Don’t Forget to Add a NaNoWriMo Region
Tweet National Writing Month is almost upon us, and I am gearing up for it. I signed up for NaNoWriMo and have started adding writing buddies. Here is my profile for those who want to add me: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/517846 When you are signing up, don’t forget to sign up for your local regions. I signed up for United States :: District of Columbia and United States :: Virginia :: Northern. What’s great about signing up for...
Read MoreHow to Take a Break from the Hustle and Bustle of Everyday Life
Tweet For the past couple of months, I have been working nonstop. If it isn’t working on this project gathering requirements, I am writing and blogging. One thing that people forget is to relax and take a break from their life. As with anything, there is always a happy medium between two extremes. You can’t constantly work, but then, you can’t constantly relax. Taking a break is good for regrouping and focusing on the task(s) at...
Read MoreHelping Organizations By Donating Your Skills is Always a Plus
Tweet My son recently joined the Cub Scout. We were attending Back-to-School orientation, and he saw their table. He ran over there. “Mom, I want to join!” I haven’t seen him this excited since Soccer, so I signed him up (still waiting on the Girl Scouts to call me about my daughter, but that is another story). They were in desperate need for someone to assist them with their monthly newsletter, so I offered to help. They gladly...
Read MoreHow to Work With Children in the Household
Tweet Here are some tips to help you freelance parents, entrepreneurs, and telecommuters out there work when your children are in the house. These tips have helped me tons, so I hope it does the same for you. List of 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers: http://vida.posterous.com/100-best-companies-for-working-mothers ...
Read MoreGetting to Know Your Clients is Always a Plus
Tweet Everyone has good or bad stories to tell about people they have worked with or for. It’s a fact of life that everyone has different personalities and quirks, and not everyone is going to get along. Currently, I am one of the experts who is helping a client gather requirements for a new system that will help collaborate a bunch of legacy systems into one. During this process, I am working for two months in a conference room,...
Read MoreHow to Not Jeopardize Your Full-Time Job Cause of Your Part-Time One
Tweet Everyone has access to the Internet, so you don’t want to find yourself out of a job because of something someone at work found. There are plenty of people who freelance on the side, while still holding on to a 9-5 job. Here is a video on how to not let this happen to you if your coworker (like mine did this morning) tells you that he/she has seen your site/blog. Photo Detail: 56/365: I-Spy., originally uploaded...
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