What business housekeeping jobs are you doing to stay productive?

4 years ago

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Calling all Houzz professionals. If you find yourself unable to get to your office or on site, are there any business housekeeping jobs that you're focusing on instead? From organising paperwork and updating your accounts to starting online training courses, we'd love to know how you're structuring your office hours and using any spare time.

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ANDREA JENKINS INTERIOR DESIGN.

4 years ago

This week I have taken a break from my home office just to let myself accept what is happening right now. From next week I am pressing the reset button and streamling my business, decluttering and filing my suppliers library, samples and fabrics. When things get up and running I will be ready for the next chapter.

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Daisy England
4 years ago
Unfortunately my office is at home so regardless I can easily enter it. I need to stop going through that door.
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Mary, it has been a while since I read the comments. I think you can take your time with growing with your new decluttered kitchen. It is truly beautiful with just the changes. Don't go spend a ton of money, save it and go on a holiday to a state park or something you have always wanted to do. If your friends that you invite over for dinner don't love ...... well just coming over and visiting,.... then oh well. As long as you are happy, but no need to break the bank..... you did great already. I love it, if you do more, please share though? And to bamamom, I so agree with you! My own, awful, claustrophobic kitchen is LESS than 8 ft x 11 ft... yep that tiny and horrible. I have taken out the nasty, dropped ceiling and have the slightly vaulted original one now, but with pipes showing where the HVAC was put in after and then the repiped ones....... I did not know they plumber would do this, much less the others were there.... gag me. And no money to do it up even decent.
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Sophia's Gardens
4 years ago
Although I usually work from home, too, and am completely set up, I've found myself needing to keep far tidier than usual. I think it's needing to be in control of the small bit of the world that I can be.
It's very beneficial though 😊. Everything is filed correctly and there's space to spread out my ongoing drawings when I need to.
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The Lichen Group Ltd.
4 years ago
Tax time for us. The fact that everyone in government is busy with other things won't stop them dinging us if we fail to file on time.
On the positive side, tax time is the time of year where we get the most accurate look at how we did over the previous year.
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4 years ago
Thanks for sharing @ANDREA JENKINS INTERIOR DESIGN., @Sophia's Gardens and @The Lichen Group Ltd., those sound like great approaches!
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OnePlan
4 years ago
Still working here !
But also need to wind up the end of year accounts and file a tax return... then there’s marketing to look at and updating webpages and uploading client pics and possibly sending out an email to ask clients for any finished pics we can put up - need to check this doesn’t breach data protection rules first though ! Lots to do !
deborah eade
4 years ago
I've worked from home for the last 28 years but as assignments have dried up since Covid-19, I've found my office has become messier not tidier as I'm more distracted. Aiming to sort out accumulated papers by checking on the government website how long I need to keep them, and get shredding.
Douglas Johnson
3 years ago
Deborah, this is a familiar situation to me. I usually call it a creative mess)) But if you look at it from the point of view of covid, everything is seen in a more serious tone. I decided to take a more responsible approach to organize my workplace and try to have a supply of sanitary wipes for the regular disinfection of the work table and hands. It gives me more peace of mind. They say that it would be nice to use an ozonizer for your home. But I've heard that you need to be very careful when using such devices.

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