As I was updating my financial spreadsheet, I realized I never published a July 2017 income report. I got so busy publishing the 26 posts in my A-Z guide that it completely slipped my mind! I know it's almost September, and I'll be publishing my August report next week. But, since I've been publishing these reports each month for almost two years now, I didn't want to miss this one. July 2017 Income July's income looks really good. But, it was almost entirely work I completed in June, ...
A Review of More Than Just Making It
Financially frustrated. Those two words in the tagline of Erin Odom's new book, More Than Just Making It: Hope for the Heart of the Financially Frustrated jumped out at me. They pretty much describe my feeling about money. As I shared in this post, my freelance business started out of necessity because we were broke. I rarely talk about our financial struggles, and I'm sure many people who know us in real life don't realize how lean some of the past few years have been. You see, ...
An A-Z Guide: Z Is for Zoom to Improve Productivity
We've already established that we only have 24 hours in a day. You can't get more time, no matter what you do. But by working faster, you can zoom through tasks. Improving your speed means you can get more done in less time. Here are some tasks where you can increase your speed and efficiency. Typing How fast do you type? By increasing your speed, you'll be able to knock out your writing assignments faster. If you need help improving your typing speed, here's a post I wrote with ...
An A-Z Guide: Y Is for Yield When Necessary
When you're working at home with kids, your foot can't always be on the gas pedal. There will be times when you must yield, purposefully slowing down for a time. In the final quarter of 2016, I chose to yield. To keep my teaching credentials valid, I had to obtain 15 quarter credits. After comparing the price of taking one class a quarter versus taking them all at once, I decided to only pay the fees once. So I signed up for three college courses during the fall quarter. Though the classes ...
An A-Z Guide: Xerox What Works, Adapt or Scrap What Doesn’t
Information overload is very real. There are so many experts out there who all know what’s best for you and your growing business. Often contradicting, the information is overwhelming. You can get so busy reading about what you should be doing you don’t ever actually take action. Use today’s tip to help. If you come across an idea you’d like to try, try it. Then do one of these three things with the idea: Xerox it. Adapt it. Scrap it. Xerox What Works Copy what works for you. There ...
An A-Z Guide: W is for Work During Family Writing Time
It's hard to believe, but once I hit publish on this post, only three more are left in my A-Z Guide to Working at Home with Kids series! Today's tip is one of my favorite ways to get my writing for my blog done. It's to work during Family Writing Time. What Is Family Writing Time? Family Writing Time is a period of time each work day where everyone in my family works quietly. It's currently thirty minutes long. While I'm working on my blog posts, creating eBooks, or updating my course, my ...