It’s time to create two Black Friday checklists. By now you should know what you’re going to be doing for Black Friday, but a checklist will help you make sure nothing is missed. You’re going to want two different lists. A Do list. A Check list. (Also called a Confirm list but I love the …
Tag: Planning
When a surprise abundance gets dumped in your yard
Yesterday we got a huge load of wood chips dropped off at our house for free. So much that we’re only going to be able to use about half. (Unless I decide to a make a wood chip fort in the front yard) But two of our neighbors have been desperate for wood chips so …
Solving the “which task to work on” problem
If you’re struggling with planning what to do with your Shopify store for the holiday season, here’s one way to focus. Plan out what one thing you’re going to do each week. This one thing should be about 2-4 hours of focused work. Something that you can do in half a day or during one …
Waiting for the perfect time while burning away your money
I’m reminded again and again how people don’t think about opportunity costs. I was talking with a friend last week about a house that was for sale down the street. It’s vacant and the owners have been trying to sell it for years now. Every spring they’d list it at the same price, have their …
Planning your holiday promotions for your Shopify store
With Halloween almost over, it’s time to prepare for your next promotion. But which one? Thanksgiving? Christmas? New Years? What holidays you use for promotion should depend on what your store sells. Each industry has its own moments and important days. The best thing to do is to take the time one day to write …
Performing a properly planned plan pretty precisely
For months now I’ve been making a plan for the final garden beds setup. It’ll be 8x-10x of the amount of growing space we had this year. I couldn’t work on the last parts because I was blocked by things that were still growing. But with the summer beds cleared I was finally able to …
To dig up, or not to dig up?
A few days after I planted our first hazelnut tree, we found a flaw in the layout of the yard we had planned. Meaning that tree that just started to get settled-in needed to be dug up and moved a couple of feet to the left. But because we have a rough plan, we were …
Focus on the areas critical to your Shopify store first
Our first hazelnut tree and blueberry order was delivered last week. Our plan called for several trees and shrubs in the first phase, but there are a lot of gaps in the plan. Planing takes a lot of resources. I haven’t had the time to research everything that we’re going to plant. The main trees …
Planning at the right time for the strongest growth
With autumn here now, I placed an order for several trees and berry bushes. Even though I knew I wanted them back in spring, by waiting I’ll get stronger plants that’ll produce faster (fall and winter planting is best). But it requires planning months ahead of time. Even then it’ll be years before some start …
Using a checklist to make sure the important things get done for Black Friday
Between the high winds, power outages, and wildfire smoke, I’ve been stuck inside the house for the past week. Finally last Friday the rain moved in and started to clear out the smoke. Throughout the day in-between the rain cells I was able to finally clean up and disassemble what the wind broke in the …