Yesterday at church, I was semi-scolded for the windows being open in the Women’s Sunday School room while the AC was on. Never mind that I’d just arrived at church minutes before, that I hadn’t opened the windows, and that the women hadn’t yet met for the Sunday School hour. Still, I was told to [...]
At-home workers, how do you make sure you’re taking care of all facets of your business?
If there were one single secret I could pass on, almost guaranteed to grow success, it would be this. Success in business or in life is about the F word. Not that one. F-O-C-U-S.
…from the vegetable garden out?
Reports are that seed sales are up from last year (a 75% increase at one seed company!), due to the recession-proof trend of growing food at home.
Unfortunately I have a backyard where “the sun don’t shine,” and I’m not environmentally liberated enough to put a vegetable garden in my front yard. (I [...]
Readers of this blog may remember my previous Personal Geek Squad post, about the unpaid position my husband fills as my tech support dude. After yesterday, though, I’m thinking that his days are numbered.
I’ll take small triumphs where I can find them, and yesterday I had two. The first was when my e-mail-auto-bot told me, [...]
Unlike a traditional J-O-B, working from home is a constant battle of boundaries. It can easily have you feeling the burn. And after three weeks of burn, I am feeling kinship with the contents of a dirty ashtray; I’m battling burnout.
Helpguide.org has many helpful resources on dealing with stress and its sometime companion, burnout. When [...]
Seems to me that the most lucrative independent business around could very well be the Jersey Shore-based ice cream man. Somehow, when I’m at the beach and that Pavlovian bell rings, my kids get 2 ice creams and somehow I’m out six bucks. I figure that if the ice cream [...]
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In his new book, How the Mighty Fall, Jim Collins discusses the process of corporate failure. These lessons can apply to small producers. Check it out here:
No pressure, universe, but I’m not sitting here waiting for the phone to ring/mail to come/e-mail to update, refresh, and fill to the brim with “I want to hire you now!” entreaties.
While I’m waiting for the starting bell to ring on my next project (which it will, really), I’m dedicating myself to staying productive in the personal department. [...]
Office Pod
From the coolest telecommuting ever files, it’s the office in your yard…the OfficePod! An ergonomic office cube for the offsite worker, this pod allows companies to supply a fully functional workstation that sits in your yard and fits with your decor. Helps with worklife balance too. Just shut the cube and your day is [...]