by Cat Ivins | Organisation, Self-Care, Time Management
If we have a retail business, this is the time of year the soup (or something way worse) hits the fan, the chickens come home to roost, the money comes in or it doesn’t, we are prepared or we’re not, and all the bad (and good)...
by Cat Ivins | Time Management
In today’s marketplace where small is the new big, custom is the new standard and large companies are jealously eyeing the ability of small makers like us to be quick and nimble and able to pivot on a dime (our businesses, not so much...
by Cat Ivins | Money, Organisation, Time Management
We use maintenance and attention to help keep our cars, bodies and relationships running smoothly. We don’t say to ourselves, “My car is running fine. I don’t need that 7500 mile oil change.” – unless we want a car that needs more...
by Cat Ivins | Time Management
I have to confess I work a lot. I work a lot of weekends, too (much less often in the spring and summer!) and since my husband and I own separate businesses it is hard to coordinate vacations, so we do not take them as often as we would like to. I know I need a break...
by Cat Ivins | Health, Motivation, Organisation, Time Management
We don’t get to know what is going to happen (yes, even those of us with a Magic 8 Ball that doesn’t conjure up “reply hazy” 99% of the time like mine does). We don’t get to have sure things and job...