Time Management on Shine

User post: How to keep incoming email from taking over your business

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When I got my first e-mail account in 1997, I was so paper-minded I printed every incoming message. Today, that would cost me 1,000 sheets of paper a week.

Not only does the contemporary business owner get as much junk mail per day as her mother did in a month, but our inboxes are also…

Three easy ways to stay sane managing a family and a career

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In trying to be a good wife, mother, and entrepreneur, I have had my share of time management (and sanity) challenges. I used to find that on some days, I would feel overwhelmed and want to run from all of my responsibilities. I felt like I never had enough time in the day to get everything done and still have time to breathe. So I started changing the way I did things. You know that old saying that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over but expecting different results? Well, that is how I knew I could avoid going insane…to change what I was doing.

First, I enlisted the help of my able-bodied children.

Working Moms: Is spending time with your child more important than making time for yourself?

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I went in to work crazy-early yesterday, so that I could leave crazy-early and meet up with an old friend whom I hadn't seen in far too long. A coworker stopped by my desk as I was packing up, and so I explained what was going on. She gasped. "You're... actually doing something FOR YOURSELF?"

I immediately felt a little guilty. And sheepish. Until I looked her in the eye and saw that she was actually cheering me on.