Mindful approach to life and business
August 19, 2022
Recently, I attended the book launch tour of Jess Stuart’s new book Burnout to Brilliance which caused a few alarm bells to ring.
Here’s why…
I’ve been struggling. Not an easy thing to admit but I have. Over the past five months, I’ve been annihilated by Covi...
Modelling business behaviour as a working mum
July 26, 2022
The struggle is real being a working mum and entrepreneur. I met my now-husband a few months before I turned forty (nearly six years ago) and within six months, I had become a second mum (our term for step-mum) to his (our) three children. Within a year, I quit my full-time ...
Stepping back to gain perspective
May 31, 2022
Creating mental space for creativity to flow
Let’s be honest, straight off – I’ve felt like the past two years have been difficult to experience (Covid, missed honeymoon, years missed out on with family etc.) and yet so enlightening. Freeing and yet so isolating.
In 2019, I had been working for a VA agency and m...
Life Admin - Men's Perspective
June 27, 2022
What is Life Admin?
Life Admin has been termed “the office work of life.”
The type of work that personal assistants or office managers the world over, have been doing for the managers for decades! Not everyone can afford a personal assistant to manage their lives for them. However, to be ab...
VA Community Contributor - Finalist
August 9, 2021
We are pleased to announce that Katie has been selected as a finalist for the VA Community Contributor award for the 2021 NZ Virtual Assistant Awards!
We believe in giving back to the community and in turn, Katie supports start-up VAs on their journeys, by offering mentoring...
Gold Member!!
July 11, 2021
We are now a certified Gold Member
We are pleased to announce that 1 Hour a Day have become a certified Gold Member of the New Zealand VA Network.The NZ VA Network is a network of 700+ members across NZ offering remote assistance to clients....
Unclog your inbox
June 18, 2021
During Lockdown last year, I signed up for many different free resources to help get me in the zone to launch our business.
I recently realised that my inbox is filled daily with emails I never read; marketing tactics that are so emotionally draining they simply get deleted ...
Screen-shotting made easy
June 7, 2021
I use the Snipping Tool so much in my creative work – when I’m creating manuals for clients and need to copy an image and don’t need an entire screenshot.It can be a bit tricky to capture exactly what you want especially if it has moving images.
Step in Snipping Tool:...