When work hours are scattered between preparing meals, potty training, storytime and bathtime, as well as amongst several different clients, you need a way to capture your time! TimeLeft (FREE) provides multiple desktop timers with the simple functionality of start/stop and reset. It’s been an incredibly helpful tool for keeping track of miscellaneous time spent […]

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Recently my work routine shifted from one primary employer and a side job, both primarily or exclusively from home, to two remote jobs with their own multiple projects, invoices, etc. Within one week I was feeling the need to get a LOT more organized and efficient.
For the past 2 years I have used the same […]

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First let me say that I’m relatively new to the regular replacement of a home phone with a VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol. I was not one of these uber tech pro’s who wanted to get their hands on this stuff the moment it came out. However, this allows me the advantage of being […]

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All telecommuters know the drill: the house has gotten too distracting, too noisy, or maybe just too dull. You need to get out. But you have work to do. Presto-Chango: You find yourself at the local Wi-Fi cafe! (Wi-Fi, [wye-fye], is the wireless technology that enables your laptop to pick up internet service without an […]

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My husband and I are built differently, (and I’m not just referring to gender.)
At the moment, he is in the process of interviewing for a position as an assistant store manager at Target. While, for him, this is a great job, you couldn’t pick a worse one for me! I wouldn’t be cut out for […]

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Recently, I have had to really throw my hands up and admit that telecommuting with my 2 year old, full time, is just not going to cut it. When kids are infants, you at least get the relief of naptime, amen? Then they get bigger, and can literally tell you, “Mama, no more laptop, play […]

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You know the feeling: you wake up with a scratchy throat, and the next thing you know your sinuses are clogged, you’re congested, you’ve got bouts of fever - you have the flu! You call out of work sick, use up sick time if you have any, and just as you might be getting better, […]

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I was one of the lucky one’s who took a job that was telecommuting friendly from the get go. Most telecommuters, however, were traditional on-site workers who converted their job to a part-time telecommuting situation by proposing the idea to their employer. Their reasons vary: “Gosh, I can do half of the work I do […]

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Blogging and I got off to a rocky start, as I imagine it did with most people. Though I was part of the “millennial” generation, I was certainly not the techie type. I started blogging just before my son’s one year birthday for two reasons: One; I had begun to find an enormous amount of […]

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