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BumbleBee 07:36 AM 01-01-2019
What are your business goals for 2019?
I only have 2.
1. Track my mileage better.
2. Track my hours better.
I only have 2.
1. Track my mileage better.
2. Track my hours better.
ColorfulSunburst 11:14 AM 01-01-2019
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Josiegirl 01:21 PM 01-01-2019
Use up what I have instead of buying more more more.
(I found 3 boxes of 400 ct. Q-tips so far, that I had bought for crafts)
Smile and laugh with the dcks more, even if I'd rather be anywhere else. It's the simple things that count.
Maybe you don't mean these types of things? I've never had a good head for business. I do know I've got to get back into sending monthly newsletters home.
(I found 3 boxes of 400 ct. Q-tips so far, that I had bought for crafts)
Smile and laugh with the dcks more, even if I'd rather be anywhere else. It's the simple things that count.
Maybe you don't mean these types of things? I've never had a good head for business. I do know I've got to get back into sending monthly newsletters home.
BumbleBee 02:23 PM 01-01-2019
Originally Posted by Josiegirl:
Use up what I have instead of buying more more more.
(I found 3 boxes of 400 ct. Q-tips so far, that I had bought for crafts)
Smile and laugh with the dcks more, even if I'd rather be anywhere else. It's the simple things that count.
Maybe you don't mean these types of things? I've never had a good head for business. I do know I've got to get back into sending monthly newsletters home.
I mean any business related goals 😃Use up what I have instead of buying more more more.
(I found 3 boxes of 400 ct. Q-tips so far, that I had bought for crafts)
Smile and laugh with the dcks more, even if I'd rather be anywhere else. It's the simple things that count.
Maybe you don't mean these types of things? I've never had a good head for business. I do know I've got to get back into sending monthly newsletters home.
I, too, need to get back to enjoying the kids. I find myself sitting back and watching more and more. Burnout? I don't know but I've noticed myself doing it.
One of my non-business goals is to work on the clutter and get more organized. A large part of the clutter is daycare related, hence I buy multiples of things because I can't find what I bought the first time.
My reason for tracking hours and miles better is I know I drove more business miles then I claim, simply because my mileage tracking is horrible. Ditto for hours. I work 50-55 hours a week with kids, but data entry, billing, etc. are also done regularly and I'm horrible about keeping track of those hours.
The end result is my t/s% is lower then it should be. This results in less deductions which results in more taxes.
With wages increasing every year until 2020 in Michigan, and my business model, I need all the deductions and lower tax bill I can get to continue thriving in this business.
DaveA 04:52 AM 01-02-2019
mileage is my big one. I go a lot of places with DCKs and constantly forget to track mileage. 
Otherwise it is to get a new toy or activity for the classroom weekly, rotate stuff more often, and redo the outdoor slide/ playhouse.
Otherwise it is to get a new toy or activity for the classroom weekly, rotate stuff more often, and redo the outdoor slide/ playhouse.
Ms.Kay 06:58 AM 01-02-2019
To find a way out of daycare😜😎!
Cat Herder 07:18 AM 01-02-2019
I am going back to Birth to age 4. 
I decided to keep a couple previously enrolled kids (from birth) as a test run, up to age 6 at parents request, and it has drained my energy, damaged my equipment/grounds and strained my resources too much. Lesson learned.
Preschool is free here at age 4, so it will not hurt families. It may limit my sibling groups, but that may actually help my illness transmission rates, so it's a wash.
I decided to keep a couple previously enrolled kids (from birth) as a test run, up to age 6 at parents request, and it has drained my energy, damaged my equipment/grounds and strained my resources too much. Lesson learned.
Preschool is free here at age 4, so it will not hurt families. It may limit my sibling groups, but that may actually help my illness transmission rates, so it's a wash.
Mike 09:27 AM 01-02-2019
Originally Posted by Ms.Kay:
To find a way out of daycare😜😎!
I'm hoping to get set up to go into daycare. To find a way out of daycare😜😎!
Moving into a nearby town (currently live out in the sticks) in March and maybe get daycare going this summer.