Category: projects
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Creating a Project Management Mindset for Your Business with host Paula Jenkins
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If you’re a small business owner, solopreneur, or someone embarking on launching a project, you’re going to want to tune in to this week’s episode on developing a project management mindset, something that can be learned or helped with. After all, software like the pmo365 Project Portfolio Management package exists…
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Content Planning and Strategy for your Podcast, Retreat, or Blog
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This week on the show, I’m explaining the basics and tactics of content planning and strategy for your podcast, retreat, or blog on this solocast. Learn how to take your idea to a solid plan that you can execute using project management and inspiration. It’s one of my favorite topics:…
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How to Study for the PMP Exam When You’re Busy
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As part of my “Ten in Three,” I’m studying to become PMP (Project Management Professional) Certified. It’s a crazy four hour test that covers the contents of the Project Management Book of Knowledge, and if that doesn’t make it sound fun enough, it’s also a requisite of my current job…
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Repainting the Trim on the Front Door (aka Front Door Take 3)
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The front door has gone through a couple of changes. To be fair, the whole time I have lived here, I have had multiple doors. Usually, one might look for a consultant or look through a door buying guide before selecting a new door, as purchasing a new door involves…
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Painting a $25 Thrift Store Mirror for our Dining Room
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Our dining room has been a work in progress since we moved in ten months ago. Here was an early view of the room: This setup wasn’t working for me because everything in the room was so angular. There were no soft corners, just hard lines, rectangles, and right angles.…
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$4 Bathtub Border for a Toddler
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Zoom doesn’t really like to bathe. I get it, he’s 2 years old. He doesn’t like it when we wash his hair. Maybe our bathroom is a little … sterile? uninviting? for a two year old. Even with all of these toys, he hasn’t ever really taken to the bathtub.…
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2013 Projects: A Home Project Pinterest Board
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I’ve been using Pinterest to list my 2013 home projects. It’s been fun to go through all of my pins (which I categorize by rooms) and then moving a few to another board, when I finally decide it’s a project I want to tackle. The ones listed here are minor/medium…
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Old Crib Turned Garden Trellis
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A couple of weekends ago Sean and I were driving past a yard sale. “Is that a crib?!?” I asked excitedly. “Looks like it…” said Sean, rather confused by my question. “Awesome! I’ve been thinking of using one in the yard,” I responded as I pulled to the side of…
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Updating the Front Door and Entry
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A couple of weekends ago, I tackled a few small updates to our front entry area. The hardware around the door had four different metal tones: black, brushed nickel, brass, and gold. So I decided to update all of it with a little spray paint – Rustoleum’s Oil Rubbed Bronze:…