Breaking it down – managing large tasks

October 17, 2008 by Becky Scott  

Breaking it down – managing large tasks

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I have a couple of projects staring me in the face right now. They’re pretty large – and when I think about how much I have to do it can be pretty overwhelming.
Sometimes it’s okay not to look at the big picture. Temporarily, of course. If the big view of things makes you panic, then stop for a moment. Take a smaller, more manageable piece and do it. Or do part of it. Just make sure that what you’re doing is actually helping you make progress towards your goal.
I’ve mentioned that my desk has a large …read more

How do you retrieve email?

October 17, 2008 by Becky Scott  

How do you retrieve email?

I was reading a post over at Web Worker Daily about email. In it, they discuss two types of email users – filers and finders.
The filers use lots of folders to categorize and file away their email. I can remember doing this in Outlook. You see, Outlook’s search function is terrible. So I would file by project or department or whatever seemed appropriate at the time.
Unfortunately, when it came to finding those emails, it wasn’t always easy to remember where I filed it. Was it by project A? Or department B? Or did I put it in the folder where …read more


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