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Surviving

Online Overload: Permission To Exhale Superwoman Because You Can’t Keep Up the ALL the Relationships

11 March 2010

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Recently I read this excellent post, ‘You are not a bad person and you’re not doing it wrong’ by Naomi Dunford of Ittybiz, a very straight talking blogger that helps small business owners market their business more effectively.
It’s about how so many small business owners feel overwhelmed [...]

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Loving: Evernote – Fight overloaded brain by (actually) remembering things

8 March 2010

I have so many things to think about, I’m driving myself batty trying to remember what I saw when, and why I want to remember them. Writing blogs on a variety of subjects, coolhunting, noting ideas for stuff to get for the house (we’re about to go into a major phase of redecorating), [...]

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Getting Medieval On…Getting Work Done With the Kids at Home: Quick Tips for Survival

16 February 2010

Put Away Your Phone. Really. You & It Won’t Die.
Tempting as it is to check your Blackberry or iPhone (or whatever phone you have) all the time, you’ll just wreck your own head and be distracted. It’s better to be focused. Give full attention when you’re doing activities and it’s a lot easier to do [...]

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Getting Medieval On…Getting Work Done With the Kids at Home: Offload & Outsource

3 February 2010

Last week I wrote about how my childminder being on leave due to a recent op has really screwed up my month forced me to reassess my priorities and how I am working, because it’s clear that I’m not going to achieve as much out of my day as I normally do. After time management [...]

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Getting Medieval on…Getting Work Done With Kids at Home: Managing Your Time

28 January 2010

I’m getting the distinct feeling that flying by the seat of my pants is not good working practice, especially as I have a 9 month and 2.5 year old as ‘wing mates’ on the journey. A couple of months ago, I found out that my childminder has to take a month off due to an [...]

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