Archive for January, 2009

Making Goals More Concrete

January 5th, 2009

My husband and I recently moved to California which we knew would not be the best financial decision. The decision to move was based on more emotional reasons and my own rather questionable health coupled with a really rough pregnancy, we knew that despite the fact that our income would drop a bit and […]

Joys of Working on a Saturday

January 4th, 2009

It’s the beginning of our busy season at work and so I found myself at work on Saturday trying to get a few things done so I wouldn’t be as stressed during the week. I was amazed how much I accomplished in three hours. It was probably the equivalent of five hours of […]

I’m a Fan of the New Year’s Resolution

January 3rd, 2009

A Fan of New Year’s Resolutions
Though it may be a seemingly unpopular thing to say these days. I’ll admit it - I’m a fan of the New Year’s Resolution. It seems that I’ve read a lot of blogs lately about how New Year’s resolutions don’t work and how it’s silly because, really, […]

Simplifying Project Requests

January 2nd, 2009

I’ve found the following questions can clear up much of the confusion and misunderstanding that happen at the workplace. When supervising recent college grads, I always give them this list of questions to ask for any new project. As a manager, I try to make sure to cover the information when giving out […]

30 seconds to a better attitude

January 1st, 2009

Everyone has moments of negativity, but these are a few ideas to change your attitude, or start working on a poor attitude quickly.
1. Find something easy on your to do list and get it done.
Give yourself a sense of accomplishment. This also has the added benefit of briefly changing your focus. […]