Happy Valentine’s Day! You’re all my valentines this year. No better people in the world to share a virtual hug with. I finished a large article project, one that seemed to be getting longer instead of shorter as I wrote. I started on two others, and I got some marketing in before heading over to…
Guest Post: Your Freelancer Lifecycle
Many thanks to good chum Jake Poinier (Dr. Freelance) for providing this example of blog post excellence. I had the distinct pleasure of sharing thoughts with Jake over some Starbucks swill back in December. He’s as congenial, professional, and downright fun to be around as he comes across. About three weeks ago, Jake intrigued me…
Removing Doubt
Did you ever have one of those two-steps-forward, one-step-back days? Try four in a row. Yesterday proved to be as interrupted as the rest of this week. I finished a large project, but another one is due and every time I went near it, another must-do-now thing got in the way. I’m okay at juggling…
A “Sorry” State
I had what I thought was plenty of time yesterday to get two projects completed or close to it. Alas, the best laid plans… Another client project with an even tighter deadline came rolling in, so I had to drop things with longer deadlines to sort it out. Turns out the project ended up being…
Random Smells
I had a productive work day yesterday. Since all of Monday’s fires were out, I was able to concentrate on two projects instead of the twelve I was juggling the day before. When I say twelve, I don’t mean twelve clients. I mean twelve separate things that were either part of a larger piece or…
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…
When Looks Matter
Great weekend again. Too short, of course, but we packed a lot into two and a half days. First the stepdaughter’s birthday party Friday night, which was a lot of fun. Then we spent Saturday going in different directions as he was tied up with her wedding planning and I was busy trying to sort…
Friday Fun and Frolick
Let’s just say I’ve worked myself sick this week (and have the nasal congestion to prove it), so I think today’s a good day to slow it down a little. I have some projects to complete, but I’m waiting on a few return calls, so things are stalled until that happens. I fully intend to…
My Business, Your Business
Yesterday was a bit of a blur. I was here, but I wasn’t here. I’m working like mad to finish up two rather large projects by tomorrow, so my day was end-to-end work. It felt good. I’ll be done in time, but I’m one who would rather get done early and have some wiggle room…
Putting the Customer Back into Customer Service
Happy birthday to my oldest! He’s a handsome, good soul, and the source of his mother’s pride. It never fails. When you can least deal with it, something is going to need to be dealt with. That goes for work and now mattress delivery. I paid for it – the delivery. I scheduled it. I…