I’m just going to lay out it out there – it sucks being left-handed in a right-handed world. If you’re not right then you’re wrong, right? It’s nearly impossible to use right-handed scissors with your left hand and good luck finding left-handed scissors – especially if you’re in kindergarten and there are three left-handed kids […]
Organization
Zip It – and Look Great Carrying Your Laptop
Sometimes being organized is really simple. “How so?” you ask. It comes down to the tools you have and how you use them. Office supplies are tools – and Carolina Pad offers some really quality tools to help get organized. One tool I particularly like is the laptop tote I reviewed in this video. It’s […]
Carolina Pad File Folders – Because Beige is Boring!
I know it and Carolina Pad knows it – beige is boring. And uninspiring. Really, really uninspiring. Most of the standard beige file folders last a long time – but they don’t look great doing it. You know how it is – you use a file folder for awhile and the corners start fraying. You […]
Email is creepy – like kudzu
You know what email creep is… It’s when the number of incoming messages in your inbox grows and grows and grows – just like kudzu (And if you don’t know what kudzu is – well, it’s an invasive vine that grows like a foot a DAY. Kudzu just overtakes everything and strangles the life out […]
SEP’s steal your time
Are you bogged down with SEP’s? “Wait. What are SEP’s?” you ask. These are Someone Else’s Problems. I recently asked business people I know what their biggest issues were related to getting organized. Over and over, the answer was TIME. And in my experience, nothing steals time faster than those pesky SEP’s that crop up […]
Paper or Plastic?
One of the ways business owners need help getting organized is with the use of their calendars and To Do lists. The question of the day at the grocery store is always, “Paper or Plastic?” The question I ask my clients is, “Paper or electronic?” And there is no single answer to this question – […]