Recently someone asked me for the address of my professional work website, and I found myself (once again) stammering, "Well, it needs to be updated. It doesn't show a whole lot of what we do because I started to load photos and ran into problems....blah blah" I faded off in despair.
This is no way to market a business, and I know it.
It's just that I know it will take hours and hours to select photos, reduce file sizes, upload, add captions....all while re-learning the website code that I forgot in the months since I last updated.
It seems so hard. (This is all said in a slightly whining tone.)
Artifex Studio - my "real job"
I'm soooo glad he didn't ask me for business cards - those need updating too! Again, no way to market a business. {hangs head in shame}
Wow, when you think about all the things a person has to keep updated, is it any wonder we always feel behind? Let's make a little list-ee of things to keep current, and then we might feel justified in our overwhelm:
- Calendars: the one on the fridge, phone, computer, work
- Photo albums (I'm not even going to go there)
- Contact lists/Address books
- Birthdays/Big events
- Blogs
- Websites
- Profiles on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook etc
- Apps
- Software
- Checkbooks
- Insurance, medical files, registration forms, wills
- Change of address, change of names
- Equipment - (hey, 1999 called: they want their fax machine back)
- Phones
- Wardrobe (oh please - YES! Let's go shopping!)
- Resume
- Password list
Whew! Are we done yet? This is hurting my brain.
Today's Small Thing is to do some updating.
For today's task, find at least ONE thing from this list (or your own) that needs attention. Load a new avatar into your profile, add your last three children into your will, buy a pair of colored jeans that says "2013!" Stuff like that. Or, just add the new birthdays of your growing family to your calendar and call it a day.
Sidenote: One of the best things I ever did recently was create a list of all my online passwords. I use it almost every day and it saves me such frustration. Now I just need to update it with my new Panera membership password....
Instead of feeling downtrodden by the list, tell yourself that if you get just ONE of those things updated you'll feel like Wonder Woman! And guess what.....you WILL feel like Wonder Woman! Even SHE had to keep her technologically advanced invisible plane up to date. I just wonder how they could see what to work on....hmmm.
Points: 40 for updating one thing. Easy!
Bonus Points: 20 for each additional "update task" you do today - up to 5 more! (6 total)
Can you help us think of other updates you should keep up with? What will you update today?
