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Archive for January, 2008

Would you pay $5 per voicemail to have someone return messages for you?

Posted in Productivity - Get Things Done!, Self-Growth, Work-Life Balance on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Time or Money.
It’s always a trade off. Or is it? Spend more money. Save more time. Save money. Spend more time. Here are the typical examples that come to mind:
- Paint your own house or pay someone to do it
- Spend 6 hours bargain shopping around town and coupon [...]

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They have it ALL!

Posted in Business, Parenting, Work-Life Balance on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Came across this one of my ‘Mommy emails’ today. I don’t know this couple but they are near me geographically. What I love most about this is that they are finding their own way to “Have it ALL” via this QuickBooks “I resign. Just Start” contest for $50,000 to start their [...]

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Finding time to exercise

Posted in Health and Fitness, Parenting, Work-Life Balance on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There are a million barriers to exercise when you’re a mom, no matter how many children you have and if you work or stay home.

During nap time, you are either exhausted and napping too or you have other tasks to finish before the baby wakes up.
In the early morning, just when you find the willpower [...]

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How do you start your day?

Posted in Self-Growth on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Think about it. When you hear that alarm clock, what goes through your head? Maybe not the first instant because if you’re like me, it takes a few minutes to clear the fog. But once I realize its the alarm clock and not some facet of a dream I can’t recall, [...]

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3 things that will make a mom never want to work another day her entire life

Posted in Life, Parenting, Work-Life Balance on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

#1 Holding your newborn baby in your arms.
It does not matter how career driven and focused you are. That precious newborn that just sprung forth from your womb needs Y-O-U. 100%. 24/7. She is priority #1. In your hormone induced opinion, there is not a single other qualified [...]

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100 emails a day and a fear of deletion

Posted in Productivity - Get Things Done!, Technology, Work-Life Balance on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I came home from the office today looking like a zombie. My husband kept asking me what was wrong and it took me a second to figure it out. I was tired. I went straight to making dinner, cutting up bite size pieces of chicken for everyone 5 and under (that’s 3 [...]

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