Tis the season, for spring cleaning! Now that spring is supposedly here (still
waiting on warmer weather) my husband and I have been cleaning out things for a
yard sale. We are beginning to downsize
for a future move to a smaller house. So
our weekends have been taken up with cleaning out closets- knickknacks (I call
them dust catchers) collections of things, etc. in order to make our move a
little easier. I have found it amazing when I look at our garage every morning
to see what we have accumulated!
So is the way with your small business. How many times a week do you look at your
desk and see things that need to be cleaned out? Looking at piles of paper thinking to
yourself “I need to get to that pile”. Or looking at a list of things you need
to do but don’t have time for.
Now is the time to clean up those piles of paper. Start by giving yourself ten minutes every
day to clean up something on your desk.
My husband and I have been working many weekends to get everything
cleaned out- it didn’t happen all in one weekend. Cleaning out in small doses makes the mess a
little more manageable.
It’s the same thing with your to do list. Take a look at it and decide what you can
reasonably do and more importantly what you can do that makes you money. Then take the list and decide what others can
do- either an employee or a consultant.
These people can do the things you don’t have time for or things that
just aren’t bringing in money but are necessary.
I can tell you that cleaning out things does make you feel
lighter and frankly just a little less stressed. And who can’t deal with a little less stress
in their lives?
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