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Putting things off.
Working as I do at FMY for just 1 day per week I find that I have to be quite focussed on what I aim to achieve on the day I’m in the office. Sadly I don’t always manage to achieve what I set out to do! We often set out with good intentions but for whatever reason don’t always manage to achieve them so we put them off! Is this a familiar picture?
Coming into the office after a week’s absence it’s important to me to have a quick catch up with my colleagues Emily and Philippa about what has transpired during my absence! There’s always something going on at FMY! This keeps me up to speed with developments and keeps me in the loop.
I usually have quite a few emails to deal with so I like to get those out of the way as quickly as possible, with these two tasks completed, the ‘focus’ of my day could be anything from salaries, invoices, donations, dealing with insurances, liaising with our accountant etc etc. However, as my colleagues will testify, my ‘focus’ over the last few months has been to send our ‘gift aid’ claim to the Inland Revenue.
Every week, for what seems forever no doubt to my long suffering colleagues, I’ve been saying “I must do the gift aid’ form today. Well a week ago I came in to the office with a new determination to complete the aforesaid form – well hurrah, fly the flags – I’ve actually done it!! And do you know what? It wasn’t nearly as onerous as I thought it was going to be! Emily on hearing of this ‘feat’ cried “thank goodness” you’ve been talking about it for the last 5 years! A slight exaggeration but I take her point!
Another ‘focus’ faced and conquered! Mmmm... wonder what the next one will be?
By Marie Platts, Office Manager and Charity Administrator
Written by:
Emily RossSmith
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
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