This week’s time tip is very simple, but truly powerful.  It involves two parts: Every Sunday morning spend 15 minutes reviewing your calendar for the next 2 weeks.  Make sure you have no conflicts and that you know how much free time you have. Now that you’ve reviewed your schedule make sure you add something to it – time for yourself!  Even if it’s just one 15 minute block during each day, it’s very important...

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I’ve decided to add a new feature to my blog! Every Tuesday I will publish a tip on time-saving. It might be about a new technology, maybe just a reminder of effective ways to utilize time, maybe I will suggest a way to multi-task.  If you have suggestions of great time-saving tips I’d love to hear them, the best way to get them to me is to dm me on Twitter @halosecretarial but you can always comment or email if you prefer. This...

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Not that it matters much to me – the life of this work at home mama actuallys means I can work more on the weekends, when DH is home to help out!  I actually enjoy that though, I find it to work well around my family’s schedule. For some people, weekends are much more private and laid-back and they don’t want their work to interfere with weekend activities. We do like to make Friday evenings a nice family time though, we let...

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Here are some pics I took with my new digital camera of my “two” home offices. These first two pictures are from my basement office. It’s relatively organized and I love my two desks, one for thinking, bill paying, large projects and the usual computer desk with scanner, printer etc. Really though, I do the majority of my work from my laptop in my living room. It’s easier to control the rest of my life from there (aka...

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Ok, it’s Monday morning and the summer feels like it is half over already. It’s time for my first goal-setting post so I can make sure I’m on track before fall catches me off guard!! My goals for this week are simple and include some personal goals, as summer should definitely involve plenty of family and relaxing time (work-life balance!) Research printers for good office printer Decide about joining a Canadian virtual...

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