In Canada, tax season has just come and gone and I'm sure everyone has heard a story of *someone* who took a shoebox of unsorted receipts to their accountant and hoped they could sort it all out. Keeping your files in order is perhaps a bland topic, but it can be crucial to the efficiency of your business. It took me four years to get my filing system set up in an appropriate … [Read more...] about Nest: Getting Your Files In Order
Planning
A Neat Freaks Illustrated Guide to Less Clutter
Organization is my special sauce. I separate my closet hangers with a 2 finger distance apart from each other for my visual delight. I arrange my perfumes in alphabetical order, well, cuz I can't help myself. I accommodate my book library by theme bundles + arrange it by size for kicks + spins. I color coordinate my supply closet because I think it looks oh so pretty. I keep … [Read more...] about A Neat Freaks Illustrated Guide to Less Clutter
Clarify Your Values To Help Your Business Grow
When I started my business I wanted to show that marketing could be done differently. That it could be authentic, relationship centred, based on engagement and interaction. I wanted to be transparent and for the business to be full of who I was. Those are my values, an internal barometer to which I measure all business decisions. When I was deciding whether to delete my … [Read more...] about Clarify Your Values To Help Your Business Grow
Build your nest with intention
It's fascinating to watch a bird make a nest. The way they build it, twig by twig, trash by trash. They use their instincts to find the right materials. Finding, placing, molding, tweaking twig after twig, in a way that will fully support the eggs they plan to lay and coddle until new life hatches. They know no other way. Borrow this process for a minute. Inspect your … [Read more...] about Build your nest with intention
Starting something grand requires doing this first
As entrepreneurs, we have a life changing vision for what our business can bring to the world, right?! You have your mission statement, your logo, your website...and you wait. You wait for the clients, you wait for the traffic, you wait for the life changing to begin. You think did I miss something? Did I choose the wrong picture for my header? Did I word that phrase wrong or … [Read more...] about Starting something grand requires doing this first
