DON’T BE FOOLED!

April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on April 1 every year marked by good-humoured or otherwise funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical jokes. Traditionally, the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool" and taunted "April Fool's Day's past and gone, You're the fool for making one."
So if you are still drowning in a sea of paper or surrounded by those dangerous paper towers it's not an April Fools joke and you would be a fool not to call in the help of an experienced Secretary.
BUT DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE FALSE PROMISES THAT SOME SECRETARIES MANAGE TO GET AWAY WITH – I don't do false promises. I am an experienced secretary – no jokes or gimmicks – just plain work sense and I don't sit around drinking tea all day! Go on and give me a call and see how I can help you with my hourly rates and love of filing and all things secretarial! I offer a FREE no-obligation 30 minute consultation! What have you got to lose ... apart from the mess!

Its time to Spring Forward!

But before you throw all your winter clothes into the back of your wardrobe and check the expiry date of your sun tan lotion ... REMEMBER it’s time to put your clocks FORWARD by one hour. With an extra hour of daylight per day why stay inside fighting your increasing paper piles? Why not contact me and I will fight the paper piles for you giving you time to get outdoors to enjoy all that extra daylight! Whether you are a sole trader, small business or householder drowning in paperwork ... I can help. I am here 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. So remember to put your clocks forward before you go to bed so you don’t start your week late ... and Remember to check all your clocks ... including the one in the car that is always forgotten!!

Beware the Ides of March????

March 15 was forever marked as the Ides of March, as a day of infamy, following the bloody assassination of Julius Ceaser on that day in 44BC. Romans living before that event, however, saw ides as simply marking the appearance of the full moon. Today, thanks to the William Shakespeare‘s play Julius Caesar, the soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar, “Beware the Ides of March,” has forever linked that date with a sense of foreboding.
But why should any date be any worse than another? In Roman times the Ides of March was mostly notable as a deadline for settling debts. So the Ides of March is not a bad date to think about getting your accounts into order for the financial end of year which is fast approaching. Or maybe its a date for sorting those paper piles so that you can see the moon!! So maybe it’s not a case of the Ides of March – but instead think “Yikes it’s March … call in help and get my life sorted..."

Time to do the things that make you happy?

I have just been on Radio 2’s Popmaster with Zoe Ball – I missed out on the final with a tiebreak question but enjoyed every minute of it. I was able to take time out from my busy schedule and do something I wanted to do!
If you want to free up time for the small things that make you happy, but cannot because your life is disorganised – call in the help of a Freelance Secretary! I am not just around to do the basic secretarial job ... I have never done just the basics. Get in touch and we can spend 30 minutes (FREE of charge) discussing how I can best help you.
You never know, this time next week you will be in a position to do something you have always wanted to do - but haven’t had the time ... until now!

Too many Chiefs?

All we seem to hear about these days are "non-jobs" in the councils and large firms. What is a “non-job” I only know of “job-jobs”!!! Or is this a case of too many managers – not enough staff? Too many chiefs and not enough Indians ...? Well if you need more indians - I am one who certainly loves to work on whatever the Big Chief (Boss) says! OK so fire starting may not be a role but fire stopping might be – making sure those urgent matters are dealt with in a timely matter and those fire risk paper piles are filed away and put into a workable system … So if you are a Big Chief with a reservation (desk/room) that needs clearing call in the help of this little Indian (freelance secretary) who will work for as many hours as you need to sort you out and can then come back whenever she sees a smoke signal (email or telephone call). All types of reservation clearing considered!

Did you miss the Valentine celebrations by accident?

• If you missed Valentine's Day on purpose then work is the perfect excuse!
• If you missed it by accident then your busy workload may be the reason!

But whether or not you wanted to miss the event, if you want to give yourself more time to make decisions then contact me. I am the cost-effective answer to hiring in the secretarial help you need - I offer hourly rates plus there is the bonus you will not have to pay any agency fees, sickness or holiday pay! I will only work for you for as long as you need! I offer a free 30 minute consultation where we can talk on the phone or face to face and discuss how best I can work to suit you and to make sure you don't miss any future important dates! Go on get in touch - see what a difference I will make.

It's Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day to all the past and future users of my secretarial services - you are the people who either currently know and will know my love for the office life!
Those horrendous unloved paper piles are my daily challenges! Don't hide away those overfilled filing cabinets (which no doubt have the paper laying down inside to them to make more paper fit in!) or those bulging boxes full of papers and receipts!
Let me loose on those horrible admin jobs you dislike so much and I will create a system you will be happy to use. I only charge for the hours I work - and you can (if you wish) share my love of the office - or else have me in at regular intervals to do a smaller version of the original sort out.