Life doesn’t check your calendar before it throws something at you. You catch the flu the same week you’re short staffed. A family emergency pulls you away with zero notice. This is where SOPs come in, and yes, I know that sounds like corporate jargon. Stick with me, SOPs are the best Cover Your…
Do you feel overwhelmed by your inbox? Like being in a room where everyone is talking at once? If your answer is yes, you are in good company. I used to have 46,000 unread emails sitting in mine, so trust me, I get it. A messy inbox is not just annoying. It eats your…
Last week: the philosophy. This week: what to actually do. Last week I talked about why folder structure should be standard but file names should match how you think. This week, let’s put it into practice. Build your naming convention around one question:When I search for this in six months, what’s the first word…
The system that works for you, might lose your virtual assistant completely. We all know someone, who’s desk is a complete mess. You ask them for something and without pause, they reach down and grab it out from under a small pile, or out of a drawer full of stuff, smiling. Or… you tried…
I remember the flour recalls. Between 2016 and 2019, I kept seeing headlines that stopped me in my tracks. It snapped me right back into watching the food industry again, even though I had stepped back from it follow a different path. I started following every recall resource I could find. Because flour wasn’t…