Yeah! It’s clean! (or as clean as I’m going to get it).

The January Challenge over on the mastermind group I belong to was to clean our desktops/ home offices. And as you saw on the before tour, my office really needed a cleaning.

Well, here’s the result (and thank you for keeping me accountable!)

Angela Wills of MarketersMojo.com does this great podcast interviewing business owners who LOVE what they do – and this week she interviewed me!

If you have some spare time, I encourage you to check out the interview. You’ll learn more about:

• The work I do & why I do it
• My thoughts on working from home
• My big lesson on staying healthy and balanced,
• Why I needed to create my own definition of success & why I think you should too, and
• My advice on casting a vision & keeping it in front of you.

But most importantly, you’ll learn how to get started freelancing (writing), training, and consulting. As well as some tools I recommend learning, especially if you are interested in training.

And of course you’ll learn why I love my business

You can listen to the interview directly on Angela’s website, or by downloading the MP3 and listening to it on your computer or on your mp3 player. Angela’s introduction to our interview begins at the 9:48min mark.

Enjoy!

…Shannon

P.S. Here’s some of the links that Angela & I mentioned:

Fat Loss Quickie

Lynn Terry’s Self Starters Weekly Tips Elite Mastermind Group

and my other sites:

ITCustomerService.com

TheShrinkingMommy.com

So in the mastermind group I belong to, we’re having a “Clean Your Office” Challenge this month, and I’ve decided to participate and use this as an opportunity to give you a tour of my home office. 

On January 31st, I’ll post the “After” version, but for your viewing pleasure…here’s my home office as it currently stands today.  

Enjoy!
….Shannon

This last month, I’ve been reminded that it’s important to balance how much work I’m doing with how much much time my family needs.  I’ve been under deadlines, in a major crunch zone, and it’s impacted my family – obviously. But it has also impacted our finances – and not necessarily for the better.

I know – that doesn’t exactly make sense. But it does. When I’m under pressure, working hard, I don’t always get to making dinner – and so we go out more. 

And, to make up to the kids for all the time I have to spend at the computer, I’m more likely to buy them little treats or take them out to do something. It’s my way of giving them a reward for all the help they give me during these temporary crunches. But yet, those things cost money too.

When it’s all said and done, I sometimes look back over the time and realize that I actually spent more money than I made. How insane is that?

So, it is times like this I have to take a step back and ask myself, will this project really be worth the costs in the long run. Will it really make us money or will it end up costing us money?

What do you think? Does this ever happen to you?

A couple weeks ago, I wrote up a great new post for you all and then discovered that earlier that day someone or some program had hacked into this site and blocked me from posting any thing new. <UGH!!>

 Now normally, with databases I know well, I’m a security freak. But apparently I dropped the ball with Wordpress. (Gotta love these life lessons).  As you can see I can post again, but in the meantime, I’m sorry for being silent for a while. Technology has its blessings, but also its…well ….downsides.

Anyway, check back tomorrow, as I’ve got a new series on saving money on groceries, and saving some prep time for those of us who are short on time.  Have a great week!

…Shannon