I spent Veteran’s Day engaged in what might described as a busman’s holiday. (For those not familiar with that quaint phrase, it means spending your vacation doing something very similar to your normal work.) In my case, the activity was cleaning out closets, sorting and packaging items for donation and recycling, and discarding the rest. What made this activity different was that the items belonged to my mother, who passed away earlier this year. I had help from my sister, and moral…
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In this age of electronic greetings, it’s delightful to get an honest-to-goodness card in the mail. Someone went to the trouble to buy the card, sign it, address it, stamp it, and mail it. That person must really like you! Getting a birthday or anniversary or congratulations or thank you card, with a personal message in it – and in your friend or relative’s familiar handwriting – feels great. But then what?
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The last time I wrote about receipts was last year in “Making Sense of Receipts.” In that post, I talked about how to track and analyze your spending, as this was what my clients were saying was the reason why they were accumulating receipts. Since then, I have continued to encounter stacks and stacks of receipts at my clients’ homes, some of them years old. These clients haven’t claimed they were saving them for tracking. They were saving them because they…
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When there is a long time between my posts, it’s a sign that I have a lot going on in my life. Many of my clients beg me for help with time management, as they have a lot going on in their lives, too. What I teach them is that time management is about making choices. The key question when managing one’s time is: how should I be spending my time right now?
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On my last trip of the summer, I brought along my latest travel buddy: the Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger. It includes three AC outlets and two USB outlets. That means you only need to find one free outlet at an airport or in your hotel room, and then recharge five devices. Plus, as the name says, it’s got a surge protector built in.
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