Marcia Francois's Blog, page 93

When was the last time you backed up?

I was coaching a client last week who told me she’d clicked on a video site suggested by a friend and had somehow downloaded a virus. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and all her work was intact. However, I take those yellow flags seriously so the very next day I ran a mid-month back-up. Wouldn’t you […]

The kids’ “new” bedroom

I’ve always said we don’t have the space to move the kids into our bigger 2nd bedroom because where would all the stuff from the study go. But then I thought about it and just decided it had to get done. And now! This was on the last Sunday morning in July. I got very […]

You are not alone

I’ve been in a strange mental and emotional space lately largely due to job stuff. To be honest, it’s been really, really hard to keep focussed and get on with things on a daily basis. I’ve been relying a lot on all my systems at home (menu planning, setting out lunch and clothes the night […]

A brief look at how I organise my photos

I had this post in drafts so long that I had to choose new photos to demonstrate since they were 5 months old! Since I’m always interested in seeing how other people organise their photos, I thought maybe one or two of you would be interested in seeing how I organise mine. This is […]

I’ll never forget that day

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in Johannesburg. I remember exactly what I was doing when it happened. I was at work, on the phone to our IT dept while they remotely connected to my PC to fix my error. The technician said “OH MY WORD” and I said “what?!!!” and he said, “a plane […]

Increasing your energy during your work day

An important part of time management, at least for me, is to recognise when my energy levels are flagging vs when I’m in the zone and can focus for hours. I’m working on a project in the Johannesburg CBD at the moment and something that’s been a real blessing is that the city is right […]

Partitioned plates for picky eaters

Fortunately I don’t have picky eaters but Kendra went through a phase years ago where she wanted everything separate. None of the foods could touch another. Mind you, they still won’t have sandwiches with cheese, tomato and cucumber. If you give them the bread with just cheese and slice the tomato and cucumber up next […]

One of my best time management secrets

A large part of good time management is just using your time well, or intentionally, in line with your life goals. I generally think that this is something I do well. In fact, people always comment on how I get so much done and want to know my “secrets”. Well, I don’t have any fancy […]

September goals

August has been… very interesting. Also, it was my birthday month! Lots of reading Lots of photo projects A lot of socials A lot of soul-searching I don’t feel like I got much done but a glance at my goals list and I actually got 94% of those goals done. You can too! Best of […]

You ask, I’ll answer – getting teenagers to clean their rooms

I do have a question but not sure if you can answer it (yet): how do you get a teenager to clean up his room?! He was not like this as a child! I know people say to close the door and try to ignore it, but he leaves the door open most of the […]