Kondo This
Debbie Irwin
Voiceover Talent - 20+ years. Medical Consultant. Expert Medical Narrator. A Sophisticated Voice Working Globally. Coaching Students in the Art & Business of Voiceover.
Have you been Kondo-ed? I’m about ready to surrender. But it sure is hard to let go..
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What is it I’m clutching? Paper. I’ve got a huge file cabinet filed with folders for every voiceover project I’ve ever had, every client I’ve ever served, with scripts, notes, invoices, and pay stubs.
Not only do I feel a sense of maternal pride and protectiveness (these are my babies who I tended to after all), but I also appreciate having resources to refer to when clients would come back to me weeks, months, or sometimes years later, to work together again.
And there’s the wonderful feeling of flipping through the files and being reminded of people and projects that have dotted my career. It’s like looking through an album of photographs, something fundamentally gratifying, verses the scanning we do of tens of thousands of photos when looking for that one image we’re trying to get our hands on.
Over the years (I’ve been at this for 15 now), I have culled the folders, tossing thousands of pages of eLearning scripts, medical narrations, and audio books, but there are some projects I can’t seem to cast aside— like the many museum audio tours I’ve voiced.
But here’s the good news. I’m willing to try. So I’m conferring with colleagues who have blazed the trail before me, cut ties with paper and forged digital systems for managing their businesses.
I’ll keep you posted on how I do. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions, I’m all ears.
Kondo-me, baby!
I help pharmacists stand out from the crowd and reach their target audience through podcasting, audiobooks, and trustworthy drug pronunciations.
5 年Have you considered scanning the files you want to keep and using Evernote to digitally store them, which makes the content searchable? #evernote
★ Delivering Broadcast-Quality Voice Over From My HOME STUDIO for Commercials, Web Videos, eLearning, Explainer Videos, IVR & More ★ Source Connect ★ Book Reviewer ★ WoVO member
5 年I have similar piles of VO scrapbookables from the past several years that I'm pained to part with. Looking forward to hearing more about your foray into tidying!
British Voice Over Talent specializing in E-Learning - Corporate narration - Explainer Videos
6 年But doesn't each script or pay stub spark a memory of a time and a place, not that you want constant reminders, but I find it hard to get rid of something that raises a smile!
★ Providing Broadcast-Quality Voice Over Recordings From My HOME STUDIO for Commercials, Corporate Narration, eLearning, Explainer Videos, IVR, & More ★
6 年Love this!!! So glad you were able to let go and enjoy the freedom that paring down brings. Keep up the great work!
? Female Voice Over Talent, specializing in Warm, Rich, Real reads for Commercials & Narrations ● D&D Enthusiast & Media Geek?
6 年I SO feel your pain, Debbie. :)? I've just recently "Kondo'd" other parts of my home .. but I hold on to a lot of VO-based paper too.? Thing is, I've been using my email for years to keep this kind of thing under control and very rarely print out anything anymore.? So what I have saved is from years back... I'm sure I'll eventually have to Kondo my email too. lol? Good luck with the struggle!? It's ongoing. ;)?