We’ve been informed
that our electricity
will be shut down
from 8 am to 8 pm
a couple days this month.
I run my Romance Writing Business
from home.
I can’t go multiple days
with no electricity
during prime promotion/selling hours.
So I’m going to
an unimpacted library
to run my business.
Things happen.
Power goes out.
Flooding occurs.
Wildcat strikes
surprise us.
We all need
to be able to
run our businesses
from alternate locations.
Have one in mind
and ready.
I can’t believe
this has to be said
but…
here we are.
You need to have hard copies
i.e. print copies,
preferably laminated,
of your emergency procedures.
The odds are huge
that,
during an emergency,
you won’t have power
and
you definitely won’t have
internet access.
Those emergency procedures
saved to the cloud
or your hard drive
won’t help you then.
You need to have access
to emergency procedures
when the power is out.
Print emergency procedures
and preferably laminate
or waterproof them in some way.
Kill a tree
to save your people.
This could save lives.
A loved one
recently bought
a used pair of crutches.
He loves sports
and he plays them all out.
He has hurt himself
numerous times
in the past.
He figures
it is merely a matter of time
before he hurts himself
again.
THIS time, he’ll be
better prepared.
Bad times
will come.
That is merely part
of doing business.
Do what you can do
to prepare for them.
You track your daily routine
in your head.
And that’s working for you.
Today.
But what happens
if you get ill?
What happens
if you have to travel
at the last minute?
What happens
if an emergency situation
happens
that involves all of your attention?
You won’t have the ability
to tell a replacement
about all the little yet necessary tasks
you complete in a day.
Document them.
Now.
This could be as easy
as recording (voice and/or video)
your entire work day
from start to finish.
Document the tasks
you complete every day.