It’s my last post for 2016, and coincidentally, my last post for my New Year, New You series. What did we talk about? I got the party started November 01. NEW SERIES - A New Year, A New You I tried out three different task management systems and wrote about how I pulled from each to design my own. Task Management: Part 1 of New Year, New You
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No new post today, because yesterday was Christmas and writing a new one this week would have been too much for an already packed schedule. Enjoy one of my earlier posts on creating a routine, and join me back here Thursday for the last post in my New Year, New You series.
In October, I announced I was going to be redesigning a new work area. A quick recap: I have office furniture in storage, but my current living situation doesn’t have the room to set it up. I had three requirements:
One of the best parts of freelancing is you can work anywhere. One of the worst parts of freelancing is you can work from anywhere. What do I mean? In theory, I only need my iPad or MacBook and my mobile hotspot and I’m in business. This is a good thing. In practice, however, a few other things get added to the list. Headphones. Chargers. A mouse. You get the idea. It is AWESOME to work anywhere, but it is definitely an adjustment of sorts to have dedicated space to work but to also be ready to take your work with you. Most days, I work from home. But I also work from a co-working space. And there are days I travel and bring work with me. We’re getting down to the wire, and 2016 is about to be over. My New Year, New You series is drawing to a close…now that you’ve managed your to do list and your calendar and gone paperless, you need to set up some goals. A quick note on resolutions vs. goals. To me, the word “goals” conjures up a sense of importance, whereas “resolutions” feels more like “I’m gonna try hard but who knows!” That’s just me. Whatever YOU call them, goals or resolutions, you need a plan to make them happen. Today, I want to write about how to set your goals. This is NOT a post with advice on what goals to set (although I’ll share some ideas to get your wheels turning). This is a post that approaches goal setting as a task, and the best ways to keep track of your goals and accomplishing them. I’m not a psychologist or therapist (I am, however, an expert at telling people what to do). You’ll need to decide what’s important to you.
In a perfect world, everything would be paperless. In one of my first blog posts, I wrote about why going paperless is so awesome. I could sing the benefits of going paperless a thousand different ways, and since doing so, I’ve made the argument to anyone willing to listen (and many who weren’t). RELATED: Preparing to Be Paper Free: First Steps The reality, though, is that paper is still going around. And while I set up a system to go paperless and stay that way, and my incoming paper has dramatically decreased, it hasn’t disappeared. There are some things that you just have to hold on to.
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