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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / WORK/LIFE BALANCE: Dealing with stress
« on: Mar 03, 2006, 05:27 pm »
I was looking on the site and so far have not found any posts about dealing with stress. if there is one and I missed it please point it out.
I am in the middle of about a million things. As a stage manager/student I tend to over commit (but what stage manager doesn't?) Any way I am the ASM for one show, I am directing & designing lights for another show, and I am the SM for another show. On top of that I still work another job 40 hours a week. They are all in rehearsal now and each opens the weekend after the previous one closes. I am so overwelmed right now because I have so much on my plate. How do you deal with the stress that builds up over time? Normally I have a break down about two days before tech starts. Then I am fine for the run of the show, I just wish there was a better way to deal. Please let me know what you do.
I am in the middle of about a million things. As a stage manager/student I tend to over commit (but what stage manager doesn't?) Any way I am the ASM for one show, I am directing & designing lights for another show, and I am the SM for another show. On top of that I still work another job 40 hours a week. They are all in rehearsal now and each opens the weekend after the previous one closes. I am so overwelmed right now because I have so much on my plate. How do you deal with the stress that builds up over time? Normally I have a break down about two days before tech starts. Then I am fine for the run of the show, I just wish there was a better way to deal. Please let me know what you do.