I want to wish all my clients current and future a very Merry Christmas and Good Luck for 2011. It has been great working with you this year and I look forward to working with you again next year. Those of you who have not had the pleasure of my secretarial services please check out my testimonials and contact me to see how I can help you with your business (be it your own personal business, small company or sole trader). 
It's the Winter Solstice – bringing the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied from culture to culture such a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals and gatherings. So why not celebrate the fact that the days are now going to get longer - you will be able to see that much more daylight. But to really make your days longer call in the help of a Freelance Secretary (such as me) and see how I can make all of your days that much better.
Today sees the start of what is going to be the busiest shopping weekend of the year! If this fills you with panic ... relax and for just one moment think how easy life would be with a Personal Assistant, your very own Girl Friday ... someone who could look after all your work whilst you are preparing for Christmas! So remember when you are writing out your Christmas Wishlist add an extra item for yourself - a versatile secretary to help you out next year!
Now the snow is starting to melt - are you still snowed under ... with work? Don't struggle. Give me a call - Freelance secretaries are ideal for this situation. I have hourly rates and a lengthy secretarial and administration background to cover every aspect of office work - and some household chores too! Give me a call and let me see how I can help you - don't drown under your workload!
The song says "Let it snow" and it is!! Everyone is saying not to do any journeys unless really necessary ... so think are your journeys necessary? If they are not and you, like me, are able to work from home ... Let the internet do the walking! Get around to a few jobs from home - enjoy the extra time you usually spend travelling to work! KEEP SAFE
The 4 November is known as Mischief Night in some parts of the country. This is the night when all sorts of naughty things are done - the main idea being to put things in the wrong place. If either things are in the wrong place or you think one of those pesky little Mischief Night pixies is at work then call me and let me put everything right! You will be amazed at how in just a few hours normalness can return with the help of a freelance secretary - hourly rates are available!
This weekend sees Halloween and the clocks going back one hour. But dont make the clock going back a horrific event – use that extra hour to think about how to make things better for yourself – craving the extra hour to have an extra treat is great but if you spend it worrying about needing more time ... then I am the person to call. 
Well at least today is the right day for that – its the Autumn Equinox. The first day of the autumn season when Day and night have approximately the same length. But lets change your days for the better – don’t drown in work ... get your life back ... call in help! Make today the day you call me and see what I can do to make your days shorter and your free time longer.
Do you feel your desk is full of dark shadowy piles of paper – with the most important paperwork hiding in the furthest corner? Add some light ...! This week the seaside town of Blackpool switches on its illuminations – brightening up the seafront with lights. Why not add some light to your workload – call in the help of a freelance secretary like me to help turn the dark shadowy piles of paper into a nice light organised office area for you.
Why not use a freelance secretary to give you a perfect summer holiday? Non-permanent and freelance secretaries are being used more and more by individuals and small businesses. Even in the current economic climate people need to have someone to help with their admin – or even just at this time of year someone to give them time away from the office! With the summer holidays approaching many are wondering how they will deal with their time away from the office as they may not have sufficient cover in place to provide a back up whilst they take a well earned break. This is where freelance secretaries like me come into their own. Unlike an employment or temp agency I work on a completely flexible basis providing as much or as little cover as is needed – go on make that call and take that break! There is a bank holiday weekend looming - go on have that well deserved break!
Do you have that sinking feeling around celebration time - just no time to enjoy yourself? If you say yes to these or any other similar questions then do not panic anymore. I can help. I offer hourly rates and also a FREE 30 minute visit during which time we can discuss your needs – be it just a case of simply sorting out your household filing or whether this goes deeper and you have a small home business (whatever that may be it all involves paperwork – even paperless offices do that!)
I am enjoying an early finish to my work week. I am able to take time out to celebrate my birthday since my paperwork is all sorted and I can rest assured that everything that should have been dealt with has been - and if not it is in my “in tray” for my return. Just think with my help for just a few hours you would also be able to make decisions to take time off to celebrate your special days – and enjoy the summer days ahead (being they dry or liquid sunshine filled days)
St. Swithin's Day is 15 July, a day on which people watch the weather for tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days. Its folklore but a fun day to watch the weather. There is another old saying though that when it rains on St. Swithin's Day, it is the Saint christening the apples. Apple growers ask St. Swithin for his blessing each year because they believe:Then struggle no more give me a call. I offer hourly rates and reduced rates for contracts or retainers. So whether you want me for just a few hours, a day, a week ... I can help you to get on top of that paperwork.
Then whether it is a rainy day or a sunny day - the day is your own to do what you want without having to close your eyes as you pass that pile of papers looking longingly at you ...
With everything in life seemingly relating to the World Cup currently being played in South Africa, its amazing that this can even reflect on your worklife! If playing "keepie uppie" with your workload and not scoring any work goals applies to you ... what you need is my help ... that is the help of a freelance secretary. I work only the hours that you need and charge only for those hours. If you are unsure how I could help your business I offer a FREE 30 minute consultation where we can discuss all of this. There is evidence of how I have helped others avoid the work "keepie uppie" situation! Get in touch and see how work goals will be scored and "keepie uppie" will be restricted to playtime!
Whenever the sun shines its time to make that age old decision "Do I work or do I play?" For large organisations this is an easy decision since there are plenty of people around. Smaller companies or one-man bands with fewer (or no) staff cannot make that decision easily. Make one easy decision. Decide to bring me, a Freelance Secretary, into your business/work life together with a lot of plus points ... Get in touch with me to see how I can help you with your workload. Make more free time for yourself ... and with the sunshine improving daily this is something I can sure you will relish. Why be trapped at work when you can be in the great outdoors with the grass between your toes? Even the Stone Age people knew the Sun brought life on Earth and that is why they used to worship it. So who are we to try and decide otherwise?
Election Fever has swept the country – did you know that elections have been the usual method for choosing officials since the 17th century. 
As we celebrated St George's Day on Friday, how many of you were fighting your own little dragons ... PAPER DRAGONS!
The new tax year has started and this means some big changes for personal and business finances! All this change after a lovely long four day weekend! 
Did you know that Pagan traditions gave us the English word "Easter" which comes from the word "Eostre". The Anglo-Saxon word for April was "Eostre-monath" (the month of openings). Bede, the English monastic historian, noted that the month was named after the Anglo-Saxon goddess Esostre. Rituals related to the goddess Eostre focus on new beginnings, symbolized by the Easter egg, and fertility, which is symbolized by the hare (or Easter bunny). So now is the time to focus on new beginnings – maybe a beginning to a new outlook on your working life ... maybe utilising the services of a helping hand ... maybe me?
But before you start planning your summer holiday REMEMBER it’s time to put your clocks forward by one hour. This gives you an extra hour of daylight per day over the forthcoming months – so why be stuck inside with your piles of paperwork when you can get in contact with me and I can work on them for you giving you time to take yourself outdoors to enjoy all that extra daylight! I am here, with all my years of secretarial work, to help you. Just get in touch with me or look at my website to see exactly how I can help you. It’s so easy and I offer a free 30 minute consultation so we can chat about exactly how I can help you with your workload – whether you are a sole trader, small business or householder drowning in paperwork ... I can help.
The Olympic flame has now been extinguished to mark the end of the Winter Olympic games 2010 but the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger" ("Citius, Altius, Fortius") should continue into our working and personal lives and glow as brightly as the Olympic flame. 
This weekend there are celebrations in London to welcome in the Year of the Tiger. According to the Chinese calendar the 2010 year of the Tiger is passionate, honest and modest. Its a year for changing your mood, being vigorous and hard-working. The Tiger’s motto is “I win” – a good motto.
Its nearly Valentine's Day, that yearly day when its time to celebrate love and affection (or celebrate "Singles Awareness Day"). A day on which people express their love for each other with flowers, sweets and cards ... but however you plan to celebrate this day – Why not celebrate by expressing a little love for yourself and your well-being? Does your office need some love? Are you being stressed out by piles of paperwork, unopened post (paper or email), unwritten letters, reports needing to be typed and formatted ... just no time to do those jobs or find time for yourself ... contact me and I will help to remove this clutter from your life and show your paperwork the love it deserves.
As this is my first post I want it to show the impact that I am going to make! I want to use this blog as an updating tool - to promote news items and innovative reports to run alongside my website. My website has been designed so you can see exactly how I can help you. Whether it is work for your business or personal life - my 24 years of experience will shine through. Check out my testimonials.
