Last week I experienced my first drop in clientele due to our “lovely” economy.  I won’t lie, it hurt.  Not emotionally because I knew I was doing a great job, but financially.  You see, that one client alone paid for my family’s insurance. This is also a slow period for work.  Not a great combination, [...]

            Time of day:  Yesterday…early morning   I’ve simply lost it.  My car keys…that is.  Oh, and my son, too (but that’s later in the morning)!  Both are in the house, this I’m sure of.  I just can’t seem to find either!  I’ve been panicking all morning, but that doesn’t [...]

“To-Do” lists.  Everyone has them.  Some even have multiple lists!  YIKES!!!  But, do you ever notice those lists never seem to shrink?  In fact, they seem to get larger by the day; at least in my case.    Well, I’ve come up with 15 items that may be on your list that can each be [...]

With the impending Valentine’s Day holiday just around the corner, I thought it would be appropriate to write a little something about love.  However, I’m not going to take the generic route and talk about how this is the time of year (or day, actually) where couples all around the globe are getting all doe-eyed [...]

I received this little story this morning forwarded to me by my mom, so I don’t know where it originated.  If anyone recognizes who the original owner is, please let me know so that I can give proper credit to him/her.  At any rate, I realized that this was a perfect “wish” and I wanted to share [...]

This week, I am making a wish for forgiveness.  Wikipedia defines forgiveness as the process of concluding resentment, indignation or anger as a result of a perceived offense, difference or mistake, and/or ceasing to demand punishment or restitution.  Forgiveness can also simply be defined as a person who forgives, including forgiving themselves.  Let’s put our [...]

A wonderful friend brought this interesting blog to our attention31 Days of Wishes.  What a thought-provoking way to engage readers!  In a time like this where the economy is still tanked and people are STILL out of work, it’s refreshing to see others participating in positive, “wishful” things.  Halloween and Thanksgiving are over and one major [...]

“A vacation is having nothing to do, and all day to do it in.”  ~Robert Orben, magician and comedy writer      A few weeks ago, I took some time off.  My folks were coming into town for Halloween and they were only going to be in town for the weekend.  I had to make [...]

As VA’s we have all sorts of clients.  Some work for themselves and others may work for someone else.  Never the less, it is our job to support our clients in whatever capacity we have agreed upon.  For the most part, we have a direct connection to our client and work closely with them.  We [...]

Last week I was so excited to create my post!  But, something went awry.  You see, I had this brilliant plan (well, in my eyes anyways) to start post short interviews I conducted with various types of business coaches.  We all hear about them and we might even have a few as clients.  But, for [...]