Time Management and Priorities with Popping

[TETRIS]

This subject has been a difficult juggle for me for the past 2 years and I am curious to see what other people do to cope with their busy lives~

many times i find myself trying to do too many things in one day where I end up staying up till 4am every night working and it really cuts down on the time i have for practice. Im getn a bit concerned about my health as well since i only get about 4 hour sleep each night. It seems like the only time i have a chance to get down is when I go out on weekends or at homeland.

Just wondering what ppls schedules are like and how they mange their time to get practice on top of doing neccessary tasks in their lives (work, relationships, family, friends, etc)

[Kaistar]

I hardly really find time to truly "practice" anymore... most of my time is spent in other aspects of my life... but I'll do things and little exercises in every day life that train my rhythm and train my actual DANCE instead of my moves and movements. (That's probably why I'm no good, haha~) I got two jobs, school, and a girl... and for me to go to jams and shit, is farther than everyone in LA except for Madness... shit is hard :(

As for TETRIS... please, you keep improving all the time... hahaha don't complain foo :D

[itstitoitstito]

prioritize prioritize...

1 thing u should really kno is sleep late is bad for u..sleep early wake up early is the way to go!

get ur work done first ..and sleep or do whatever u want at night
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[t0xic]

i practice hard on weekends street performing or doing shows.

during the week ill practice once in wahile with some friends or with my gf..

i work fulltime and have a gf too

but routines in your everyday liffe work too...especially when your tryng to make new tricks

[JustBust1]

hmmm

i try my best to get time to "practice" between classes, studying and work. I usually practice breaking 2-3 times a week, it definitely helps with getting used to hitting ground moves and such. and my sleep schedules ok.. its definitely not the best as you can tell by my posting time.

I cant say i really practice popping.. its more of a habit for me to "pop" when im just doing the normal ish..driving, waiting for my adobo & rice to get hot in the microwave, popping while pooping etc etc..

i mean i could practice popping to replace my breaking practice but ehh... popping can only entertain me for so long, i need other dances to feed my hunger.

[LUX]

not too much balance for me, just school school school! But while i do my homework on listen to crazy house sets, and sporatcially get up and RIIP it.


yeah

[Philosopop]

I figured out the best way to motivate myself to practice. I, like the rest of you guys, don't have very much time at all, so I've had to learn to adapt to my time constraints.

The best way I learn something is to first figure out what I want to be working on. If I don't have an idea in mind as to what the next technique I want to learn is, I find that I'm much less motivated to actually work on anything.

So, what's my secret? I have a reasonably large mirror up in one part of my apartment, where I always walk past. Why would this matter? Because everytime I walk past a mirror, I .. HAVE.. to... BUST. There's no two ways about it - if I see a reflective surface, I like to bust out, and that's all there is to it.

Put these two things, and it's a simple matter to practice for 30 seconds on my way from the living room to the kitchen to check on the dinner that I'm cooking. 30 seconds might not seem like a lot of time, but add that up over the course of your day, and you can end up with 20 small practice sessions dispersed throughout the day. Having the session broken up has disadvantages, but it also has advantages - you're giving your mind and body time to let what you've just worked on sink in, and you're not getting burned out or stuck in a rut as easily.

I think the biggest secret I've learned as I've progressed is that every little bit helps. When I first started dancing, I would make a point of practicing small things whenever I was waiting at stop lights in the car. One thing that I've learned over time (and we're probably talking on the order of a year here) is to properly wave back and forth across my fingertips. This isn't a huge technique, but I consider it a bonus, because I haven't devoted any practice time to learning this technique, beyond sitting in my car waiting for the next green light.

Sporadic bust outs will never be able to substitute for a good 30-60 minute practice session, but if you don't have the time for one of those, make sure that you're practicing whenever you've got a spare moment. You'll be surprised how far something can improve without you devoting chunks of time towards it.

--Adam

[Ge0m3tRiC]

Quit smoking, that is ur first step to getting ur health on track.

[westcoastpoppin]

this has turned into a helpfull thread 8)