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Preparing for the New Year

I have returned from a very nice and happy holiday vacation and I am determined to get a number of items that I will soon consider as old business (2007) cleared up and cleaned up before I dive into the great opportunities available in 2008.

So this weekend, I am working to clean up as many of those loose ends as possible.

Among some of these, I am cleaning up a number of areas related to my finances, my computers, and many of my websites and subsidiary business holdings.  I’m even re-arranging my office, my shed and garage and body shop supplies from a past venture.

As I considered my New Years resolution, I realized that I almost never actually get to any of the things on the list until well into February.

There is always something going on to delay my start and so I am working on things now to clean them up and close the books so to say early (or at least earlier than normal!).

:)

Once I get things cleaned up and organized, then I will have a fresh perspective to create my resolution and Achieve it.

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Learning to Work Anywhere

After telecommuting from home for almost 18 months now and after part time telecommuting for 5 years before that I have learned over and over again how to work almost anywhere in the house.

A laptop gives you a lot of freedom to work, but you have to utilize a little creativity to make sure that you are productive working anywhere.  Sometimes our home furniture does not enable the most productive setting or for that matter the most ergonomic setup to enable you to work for a long stretch of time without succumbing to fatigue, hitting ‘hybernate’ on the laptop and crashing on your couch.

So as you get setup don’t default and put your laptop on your lap.  Find a small table of the right height to enable you to work comfortably and safely.  Don’t rely on the finger pad if you are used to using a mouse.  Find a way to setup a mouse to work wherever you are.

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