[Jewelry making - Article 00300] - Re: [Orchid] Improving you stamina

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     my drawing teacher used to MAKE me take breaks. [snip] I LOVE long
>     hours! 

    OK, but not helpful for the original question... 

    I would say two things. 

    First, over time, you find your rhythm. Like, three hours full tilt
    productive work, one hour "housekeeping" (my term for all that other
    stuff we have to do besides actually making things), rinse, repeat.
    Or whatever. 

    Second, you probably can't work full speed all the time (the above
    comment notwithstanding), and you have to set things up so you don't
    need to. You can't say you earned $45 in 45 minutes (or whatever) if
    it takes half an hour to be ready to do it again. The down time has
    to be counted. So your charges need to take that into account. 

    If you cannot charge enough to get a good rate of pay for the work
    you can comfortably do in a day, then something has to change. Find
    a way to be more efficient; change the product; change where you
    market; change career. Facts of economics. 

Noel
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