Home-Office
Work at Home? Where’s Your Home Office Today…?
Monday, May 4th, 2009I work at home. From a bona fide, tax-deductible and dedicated home office tucked into an erstwhile bedroom, where the closet is used exclusively for office supplies, books, folders, tech-stuff, a file cabinet (similarly used exclusively for, um, files related exclusively to work).
My desk is for business. My computer is for business. My two-line phone [...]
Got a Mess in Your Home or Home Office? Put a Label On It
Friday, May 1st, 2009Kids’ projects and corporate files. Home-related documents and client projects.
So much paper and folders in the home and home office — so little organization.
Keeping track of all the stuff in the home office takes organizational finesse. It’s especially true if you have a home office for your home-based business or even your telework / telecommuting [...]
Suffering Fools in the Home Office in 3 Easy Steps
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Dogs, kids (x3), neighbors, neighbors’ dogs (x3), laundry machines, vacuum cleaners, TVs, stereos…
The home office can be one foolish place. And it doesn’t even have to be April 1st.
How do you conquer the chaos?
Simple: Tell them, “Leave Me Alone.”
Recession Proof Home Office? Don’t You Wish…?
Monday, March 9th, 2009I had a friend who once said during the wild times that were the Dotcom ’90s that running a home-based business was recession proof. She reckoned that home officers and the businesses they ran from home were so small that we flew beneath the damaging flack of some macro-economic trend.
Yeah, I wish.
We all do, right [...]
Reduce Recession’s Affect on Home Office & Other Kids
Friday, March 6th, 2009The home office may be a great place to work. But it’s not beyond the effects of a down economy.
And that means kids can be susceptible to the impacts as well.
It’s important to keep kids informed of the realities the family faces, while not being overly dramatic. Those are some of the tips from a [...]
Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life…
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009… and what are you going to do to make the most of it?
Will you plan something big? Create something memorable? Express in no uncertain terms how much you love your family and appreciate those around you?
Will you sincerely thank your clients and customers?
Will you write your memoir, or — better yet — your family’s [...]
Hitting the Home Stretch in the Home & Office
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008We’re two days into December. Next year is less than 30 days away.
Are you ready…?
Talk to your friends or other home office allies, drop the line “Can you believe it’s December,” and listen to their responses. Watch their faces. Part shock, part excitement, part concern for what tomorrow holds, the mix of emotions is palpable. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]