After working through months of classes and 3 certification tests I can now yell it from the rooftops!

It’s happy-dance time. 8)  Won’t you dance along with me?

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Warm fuzzies all around!

Aren’t virtual assistants just the BEST?

I’m quite proud to be part of such a wonderful community. Truly.

A huge thanks to Tawnya Sutherland for providing the top-notch social networking site for virtual assistants, VANetworking.com.

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Get up twenty minutes earlier. Set your clock ahead. Then set a second clock for five minutes later and place that clock across the room so you have to get out of bed to turn it off. That’s sneaky but effective!

By waking up earlier, you have time to wake up gradually, take a shower and enjoy a cup of coffee or juice. This is a kinder way to get your body and your brain oriented to the day.

You also have time to check your calendar and have a big picture of what’s happening in the day. You are also more likely to remember to bring the flash drive that you were working on last night and extra clothes to change into for tennis after work. If you don’t remember these things, you’ll waste more time going back to get them.

Here’s the ideal place to add a fifteen-minute mini-workout. Start with stretches then add a few simple exercises. You can also get a video with short workouts to follow. Or you can go outside on the patio or balcony to jump rope.

Fifteen minutes isn’t enough for a serious walk or run but you could take a few laps around the block. You don’t have to wait until you can do a long workout. Even this short workout is great for your body and stimulates your metabolism to run more efficiently for the remainder of the day.

An even better way to turn morning from dread to enjoyable is to get up earlier, even as much as an hour earlier to set the tone for your day. Spend quiet time reading spiritually uplifting material or meditate.

You might also read a favorite blog, check the online news highlights or add a daily note to your own blog. Just don’t get lost in reading emails or checking work related material because those may throw off your time.

Have coffee, tea or juice while you are getting dressed. Then sit down for quick breakfast. Don’t grab toast and eat it as you are packing the car. You can find several fast options that offer better nutrition and take the time to eat, not inhale it.

As you are sitting down with your bagel, oatmeal, cereal or egg and cheese sandwich, look over your calendar to preview what you need to get done today. Before you insist that you don’t have time to sit down and eat breakfast, realize that you only need fifteen minutes to do this.

Even a quick breakfast is better than shoving food in your mouth while driving. The fifteen minutes that you give your body nourishment to start the day will help you to avoid the mid-morning blood sugar drop.

That low energy time hits just as some businesses are opening and customer traffic is increasing so you will get much more accomplished at work for the investment of 15 minutes to eat a nourishing breakfast.

After just as few days, you’ll see why starting the morning earlier is the best time management option to maximize your productivity for the entire day. So set that clock back and you’ll move forward.

Andrea Kalli

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Day 17 – Time Management to Start Each Day

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This affects every person using Outlook…period.

Here’s a link to the Microsoft article for detailed information.
It is highly recommended that you read this article.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931667

From what I understand, you’ll have to run a special Windows update
first BEFORE you run the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool. This Windows
update is not part of your automatic Windows updates. It’s available
as an optional software update. You’ll need to get the Windows
software update via Internet Explorer. Go to Tools, Windows Updates,
Custom button, click on Software-Optional on the left side of the
screen, look for and select Update for Windows XP (KB928388). Check
the checkbox and click Install this on the upper left side of the
window, then click the Install button near the center-top of the
window. If this is your first time using Windows Update to manually
install items, you’ll have to go through a process that takes a good
5 minutes. Once done, the update installation takes a few seconds.

So, to recap:
1) You’ll need to download and install a Windows Software Update
(KB928388) first.
2) Then you’ll need to download and install the Outlook Time Zone
Update Tool available through http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

IT Administrators of Exchange server will have a separate update as well.

So now, you know as much as I do about this. These are the times when
I am truly grateful my husband is a Network Administrator!

Andrea Kalli
Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC
www.virtualassist.net

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