Archive for October, 2007
Organizational redesign, in progress…
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007After 19 years of working from home and writing about smart home offices, you’d think I could knock out a spiffy home office make-over in short order. That’s just not the case. It seems that that same longevity in the SOHO (Small Or Home Office) space has led to several issues that make a redesign challenging. [...]
Time for an organizational redesign…
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007I’ve worked from my current home office for the better part of 11 years. From the beginning, organization was important - nay, critical - to my success. I have a 10-foot-long, custom-built desk with lots of drawer and cabinet space. It has a wirechase to conceal Ethernet, printer and phone cords and cables, and an [...]
“Take a look at my desktop…”
Thursday, October 18th, 2007“Take a look at my desktop, it’s the only one I got…Not much of a desktop, used to seem to have a lot…” OK, so Supertramp would be aghast at my adaptation of their 1970s hit Breakfast in America (though no worse so than the current remake by Gym Class Heroes, I imagine). [...]
Affirmations for Everyone
Thursday, October 11th, 2007An affirmation is a short positive statement said with passion, conviction and belief.. Sounds easy enough but have you really thought about what that means? A short positive statement, that’s easy enough. Put together a few words that move or mean something to you and phrase them so that they have an emphasis on the [...]
Balancing the family’s circadian rhythm
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007I’m an early bird. Not surprisingly, my kids are night owls. So when they need help with homework or want to hang out, Dad’s pretty much worthless after 9 p.m. or so (that’s Mom’s cue to step in). But homework, projects, studying for tests, etc., all must be handled - often with help from an [...]
Moved to Tears During Yoga
Monday, October 8th, 2007I was presenting my program, Colorgized Yoga, at the ECA Fitness Conference this weekend. Friday’s presentation was not great, it was good and the people were open but we were missing one important component, darkness. Without darkness I cannot create the amazing light show that makes Colorgized Yoga what it is, a color healing yoga program.
Saturday was different, [...]
Feng Shui Colors
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Feng Shui Color affect people emotionally, physically and psychologically. Feng Shui colors should be used to achieve balance not excess. The following are feng shui principles that apply to colors you can use in your home or office.
Get out there
Friday, October 5th, 2007I got out of the home office yesterday. I know it doesn’t sound like some major endeavor. But I realized some time ago that when you work in an office isolated from the masses and detatched from the rest of the working world, you have to deliberately schedule time out of the home-based workspace, or [...]
Do you feel down and sluggish when it rains too much?
Monday, October 1st, 2007Well, if you do you are not alone. There is a very real disorder called Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD which is typically associated with the winter season. It is also called Winter Blues. Did you know however that SAD can occur anytime there is a lack of sunshine. For us Southerners we obvioulsy don’t [...]
The Home Office ‘Maytag Man’
Monday, October 1st, 2007I’m sitting in my home office, cranking out some work and getting prepared for another Monday. A little office organization, some blogging, a bit of light-duty work. The clock tells me it’s around 3 a.m. My friends - if they were awake right now - would tell me that’s whacked. But that’s OK. I’ve blogged [...]