24 Hours With ...

24 Hours With ...

Name: Art Vacation
Career: TV/radio personality, Songwriter, Singer, Bistro owner, Co-founder of digital media
Professional Goal: Success in life is living the lifestyle you want
Life's Purpose: To inspire and entertain those around me with my passion for creativity, music, food and the finest hospitality I can offer in everyday of my life.
Personal Saying: Let's do it!
7am
Alarm clock beeps, stumble out of bed to the bathroom, drink one full glass of water and crawl back to bed.

8am
Mom or dad calls to chat about politics, their upcoming golf game and gold prices.

8.30am
The best meal of the day is prepared by the loveliest person in my life - Cake.

9am
On the phone with my stock broker, watch the news and get reports on current situations.

9.45am
Drive to work and put myself in the BIG idea mode, imagining I have already accomplished my goals and that I'm just doing what I need to maintain them.

10am
My first coffee of the day, scanning through all the headlines, ads and classified sections of most free and paid newspapers (I like to start with the free ones first).

10.30am
Go over my emails, taking daily multivitamins and getting interrupted by phone calls.

11am
My first meeting with people who wants to produce or sell TV shows. They are not always on time and so am I so I just kept checking email or talk on the phone until they all have arrived.

11.30am
By now my extrovert personality wants to act out but I'm trying to hold it down to be nice.

11.45am
I seize the right moment to deliver my take on the shows and wrap up the meeting, summarizing who has the ball in which court. By then, I'm usually interrupted by enough phone calls to fade out the meeting.

11.45am
Follow up on some previous project I could relate to from the ideas I jotted down in the last meeting (not that I wasn't paying attention) and read Forbes in the bathroom.

Noon
Check out the webstats on all of my websites and perform any update necessary to keep them current.

1pm
Run over to the newsroom, get change, rewrite the script and time the tapes of my daily afternoon show.

1.45pm
Make up and hairdo (my only moment of meditation).

2.15pm
Stand by in studio, get mic up and ear monitored.

2.30pm
Go live.

3pm
Grab some lunch (if I'm lucky). There's never any good food selection available by this time.

3.30pm
Get interrupted with producers who have troubles getting their sponsor's logos on air. Reconcile it with the censor department.

4pm
Some foreign clients present their business proposals, tv projects, digital media deals.

5pm
Come up with an idea for my new song after watching someone mocking James Blunt on youtube.

5.30pm
Get a kick out of watching some screeners from my extensive library of favorite all-time shows.

6pm
Call my boss to ask about scheduling changes, discuss show ideas and VTR policies.

6.30pm
Head out to the gym for some cardio action on the treadmill and get ideas for my radio show.

7pm
Weight lifting with my creative mentor - brother ko and brainstorm ideas.

8pm
Steam and sauna to my heart's content.

8.30pm
Show up at my bistro and try cooking my new recipes.

9.15pm
Start playing music with my band and take necessary breaks in between to talk to my customers.

1am
Get home and watch the news and try to avoid myself from going near the fridge for supper.

1.30am
Take a long cold shower and slip on my 20 year old cotton rag shirt and drink a glass of water before going to bed.