Six Things To Do When The Electric Goes Out

If you work from home as a solo-professional you might occasionally lose your electricity due to a storm. Don't get frustrated, instead try doing the following to keep on being productive while waiting for it to come back on:

Network

This is a great opportunity to get in touch with potential clients. Use your cell phone to call and ask them out to lunch.

Write that article you've been putting off

Light a candle or two, snuggle under a blanket on the couch, and start writing. You're in great shape if you have a laptop and a fully-charged battery.

Take a nap

Why not! Everyone needs a little pick-me-up once in a while. Take this time to catch some zzz's and when you wake up you'll have more energy and ready to get back to work.

Clean out your briefcase

You've been throwing everything in your briefcase the last couple of weeks so now take the time to go through it all and decide what to do with it.

Clean up your email

If you have a laptop you can now take the time to sort through all those emails you have been saving and delete the ones you don't need anymore. While you're at it, write the emails you have been putting off responding to and when the electric comes back on their ready to send.

Go do your errands

Just because your neighborhood may be blacked-out it does not mean the whole town is. Go do those errands even if it's not your usual designated errand day. Make a list to try and group them together to minimize your out-of-office time.

The Author, Sue Rogers, the ease your workload expert and virtual assistant, owns Rogers Executive Administrative Services in Erie, Pennsylvania. Sue helps ease the workload of solo-professionals and small companies in need of marketing strategies and administrative assistance. She works with all her clients to showcase their expertise and to help them keep their exposure and recognition as an expert in their field. Sue can be reached at smrogers@easmyworkload.com and blogs regularly at http://virtualassistants.easemyworkload.com