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Women’s Desks Have More Germs

While reading my Sunday morning paper today, I stumbled across a little blurb buried in the “business” section. It declared that a research study revealed that women have a higher level of germs on their office desks than men. I couldn’t help wondering what it was about women’s desks that made them more germy? According to the article, one of the main reasons that women’s desks were found to have more germs is that they normally had more “stuff” on them: photos, memorabilia, knick knacks, etc. Make-up bags, purses and articles of food and dishes were also mentioned as culprits … Continue reading →

Where Should I Put the Desk?

My brother in law gave me a desk yesterday. It was nice of him to think of me and the best part is, it’s exactly like the one I originally chose for my home office. When I first started writing, I asked for a desk for Christmas that year, which my husband gave me to help me begin setting up my home office. It didn’t manage to stay in my room very long, and instead soon became the family computer desk. I didn’t mind, but I always wished I could find another one like it. It’s just the right size … Continue reading →

Can Napping Help Your Business?

I was chatting with two friends of mine who also work from home, as consultants or running their own businesses and for some reason, we stumbled onto the subject of napping. Yes, that simple, restorative process of taking a little siesta midmorning or afternoon. We had a little debate over whether or not it was one of the benefits of working for yourself in a business where your cozy bed was beckoning just down the hall, and whether napping helped or hurt business… I absolutely love naps, but I’ve got to get all my work done BEFORE I nap. I … Continue reading →

Tasks for the New Year–is it Time to Clean Your Desk?

Well, we’re in to the new year now, 2007, time to round up all our receipts, update our records and get ready for tax time. For many home businesses, we’re also working with a new budget and new business goals for the upcoming year. Is it also time to take a look at your work space and give it a good cleaning, overhaul and organizing too? There’s something incredibly therapeutic and productive about cleaning out the desk–getting rid of papers and snippets of things you no longer need and gathering up the misplaced items you do need. January is a … Continue reading →

Want to lose weight while sitting at your desk?

Well, duh! That’s a no-brainer of a question, but now that I have your attention, let’s chat about the fact that working at your desk is something many of us do whether we are working from home or working in an office. Losing weight while multi-tasking is a dream come true. While weight loss is something that is a constant, ongoing event 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, there is a way to help keep your calories burning while you’re sitting at your desk and working. Sit Up Straight Sitting up straight and practicing good posture will increase … Continue reading →

The Desktop: The Mt. Everest of Clutter

Perhaps the reason that no one has ever found more of the elusive “yeti” than a snowy footprint is because no one has ever looked for him or her amid the clutter on top of my desk. Jimmy Hoffa may be somewhere in there too. Who knows? If you can say you have a similar problem, stay tuned. Help is on the way, even though it may break down to a severe case of the blind leading the blind. The first rule in cleaning off the top of the desk is to find it. Even though I mean to be … Continue reading →

Desktop Learning Technologies

Education has certainly come a long way over the past 100 years from the one room school house to interactive classrooms. Technology has created a plethora of electronic devices to help make learning more global, interesting and fun. At the forefront of the revolution are the steady old desktop computers. K-12 students who have a few of these computers in their classroom that are hooked up to the internet have an advantage over other students who do not have this tool. The internet can offer so much depth to what students are learning through their textbooks or via teacher lectures. … Continue reading →

Tips for Keeping Your Desktop Uncluttered

If you are a small business owner working from home, or simple a person who likes to stay organized in your home office, then chances are, keeping your desktop clutter-free is difficult. Many people invest hundred, even thousands, of dollars into organization units and cleaning products to kelp them keep their desktops uncluttered and clean. Here are some tips to help you keep your own desktop uncluttered. First of all, many people complain that they simply don’t have enough time to dedicate towards cleaning. They will pile bills, unopened mail, magazines and the like onto their desktop in hopes that … Continue reading →

“Brother for Sale.” Helping Kids Cope with their Sibling’s Disability

What would otherwise be normal sibling rivalry is even more complex between a special needs and a typical child. The child without a disability will experience a wide variety of feelings, all of which are perfectly normal and understandable. As parents, there are some ways to help encourage positive relationships between our children, while also recognizing their different emotional needs. Here are some typical emotions that siblings of special needs children may experience: Resentment: Siblings might resent the extra attention, time, and emotional focus that is directed toward the special needs sibling. They may resent it if they are given … Continue reading →

Lose Weight While Working at Your Desk

For many people, losing weight is a constant, twenty four hour a day, seven day a week battle. However, working a desk job forty hours a week takes a big chunk out of people’s time to exercise. If only there were ways to lose weight while seated, thus multi-tasking, people would be a lot happier. Well, for people who want to lose weight but are stuck at a desk from nine to five, there are a few ways to keep those calories burning. For one thing, sit up straight. To sit up straight, rather than with your back against the … Continue reading →