{"id":16241,"date":"2011-08-15T10:27:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T14:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=16241"},"modified":"2015-07-21T16:08:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T21:08:58","slug":"16241","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/16241\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning on utilities and finishing up the magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday I worked all day and evening on final layout for the September issue of Horizons Magazine<\/a>. \u00a0 I didn’t even go over to the rental<\/a>, so I could stay focused. \u00a0That’s the only problem with being self employed and being my own boss – since I can do anything I want, I have to discipline myself to stay focused on priorities. \u00a0A lot of what I do has a deadline or appointment time, so I \u00a0use those as guidelines. \u00a0Friends see me off and on Facebook all day and think I goof off all the time. \u00a0Ok, I do, but I’m also in between phone calls and appointments, or I’m rebooting the main computer or I’m taking a break from a job whose deadline is just days or hours away. \u00a0I’ve always got days worth of info floating around in my head waiting to be thought upon and pondered when I get free thought time. \u00a0If I’m typing and reading, part of my head stays open for the pondering list to run in the background. \u00a0If \u00a0I’m talking and listening, it’s not. \u00a0 That’s why I can play on Facebook when I won’t make time to chitchat on the phone.<\/p>\n

I got a ton of magazine work done Sunday, which definitely makes today go easier. \u00a0I had a few rental tasks I had to do first thing\u00a0this morning, like calling Florida Power and Light to make put the electric in my name at the rental, going down to the City of Palm Bay Utilities Dept and putting the water in my name, running across the street to Ace Hardware, going to the post office, dropping by the rental to drop off supplies and take a photo of the power meter. \u00a0I’ll have Tod tell me where the water meter might be. \u00a0The temporary utilities were scheduled to be shut off mid week, so this ensures power and water (and work!) won’t be interrupted while I am glued to the computer finishing the magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s one thing I always do, rush to get work done so I can rest and relax later. \u00a0Then I take on more and more projects. \u00a0Then I complain I’m overwhelmed — you know what that’s like, huh? \u00a0In reality, I take on so much work because they are projects I enjoy doing and they bring me fulfillment. \u00a0I schedule so many appointments because I enjoy the interaction and the constant learning. \u00a0 I’m always rescheduling psychic reading sessions <\/a>when “real life” intervenes, such as last week when I was dealing with a tummy bug then rental home stuff and I had to reschedule 8 clients. \u00a0Sorry guys, thanks for being understanding. \u00a0I’ve had many of the same clients for 20+ years and most I only read for a few times a year.<\/p>\n

So I figure I’ll rest when I sleep, as long as there is lots of fun stuff going on around me that I want to be involved in. \u00a0And so far, there always seems to be that. \u00a0 Ma Yoga Shakti<\/a> says, “wherever you are, make a heaven of it.” \u00a0And I’m so doing that.<\/p>\n

Andrea<\/p>\n

We’re making progress at the rental home<\/a>
\nGetting my rental property ready for the next lucky tenant<\/a>
\nWear gloves cleaning nicotine damage to avoid poisoning<\/a>
\nI clean my rental home of nicotine stains<\/a>
\nMy tenant is moving out this weekend<\/a><\/p>\n

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