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How to Pull an All-Nighter

Even though I will be going to bed at my usual time (2AM) this evening, I cannot help but think about how close I may have come to having to pull an all-nighter. I had a deadline for a project and had to really hustle to get it done just in time. Everything worked out okay, though, and hopefully tomorrow will go just as well because there is another project due. Sometimes even when you think you have enough “wiggle room” in your schedule of projects, things happen that take up all of the “wiggle room” and then some. Despite … Continue reading →

Have You Been Pulling Olympic All-Nighters?

I don’t know how Michael Phelps is feeling, but I’m exhausted. The live drama at the pool and in the gym during these Summer Olympic Games has kept me up later than my days as a college student (or at least since those foggy nights breastfeeding my daughter). Olympic viewers on the East Coast have taken the brunt of it. I live in the Midwest and stayed up well past midnight watching Phelps swim to victory (some of his races didn’t get underway until after 10 p.m. Central, 11 p.m. Eastern). Then, there were the nights I forced myself to … Continue reading →

Make Scrapbooking More Manageable

I love scrapbooking; however, the hobby can suck-up a ton of time. Even if you have a few years of scrapbooking under your belt, you can easily spend multiple hours crafting a single layout. That time can double or even triple, if you are adding tiny embellishments, intricate memorabilia, or a large journaling block. The key to keeping on task is to avoid getting overwhelmed by your project. Often, I procrastinate when crafting page designs because of the time commitment. Fortunately, there are ways you can create an eye-catching layout without having to pull several all-nighters. For example, if journaling … Continue reading →

Schedules

One of the things about high school that was true was the consistency. You showed up every day at a certain time. You left every day at a certain time. You had classes in-between those times. Depending on what type of scheduling the school used you would have the same class every day (or, perhaps, the same classes every other day). In general, though, there was a schedule that sort of repeated. While the classes would change every quarter or semester, the time frame would stay the same. That was the benefit of the high school schedule. It was something … Continue reading →

When to do When Business Communications are Misinterpreted

Communication is at the heart of every home-based business. When you are working, you are communicating with clients, suppliers, and other types of people. Sometimes, our communications do not send the messages that we intend them to. Perhaps we don’t return a call or email promptly or that we send a poorly worded email or letter. Maybe the tone of voice that we used when speaking was not pleasant. Something happened that caused the recipient of the communication to perceive our message differently than we intended for them to perceive it. When communications are misinterpreted, the person on the receiving … Continue reading →

Be Yourself to Be Successful

I’m not a multitasker. While some people might suggest that multitasking is a skill that I would be wise to develop as a home-based professional mom, I’m okay with not multitasking. It is not like I have never tried multitasking before, but every time I try it I feel like one of the things that I am doing does not get done as well as it could if I were not multitasking. It is just not for me. Other home-based professional parents may be excellent multitaskers, getting a couple of things done all at once and doing them all in … Continue reading →

Your Own Work

A nearing-the-end-of-the-semester reminder to all of the students out there: plagiarism is not good. Oh sure, you might be tempted. When you’re staring down a couple of all-nighters in a row the prospect of replacing your friends name with yours and changing a couple of sentences seems appealing. As we’re not at the very end of the semester just yet I think you might be able to avoid those all-nighters of the future if you pull some part-timers right now. Sure, there are probably all sorts of social things you could be doing. Social things are good — but is … Continue reading →

The Family Celebrator

I’m a celebrator. I enjoy commemorating evenest the smallest of accomplishments and the most obscure occasions. I feel like everyone in the world should eat cake on 10/10/10 or get a bouquet of flowers for pulling off a successful all-nighter, whether it be finishing a term paper or surviving your kid’s bout with chicken pox. You don’t need a birthday or anniversary to have reason to celebrate in my book. But what happens if you are married to the CEO of the under-celebrators’ club, or worse, a non-celebrator. I exchanged wedding vows and procreated with the former, which kinda stinks … Continue reading →

Campus Health

My baby is in first grade, but I might imagine that once you send a teen off to college, you worry less about their health. After all, they are almost grown and probably don’t need mama and daddy watching after them. Then again, maybe they do. The President of the American College Health Association, Dr. Al Glass, as well as other health officials recently came up with the top 5 college student health concerns for National Public Radio (NPR). Coming in at #5 was alcohol. While this may seem a bit cliche, drinking is still a big problem for college … Continue reading →

School’s Here! Organizing Tips

The kids are back in school, and more are returning on Tuesday. We’re the Tuesday batch, with two precious days of summer vacation to go. Of course, we will not be heading to school per se. Our school is at home and at a local part time alternate program that is based on play and your child’s interests. However, this does not mean that homeschoolers have no back to school flurry of activity. If you use curriculum, there is curriculum to ponder and buy and read. There are math manipulatives to stock up on and craft supplies to buy. Classes … Continue reading →