HW5!
High Wootness Five to you! Just because. You’re up and reading this email or post, that’s huge. OK, not so huge, but I appreciate it, so thank you!
THE LISTS
You should now have a daily list and a weekly list. I will post the daily list at the end of each day’s article, just as a reminder. Weekly lists will be a bit different since we all have different priorities and issues we’re dealing with. Just promise me you actually will compile a weekly list. We’ll talk about this more, but after we’ve dug ourselves out of the black hole we call an office and can get into the maintenance phase to keep things going smoothly.
CATALOG PURGE
Today I want you to go through all of your catalogs and vendor information.
Throw out ALL the catalogs. Yes, seriously. I’ll bet any amount of money that every single one of those catalogs belongs to an online retailer and that you do almost all your shopping online, anyway. There is no use having your bookcases and files ovverrun with catalogs that you don’t need.
Next go through your vendor files. If you have them. I’m a little (!) OCD, so I have one file drawer devoted to my vendors and their current price lists, sample packs, etc. Only keep the files belonging to the vendors that you are actually using. There is no reason to have materials from 7 different labs.
DAILY LIST
1. Process mail.
2. Update bank deposit, if applicable..
3. Email flush.
4. Backlog/Work Load
5. Financial/accounting updates
TODAY:
- Daily List
- Catalog & Vendor File Purge
- Filing