Family Life & Virtual Assistance: Path to or from the Rat Race?
Many people will tell you that they are drawn to the virtual assistance profession because they believe it will be a flexible fit with their family life. Interestingly, that sounds a LOT like the...
View ArticleRelocating Your Business: Interview with Amber Drake
Amber Drake (caricature seen at right), owner of Essential Admin, and I became acquainted several years ago and have enjoyed a strictly email-based friendship since then. It was a great pleasure to...
View ArticleBlogging While Traveling out of the Country
Ok, I’m not that far from home, but am writing this in Mexico (Puerto Peñasco, Sonora). While being a virtual worker and working while mobile and away from the office is something I’ve mentioned...
View ArticleVA Fashionista Part 3: Use Your Retooled Wardrobe to Best Advantage When...
This is the final installment in a three-part series on wardrobe management for self-employed women. To read the the previous articles in this series: VA Fashionista Part 1: Review and Edit Your...
View ArticleHeading to Tucson? Try the Sam Hughes Inn
We have been looking for the ideal spot (in terms of price, amenities, location, and service) for repeat visits to Tucson, Arizona. We found it this weekend at the Sam Hughes Inn. We enjoyed the other...
View ArticleWildcats baseball advances to NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
It was a windy one in Tucson this weekend when Arizona and ASU finished up their seasons with a terrific 3-game series. Even better for our ‘Cats: they took the series after dropping the opener on...
View ArticleChicago Seen & Heard
On the streets of Chicago, lurching from one chilly January adventure to another. Just a few of our stop offs: Quick stop at the Green Mill, where we enjoyed an Irish Coffee and channeled the filming...
View ArticleTaking Care of Each Other
These times provide lots of opportunities for extending simple kindnesses, and taking care of “our chother,” as my children called it when they were tiny. After a weekend of exploring Social Media with...
View ArticleMake Your Professional Travel Plans Now!
Just wrapped up our first AZVAs “REAL TALK” conference call, and it made me realize two things: I needed to dust off and update the Calendar of Events for Solopreneurs elsewhere on Loosely Speaking to...
View ArticleAnnual Events for Fiber Fans
I’m building a page here to help keep track of all the wondrous fiber events I hear about all the time from my yarnie pals. With a little planning (and saving), I hope to get to at least one of …...
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