Time to Play
One of the biggest challenges faced by solo-entrepreneurs is scheduling personal time - time away from the business. It's particularly challenging when you're first starting your business. Your natural impulse is to throw everything you have into your business - time, money, energy - but that may not be the wisest course of action.Spending your entire day living, breathing (and if you spend that much time in your business - dreaming) your business, you're bound to burn out - or at the very least, not be as effective as you want to be.Consider these tips:Out To Lunch:Whether you work in an office or at home, you need to take breaks and recharge your batteries. You're not going to be able to concentrate on closing a sale, writing a proposal, or crunching numbers if you forgot to eat lunch and sugar levels are scrambling your gray cells.Post Your Business Hours:Sounds pretty obvious but establishing work hours even if you work at home, sets boundaries and helps you pace yourself. I'll admit it, this is the hardest tip for me to follow in my own business.
I love doing what I do and have a strong workaholic tendancies and probably a slight addiction to e-mail :-)I've learned, however, that it's crucial to set business hours and not give in to the temptation of being available 24/7. Most days I can stick to the hours I've posted and some days I can't - the trick is learning that the to-do list will always be there and prioritizing your projects and deadlines.Take A Break:Don't be afraid to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Take a break and make sure you not too tired to play with the toys you've bought with all that money you've earned. I regularly take myself offline for a few hours once a week and just catch up on housekeeping (invoicing, billing, writing my newsletter) and schedule time off one day per month and spend the day singing, or writing, playing tourist in my hometown or enjoying a day at the spa.Why not take a mental health day now and then? In school, you didn't think twice about playing hookey. Now that you're a grown-up, why not take a day off for fishing, surfing, shopping, or reading.For some reason, now that you're the Boss, it's harder and harder to get away and take time for yourself.
Try this tip: schedule a regular appointment with yourself. Block time off in your calendar and don't make that time available to anyone else (clients, family, friends).Remember:Set your hours and take a day off. All that work will still be waiting for you in the morning!.
Deborah Carraro is the Founder and Owner of Vascorp VA Services. Vascorp VA Services is the virtual support specialty company for solo professionals and entrepreneurs. We work late so you don?t have to! Vascorp brings you the very best in virtual assistant services. She publishes a monthly newsletter Vascorp VA Advantage. To subscribe or find out more, please visit http://www.vascorp.com/va.What?s In Your Hiking Pack?
Every time I leave the pavement, I take along my trusty hiking pack ? even if I have no intention of hiking. Doing this has become a habit rather than a conscious decision. My pack goes with me when a hike, camp, hunt, fish, bird watch and even when I drive out of town. I've been a boy scout and a United States Marine so I suppose I have learned to be prepared for almost anything. My pack is full of items I hope I will never need.
What's In Your Hiking Pack? As an outdoor enthusiast, you have complete control over what you carry or what stays in the car ? such as a cell phone, do you carry one? I wouldn't dare go in the backcountry without all of the items listed below as "Highly Recommend." What's In My Hiking Pack? Here is my list split into two categories with the weight of each item in ounces:Highly Recommend: Cell Phone (5 ounces), First-Aid Kit (9), Flashlight (4), Food - Beef Jerky (4), Insect Repellent (3), Map & Compass (4), Multi-Tool (9), Pack (24), Signal Mirror (1),...
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Get the most out of your digital camera today
Point and click. The new life of digital cameras gives us all the opportunity to capture images as we go. Whether you simply hit the shutter button to take pictures of your friends and family or if you want to have your camera with you at all times in order to capture the beauty of life wherever you find it, getting the most out of your digital camera can be easy. Let's imagine ourselves with the perfect set up of digital camera and a few accessories to make things just right. My personal and professional recommendation is that we start with memory.
Get more today. If you only have one memory card for your camera it is time to add to the collection. If you have more than one then good job! The more memory you have for your digital camera the less likely it will be that you get stuck wanting to take more pictures and have no more room on the storage. Memory is relatively cheap, takes up no space in your kit and gives you total control over creativity. Your camera comes with a variety...
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SpinLife.com offers 10% discount for Google Checkout shoppers
Columbus, OH (ContentDesk) July 12, 2006 -- SpinLife.com, the nations largest online retailer of durable medical equipment including wheelchairs and electric mobility scooters, will provide an additional 10% off select items purchased using Googles new Google Checkout service.
SpinLife is an early adopter of Googles new Google Checkout service, which provides a single log-in to buy across the web and identifies fast, secure places to shop in search result ads.
Internet shoppers who search on Google for wheelchairs, mobility scooters, lift chairs, or other durable medical equipment on Google should look for the Google Checkout cart next to SpinLifes ads.
This cart lets shoppers know that they can buy from SpinLife using Googles fast, secure checkout process.
SpinLife.com provides a full range of mobility equipment, including standard to ultra lightweight wheelchairs, electric wheelchairs, mobility scooters, lifts chairs, patient lifts, bath safety...
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Toyota?s Call: Use Of Hybrid Batteries
"We are a little more optimistic now of breakthroughs that would make lithium ion batteries viable in the near term. We are working on this, and a lot of other companies are tackling this problem."
And so goes the statement of Dennis Cuneo. Cuneo is the senior vice president of the Toyota Motor Corporation's arm for operations for North America. And despite the fact that the company has previously said last March that they might be finding the answer to high fuel costs for car owners through plug-in hybrids, they are now claiming that their studies have come across data that hybrid batteries could do just the trick.
If this plan on hybrid batteries for Toyota vehicles would be the answer, then automobile experts believe that when these batteries need replacement, shopping for new ones would be just like finding the best kind of Toyota Previa parts for your car.
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Digital Camera eBay Auctions
Looking for the best price for your Canon EOS 20D?Canon EOS 20D's on eBay>Format SLR Price (street) US$1542 Also known as
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Determining the Best Wheelchair Power for you
Do you need a wheelchair, but you are not sure what type is ideal for your body? Or you might be having doubts on buying manually operated wheelchairs. This page can help you decide.Like the automobile, the wheelchair was developed to meet the different needs of different users. Modern wheelchairs have different styles and models. Each has different purpose and permits a lot of adjustments. Wheelchairs were changed according to foot support positioning, arm support adjustment, joystick positioning and upholstery placement.
These are called powered wheelchairs or power wheelchairs.Wheelchairs are divided into two main categories: scooters and powered wheelchairs. The two differ on the way they are steered. A conventional powered wheelchair has an electronic control, such as a joystick, that causes different amounts of power to go to each of the rear wheels to control both speed and direction. A scooter only has handlebars at the end of a tiller that is attached to the front wheel...
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Choose The Right Bed Wetting Alarms
Moisture detector alarms are among the most effective tools in helping children overcome bedwetting. Unlike many of the devices and tools intended for children with Enuresis, alarms can actually treat bedwetting rather than just making the symptoms more bearable.Moisture alarm bed wetting devices are worn with underpants and the sensor of the alarm emits a loud sound when moisture is detected. The child can wake up and hurry to the bathroom in time. With use, the idea is to get the child to anticipate the alarm and wake up before any moisture is detected by the alarm. Within two or three months of nightly use, many children find that they can prevent all nighttime accidents and that they are actually getting up when their bladder is full and going to the bathroom.Because moisture detection alarms are so effective in helping children overcome bedwetting, many manufacturers make them.
However, all the different moisture detector alarms are not made the same.If you choose the wrong...
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