Welcome. I am a professional Freelance Web Designer & Photographer in Boston, MA and have been helping businesses to grow since 2004.

Owning your own small business can be challenging.  First off, you control when work gets done and you need to motivate yourself to do it. I have never needed to turn away work because of having too much.  I just become more organized and manage my day better. 

I find that when i have a few tasks to do, those tasks take longer.  If i have a lot of work to do i tend to be more focused.  I always wonder why i cant make myself work at the same speed all the time no matter what is on my to-do list. 

This brings me to my next point.  How do people organize themselves?  Pen and Paper?  Calendar?  Different software?  I usually ask people who are not in the industry how they keep tasks organized to get a different perspective.  I find that A mixture of different elements works for me.  I use software called Things to keep my day to day organized.  I mix that with pen and paper and also use ical to manage longer term items.  If Things created a calendar view for me then it would eliminate the need to use 2 programs.

How do you organize your self?