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Well it's here! Happy New Year to you all! Have you made any resolutions? I must say I now tend to avoid making any as I can never keep them. It is too easy to let 'life' get in the way. I didn't keep my accounts up to date so I now have a mad dash to get them ready for the end of the month. It wouldn't be THAT hard to do - I just don't do it. I was reading an article in a magazine the other day the other day about time management and came across a reference to Parkinson's Law “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” We have all heard of this adage but this time it really made me think. I found an interesting blog - Tools for Thought  that you may find useful if you have similar problems getting down to things.  Being self employed is probably the worst way for me earn a living. I find it very difficult to get motivated when there is no pressure of time. This is very wasteful and I could achieve so much more - the articles that