A Simple Bookkeeping System for Small Business
A Simple Bookkeeping System for Micro-business A guest post by Carol Topp, CPA Small business owners need a simple bookkeeping method. The system described here uses single entry bookkeeping, not...
View ArticleGet Ready for Tax Time
Get ready for tax time with organized records A guest post by Carol Topp, CPA If you have been keeping an organized record of your income and expenses, you will find tax preparation easy. If you are...
View ArticleStep 1: Decide What Matters
If you want to do what matters and make it pay, you must first decide what matters. Although most “find your passion” books begin with a straight line premise that your “thing that matters” will...
View ArticleHow to Create a Custom Planner
One of the most important prerequisites for doing what matters (and making it pay) is planning. Although I do most of my work on the computer, I’ve used paper-based planners ever since I was in middle...
View ArticleTime Management for Busy Times
What to do when you can’t do everything Don’t run faster; sit down and make a plan! It’s almost the end of the year, so I am thinking more about time management than usual. December is always full—in...
View ArticleHow to Memorize
One of the aggravating things about memory is that it is indiscriminate about what it gathers. Annoying advertising jingles (You’ll wonder where the yellow went — you brushed your teeth with...
View ArticleSWOT Analysis for Microbusiness
It’s been one of those weeks. It all started last week when my internet connection almost stopped working right before a conference. That’s the moment when a lot of things need to come together and be...
View ArticleIndoor Snowmen: Mom’s Sanity Saver
My granddaughter called this morning, and we talked about building snowmen. Since we are both living in a snow globe, it seemed a perfect topic. However, I did experience a pang of guilt upon hanging...
View ArticleLearn Like Leonardo da Vinci with Study Notes and Learning Journals
How do you learn? If you wanted to learn about architecture, invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany,...
View ArticleHomeschool 101: Charlotte Mason Style
In which a student of Charlotte Mason (British educator 1842-1923) imperfectly outlines first steps of the Mason method with an eye toward hope and encouragement to new home educators. By: Anya...
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