Resources for a Productive & Creative Life
Have you ever thought about how decluttering your business can start your new year strong and successful? It’s a new year, and it’s time to firm up our plans for the months ahead. To start strong in the new year, you should get ready now. One of the best things you can do to prepare …
Have you ever thought about how to do a digital declutter? Are you a neatnik or a clutter bug in your physical space? Have you cleaned every closet, sorted every drawer, straightened out the spare room and alphabetized your spices? Even if you’re clutter-free at home and office, there is one place that most people …
Do you have a backup system for your computer? When did you last back up your important data? If you don’t know the answer to that question, if it was more than a month ago, or if you don’t have a backup system—you need to read this. Digital backups have always been a hotspot for …
Your home office can start to feel cluttered and confining, especially when you’ve been so busy working in it that you haven’t paid much attention to your surroundings. It doesn’t have to stay that way, though. There are many things you can do to make your office more inviting, whether it’s a home office, or …
The six rules for entrepreneurial success is the third in an occasional series about becoming an entrepreneur. You can find part 1 here and part 2 here. This article was originally published in 2012, and updated in 2022. Once you have your small business up and running, it is definitely not time to sit back …
This post was originally published in 2013, and updated with new ideas in 2022. Are you in a rut? Is your job starting to feel like, well, a JOB? Do you feel like things are just dragging along? No new ideas? No spark? It just might be time for you to find some ways to …
I think I may have been born with the entrepreneurial gene–or at least it bit me at a young age. I was fortunate to be raised in a family where my parents were willing to encourage teens to be entrepreneurs. As a result, besides babysitting, my first teen job was making macramé pot hangers for …
How will you wish your friends, family, and customers a happy holiday this year? Have you thought about it—or are holiday cards just an old-fashioned holdover from the last century? You can send a printed holiday card by traditional snail mail. It’s a time-honored tradition, more than a hundred years old. Sending a creative holiday …
Priority management and time management are not the same thing. Do you know the difference? Have you fallen into the “Time Management” trap? Are you always trying to maximize your time, working on different systems to manage it, control it, and try and make more of it? Stop. Time doesn’t need managing. Time is the …
Fall is nearly here. We’ve already had our first snowfall here in Colorado. Thankfully, it confined itself to the high mountains and we are not yet a winter wonderland. But it was a good wakeup call. It’s time to get organized for fall. The days are getting shorter and the weather will soon be getting …
