Archive for November, 2008
A Home Officer Who’s Ready to Give Thanks
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008A healthy family and well-adjusted kids.
A sturdy roof over our heads, and reliable, debt-free cars in the driveway.
Two careers that put money in the wallet and satisfaction in our souls.
That’s what we’re thankful for this holiday season.
To be sure, the financial markets give much cause for pause. Economists warn that 2009 will shape up to [...]
The Mood Borne of Friday With GNR in the Home Office…
Friday, November 21st, 2008No sooner does Monday come than Friday has arrived. I knew it was Friday: My kids were slower to rise from bed, the wife was headed to work, and I had a happy mood about me. And I hadn’t even had a cup of tea yet.
But when someone (a respected exec, no less) proffered a [...]
Saturday Mornings Create a Pattern in the Home Office
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Laptop’s powered up. ESPN’s on the bedroom big screen. Kids are lazing around the home, and I’ve relocated my home office to the master bed. Same as last week. Probably same as next.
See a pattern here?
Lazy Saturdays are great days to get stuff done — with no phone calls, no flood of emails, no weekday [...]
Does This Ride Ever Slow Down? Time Management in the Home & Office
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Zack has hockey practice. Zoe has dance — and softball. Nicole will be coaching cheerleading. The good news is, she can drive herself there. The bad news is she’ll need one of the family’s two cars to do so.
Among parents out there, do you ever feel like a whirling dervish?
As a home office worker and [...]
Getting Organized for the Week Ahead: What’s Your Sunday Like?
Sunday, November 9th, 2008It’s Sunday and I’m in my home office. The family’s asleep, and I’ve been cleaning my desk, my Gmail inbox, and prepping for the week ahead for the past two hours.
Sure, I’m the victim of some wacky circadian rhythm that has me rise before dawn — and often asleep just after prime-time has launched each [...]
It Takes a Village to be Touched by Others’ Life Cycle Events
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Robbie and I have been married for 20 years, and together for 24. We have a 17-year-old daughter, followed by two younger siblings.
We have a rich and full life, with accomplishments and challenges, and those proverbial highs and lows that all familes come to know.
But sitting in the bat mitzvah of the daughter of a [...]
The ‘Process’ of Business & Home Office Life
Thursday, November 6th, 2008The wheel keeps on spinnin’ around. Turn the page. Time keeps on flowing, like a river…
Countless songs speak of the passage of time — the unstoppable, irreversible, never-ending chronological movement that is like sands through the hourglass.
Anyone with children need only look into their faces to see time in motion. As they age, they grow [...]
Beyond the Home Office, a Witness to Change…
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008I was witness to change this week. Not just as I watched states on an illuminated map turn blue or red. Many of us witnessed that, and it was a manumental event to have seen transpire.
I took time off from my small business, left the home office, and drove with my sister to Dania Beach, [...]
Everyday’s a Chance For Change…
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Americans go to the polls this week to elect city commissioners, judges, representatives and a new president. It seems the greatest chance for change we’ve experienced in some time.
But the chance for change comes daily.
How can you improve organization and life-flow around your home?
How can you make your home office, home-based business or professional life [...]
The Weekend: Three Days of Organizational Exploits…
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Some look to the weekend as a chance to leave the office, to get away, to think about something other than work.
But entrepreneurs often see the weekend as a time to think about something maybe different from work, but something that can help them work better.
And sometimes the weekend begins on Friday.