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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 [...]
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 [...]
No Time to Lose Focus in Home & Home Office
Friday, October 17th, 2008Times are tough. In business and life, in the home office and traditional workplace and the home itself, people are stressing over money, the economy, Wall Street and their investments, retirement accounts and college savings.
We’re not alone in the Zbar household. But what may be different is how we react.
Psychologists say people need to stay [...]
Running the Fax, Snail & Email Race…
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Yesterday was Columbus Day. It was a day to remember the day in 1492 when Chris sailed the ocean blue, and (re)discovered a land [props to Leif Ericson] — after stopping in the Bahamas to play some black jack at Atlantis — and paved the way for Sam Walton eventually to build a discount store [...]
How I Balance Home & Kids & Home Office & Myself…
Monday, October 13th, 2008No one said balancing work and life would be easy. Heck, I don’t recall my parents ever using the word “balance” in any discussion of adulthood at all. Like a bird feeding her chicks or a dolphin training her calf to hunt, some things just happen.
It seems to be that way sometimes in the home [...]
Who Are Today’s Home Office Workers?
Sunday, October 5th, 2008I was just commenting on Des Walsh’s ThinkingHomeBusiness Website about who works from home. He had the number in the 20 million range. I thought it much more than that.
In fact, I said I believe almost EVERYONE has a home office (tho’ not necessarily a home-based business). The stats, available at Chief Home Officer.com, break [...]
Presidential Debates, Afternoon Re-Runs & Home Office Organization
Friday, October 3rd, 2008The vice presidential candidates debated last night. Lenny Briscoe chased down a perp yesterday afternoon. And I watched — or worked — with the two events never interrupting my efforts.
As a home office worker, I’ve designed my space with many things: Great home office furniture, organizational tools (trays, folders, even better computer-based filing techniques), and [...]
Silly Home Office Emails Beg My Response - and Thwart My Productivity…
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008I’m sitting in my home office, trying to get some work done, when this email comes across. I should be organizing my office, looking for ways to increase my productivity or boost efficiency.
Instead, I’m reading emails — and getting rather frustrated with my Fellow Americans. One email in particular offers a “solution” to our current [...]
Improving (or Improvising) Home Office Schedules & Organization
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Why do my home office Sunday’s always resemble a week day? What, do I work in Israel, where the workweek begins on Sunday, and ends Friday afternoon?
No, but staying organized in my home office sometimes means balancing family and work — and that can mean my weekdays get cut short. Monday, I’ll leave at 5p [...]
A New Outlook on Home Office Organization…
Friday, September 19th, 2008When it comes to Outlook and organization, I’ve been a fan (well, a subordinate user) for the better part of five years. But when a virus recently killed my system (thankfully all the data was backed up safely), I started toying with new ways to organize my life and work.
I found myself using Gmail, Google’s [...]