{"id":14,"date":"2016-05-13T00:44:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T00:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/?p=14"},"modified":"2016-06-01T20:12:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T20:12:32","slug":"take-time-to-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/uncategorized\/take-time-to-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Take time to plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/File-May-12-5-38-55-PM-e1463100320558.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/File-May-12-5-38-55-PM-e1463100320558-300x126.jpeg\" alt=\"File May 12, 5 38 55 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/File-May-12-5-38-55-PM-e1463100320558-300x126.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/File-May-12-5-38-55-PM-e1463100320558-768x321.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/File-May-12-5-38-55-PM-e1463100320558-1024x429.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/File-May-12-5-38-55-PM-e1463100320558.jpeg 1995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a tip I have to remind myself with regularly: Take time to plan your project before diving in.<\/p>\n<p>It may seem obvious, but with all the tools we have at our fingertips these days, it&#8217;s easy to dive in on a creative project without planning it out ahead of time. Sometimes, we actually turn out something fun and interesting, but the more specific the goals of a project, the easier it is to lose sight of the goal without some amount planning.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance planning takes extra time&#8230; or so it seems. And yes, making lists, drawing sketches and research does take extra time. However, from years of experience, I can tell you with confidence that the time you spend planning the specifics of a project with a list of goals will save much more time than the planning takes.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s face it. Most of the decisions made during a planning session will need to be made at some point along the way anyway. Having everything organized spares resetting one&#8217;s mindset every time a new discovery is made. Doing a little research and learning the ins and outs of a particular direction before taking it can save hours of backtracking and re-doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a tip I have to remind myself with regularly: Take time to plan your project before diving in.[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,6,7],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-graphic-design","tag-media-production-tips","tag-video-production"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/17"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mikegantenbein.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}