What I’m listening to: Everything by Michael BublĂ© Happy Kwanzaa! And I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. So, back to work already? What? You didn’t take more time for yourself? That’s okay. It’s your decision when you get time off. If you feel like being back in front of the computer today, that’s up…
Tag: organization
Writing Schedules and No Damn Time
What’s on the iPod: Hell and Back by The Airborne Toxic Event It’s Thursday already? If I could shove two more days into this week, I would I’ve been working at full throttle since Monday morning, and I’m finally making a dent in the workload. If only the need-it-now stuff would just stop coming in…
Organization Times Three
What’s on the iPod: Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns ‘N Roses Weekends? Do people still have those? We are in full-blown wedding mode, and it’s about to get nuts. Saturday we were in Baltimore meeting one bride’s family. Sunday we were in Lancaster for another bride’s (my daughter’s) dress fitting. In two weeks we…
Organized Chaos
What’s on the iPod: Blunderbuss by Jack White Yesterday was one of those days where I thought I’d have plenty of time to get one thing done, but of course didn’t. I started with interviews — had to get through them so I could get the article finished. But husband was home with his own…
The Encore Juggling Act
Some days are like turbo-charged freight trains. That was my day yesterday. Before noon, I’d handled eleven things on my to-do list and scheduled two more for that afternoon. I had a client call, three email updates, four newsletter articles, a press release, a huge file to coordinate and send, and a proofing project to…
Organization 101
NaNo count: 27,551 words Super day yesterday in terms of actual seat leather. I picked up two article gigs and was able to get busy on them right away. I have a few of the interview sources lined up already, so it’s a matter of scheduling and getting it done. I spent some time working…
Averting Tension or Disaster (or both)
The top stressors in life: marriage, divorce, death, moving, new job, new baby, loss of job… Then there are the small stressors – an April 15th deadline for not one, but four related projects (one rather massive) and relatives appearing the week before and staying for an unstated amount of time. Oh, and let’s just…
List Maker
Last week was pretty busy thanks to lots of ongoing work and a larger project due. This week is a little better, but one ongoing client is now sending two projects a day instead of one, which makes payday that much sweeter. And it makes a list almost essential for me. I’m busy today, so…