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  Today's Blog is about Batching and how it can help with productivity, Batching is a term I have heard many times and I incorporated it into my professional life. It has yielded very good results for me and as such, I would love to share it with you guys. Let's dig in; Batching Definition:   Batching is a manufacturing term it means products are made in a specified group or amount, within a time frame. Batching is a  process, therefore it can be applied to different situations and as such it has been transferred to the productivity world.  There are many tasks that you can do in batches some examples are writing, content creation, editing etc. A simple search on Youtube will yield results of YouTubers talking about how they batch their content creations, filming multiple videos on the same day, writing several blog post and so on. You can, therefore, understanding how the process of batching can apply to your productivity. By groupi...

I am not super important YET...lol. I do, however, have a learning mindset. And these are my projects for this week Reading List Starting a Successful Blog When you have NO Clue! (2019) by Gundi Gabrielle . I grab this from amazon kindle for less than One Dollar US. Which is a Steal when converted to my Guyanese Dollars (0.99usd x $200G$ = $198 Guyanese dollars) By the way, did I mention - realllllly reallllly cheap in our dollars. I have taken the liberty of attaching the link in the name of the book. You can check it out. I am not making any money or anything from sharing this link. If you are thinking of starting your blog and money is a bit tight, I would recommend that you check it out. I am also still reading Jen Sincero's You are a badass at Making Money   - an awesome read for those of us who have mental blocks on earning money. Money making is a sticky subject for some. But I have grown past the stick away from me to stick to me...lol. 🔼 I have ta...

Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels You may be asking, why I would pick a topic like this to talk on. Well, let me tell you all about it. I am learning about managing my time and my resources (my energy and my time). As always I learn and share. I should also take this opportunity to let you know that I, yes me, did a small photo shoot yesterday with my niece. I hate taking pictures. You know how everybody has a good side, I have none and I am serious, I have no right side or wrong side. I just have a side. This is my idea of coming out of my comfort zone and me managing what I have - ME Special Shout out to my niece Sarah who took the pictures they are all fabulous See this one: Photo by: Sarah Solomon Anyways back to my title "Time Management and Planning"  I have always wondered about the people who only align themselves with the people who can take them places and I used to call these people "spongers" yes I was young once. As I got older...

Have you seen the new trend on Instagram on Name Tags? Well unless you have really not been checking your Instagram account...well that’s another story (we have to talk) Let me try to shed some light on this. I thought this topic would be interesting because I myself was total in the dark on this so we will learn together. What is an Instagram Name Tag Name Tags are similar to WhatsApp web code, or facebook messenger code. Name tags allow the user to scan your code and very quickly get the option to either view your profile or add you. It is a quick fix to an age-old problem. Remember when you had to remember your exact Instagram name and then there was an issue with spelling Sydney vs Sidney...OMG Instagram Name Tags have completely eliminated this problem. How do you Scan A Name Tag 1. Use Instagram Name Tag Camera Go to your Instagram account and click on the top right-hand corner where the three lines are. Then go to name tag, look down to scan a...

Hello Guys. Welcome to my first blog post. Thank you for being here. Here starts the dream of owning my own business. I know it will not be easy. I understand that it will be quite a challenge I am heading into. Now it is time for me to do the work for myself, for me to add value to others as a business owner. There is so much fear and so many what ifs, it is times like these that I would draw upon a few verses of my favourite poem, Invictus by William Ernest Henley ...My head is bloody but unbowed ... I am the Master of my fate I am the Captain of my soul. It's all a work in progress and a progress in work. It's about not being afraid to fail and not be fearful to reach out for help. It's about understanding what I am made of, my strengths and my weakness. It's about not being afraid to ask for my worth. And yeah...it's about fear, lots and lots of fear...what if I am not good enough, what if I am a fraud who cannot deliver on promises....girl S...