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Overcoming My To Do App Addiction (Time Management Boot Camp Week 1)

Here’s my report from week 1 of

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DING A LING (Time Management Boot Camp)

I’m not sure that day one of Time Management bootcamp was such a huge success.    The system has you schedule all of your tasks over 30 minutes (most of mine are) – so I set them up in my google calendar.  The issue with that is that every time time was up I got reminders [...]

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Time Management Boot Camp

Some people say that admitting that you have a problem is the first step to change.   So… I’m admitting that I’m a time management system addict.  If you look at my iphone, you’ll see no fewer than 8 different to do list apps… I have tried and failed to master the trendy GTD (and have [...]

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Home!

I’m home from my big holiday road trip.  This was a big deal for me because it was my first solo road trip.  Suzanne came with me but she didn’t do any of the driving.
If you know me at all, you’ll know that me driving the 600 miles to see family was a big deal [...]

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The Food On My Table (30 Days of Thanks Day 7)

According to a Washington Post article I read today – nearly a quarter of children don’t have enough to eat.   I imagine the number is higher here is New Mexico — but still I was very surprised to read that.  I was even more disheartened to think about all the food that is wasted in [...]

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A Good Kick in the Rear (30 Days of Thanks Day 6)

Sometimes we all need a good kick in the rear.   I got one (delivered in the nicest possible way) from Scott Tousinant during my Fat Loss Quickie Accountability call.  I’ve been doing my FLQ workouts and had a bad end of the week after a great beginning.. I felt *so* bad — since I [...]

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Saturday! (30 Days of Thanks – Day4)

Today I am thankful for a day off. This is the first Saturday since school started in early September that Suzanne does not have anywhere she needs to be.
I am glad that Suzanne plays soccer (even though she isn’t a star — it is great that she loves to play), does [...]

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30 Days of Thanks (Day 3) My Clients

One of the biggest perks to working as a virtual assistant is getting to know and work with some outstanding people. My clients are a group of smart, ambitious and caring women and I learn something new from them every day. In case you are wondering, I do not necessarily only target [...]

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Creating Your Own Cinderella Story

My 6 year old is a Princess (with a capital P) — complete with a pink room, wardrobe of pink dresses and a penchant for wearing tiaras… When she was little, we tried hard to avoid raising a princess (she had lots of trucks, trains and blocks) but I’ve come to the conclusion that kids [...]

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5 Common Virtual Assistant Website Mistakes

The economy is rough and I’ve had many virtual assistants approach me asking for subcontracting work because they are having difficulty in attracting clients.  The first thing I do when looking at a potential assistant VA is to look at their website.  Here are some tweaks that virtual assistants can make to help their websites [...]

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