased performance, both mentally and physically. We think we are "sticking it out" and "working hard" by staying awake for 48 plus hours with no sleep. We even brag about it to each other. During school, I'd always show up to studio early in the morning and one day, a colleague who had been up for around two and half days came up to me visibly exhausted and told me she kept hallucinating and having "visions." After she told me this she walked back to her desk and continued working.</p> <p>I've done this before too (not to the extreme of my colleague). I stay late, tr...</p>