Like any business, a sole trader’s business has many moving parts: client communication, client project work, emails, invoicing, PR, marketing, cashflow, tracking metrics and tax obligations to name a few. Spinning all the plates takes time and mental energy in order to keep your finger on the pulse and ensure your business remains viable.
There’s several ways to convert a PDF with multiple pages into a single-page PDF. Here’s how I did it, and
Earlier this week I had to finalise some personal documentation for my solicitor. They had asked me one particular question, but the answer was contained in an assortment of different documents that I had to locate, scan and email back to them. Locating the information was fairly straight forward because I keep my hardcopy & electronic
As soon as I lay my face into the opening at the head of the massage table I exhaled really deeply. Not just my breath, but my entire body just exhaled. I pretty much melted into the table and felt my whole body completely relax for the first time in who-knows-when. I don’t have a
If you’ve seen any of my social media posts this week you’ll notice there’s a been a focus on Goods and Services Tax (GST), lodgement dates for Business Activity Statements (BAS) and general tax reminders. I know, I know, they’re not the most exciting of social media themes, but I’m trying to keep sole traders on
I made a decision last week to implement what I’ve coined ‘Retreat Week’. Retreat Week is not about massages, day-spas, champagne and manicures (well, not yet anyway). It’s about scheduling a 9-day hiatus every 9 weeks where make myself completely unavailable; where I ‘retreat’ from being available as a sole trader. That is, coincidentally, a
If you read last week’s blog post you’ll know that I had my handbag, laptop and reading glasses were stolen recently. Unfortunately, none of those items have made their way back to me. Wishful thinking huh? I navigated the aftermath fairly well, but by Friday last week my eyes were exhausted, I couldn’t lug my belongings
Saturday morning is my favourite morning of the week. There’s something really relaxing about it. I don’t feel rushed and for the first time in 5 days I don’t feel like I should be busy undertaking income generating activities for my business. It’s the first day of the weekend and it’s usually the day where
I’ve had three conversations with clients in the past week about scanning documents. One client was in a flap because their printer-scanner wasn’t working properly and they believed they needed to drive to their nearest Officeworks to get their scans done. Another had a portable scanning device that they’d already wasted an hour trying to
My car is 13 years old. I own it outright and it costs me very little to run. It suits my needs perfectly and it continues to get me from A to B with very little resistance. Of course, it no longer has a fancy-pants warranty to cover any unforeseen issues that