Business

When your computer has too many documents or programs, it gets sluggish and can shut down completely. It's also harder to figure out where important documents are unless you have good systems for naming and filing the documents. Two options are: delete unused files and programs or add more whether it is memory or the size of your hard drive. Usually it is better to delete since there are many unused documents and programs. But often people go the simpler route of more storage space.

I saw a cartoon by Ted Goff that said "When you say no, do you mean partially no, possibly no, or approximately no?" I had to laugh. We often help clients with time organizing challenges. One major culprit is having more activties or tasks than hours in a day. A major problem? The inability to say "no." It's a short word but incredibly difficult to use on a regular basis.

Let's look at a scenario.

Someone comes to you and says, "I know that you are really good at organizing events.

There's nothing quite like swimming in a pool. I dive in and the world seems to melt around me. I surface, shake the water out of my eyes and feel like I'm in a different place. If I keep my head under water for awhile I notice that all sounds are muted. Having done some synchronized swimming many years ago, I sometimes feel my creative side come out as I try some synchronized swimming moves.

Thanks to a tornado here in North Carolina Saturday, my home Internet has been down. No worries -- I have a smartphone, which enables me to check email and keep in touch with the world.

Monday, my smartphone broke.

It's amazing how much we rely on electricity and devices, and how much we take them for granted. So for nearly two full days I relied only on Internet during normal business hours to do my work. This is tougher than it sounds. As a self-employed writer and editor, I often have copy coming in after 6 p.m. and I often start my work day at home before 8 a.m.