| I have a confession to make. I am a control | | | | being obsessive about our responsibilities? |
| freak. I keep lists. I have five calendars each year | | | | One way in payroll is to use the tools available to |
| to keep track of my work and home life. I love | | | | you so that you don't have to keep folder after |
| Moleskine and in addition to my calendar I have a | | | | folder of changes to be made and updates that |
| Moleskine notebook that I write down my to dos | | | | have to take place three months down the line. If |
| and activities for each day. And yes, this overlaps | | | | you use an online payroll system there are often |
| with my calendars. | | | | "set it and forget it" features built right into the |
| So what is a girl to do? I can't go without my | | | | software! So in our payroll I can go online and |
| calendars and lists and notebooks cold turkey! I | | | | make a change to my whole company's health |
| would be up at nights worrying if I could have | | | | insurance premiums right now and put in a date |
| missed something by not keeping careful track of | | | | to activate it. Instead of remembering that on my |
| my responsibilities and my life. My to do lists and | | | | first pay in 2010 to increase my insurance rates it |
| my shopping lists! When would I know to change | | | | is already done. Date activation. You have to love |
| the air filter in my house's heating unit or when to | | | | that! |
| send out a birthday card to my neice? How would | | | | There are other set it and forget it features that |
| life look without my precious lists? | | | | I find helpful in payroll software as well. One that I |
| Well! I am not willing to find out. I have tried | | | | used last week was to put a note in the system |
| before to cut back on the number of calendars I | | | | so that when our staff logs in to view their check |
| keep. And I will try again this year. I am going to | | | | stubs they get a reminder to fill out a new W4 |
| try to limit it to three! One for home, one for | | | | for 2010 and to hand it into our HR person. I date |
| work and one for my staff so they can find me | | | | activated this note to start running this week and |
| at all times (and never need to)! But every once | | | | to stop running at the end of January. I really |
| in a while something comes along that helps me | | | | enjoy this date activation feature and you just |
| get rid of a list. Or lets me accomplish something | | | | know that the staff loves getting my little notes |
| early so it never even makes it to a list in the | | | | on pay day! |
| first place! | | | | What ways could you be using date activation |
| And what you may ask yourself does this have | | | | fields in payroll to help you stop making lists? Or |
| to do with payroll? Well, I would venture to guess | | | | keeping multiple calendars? Do you think that if I |
| that I am not the only person out there with | | | | stopped keeping so many lists and calendars that |
| multiple lists and multiple calendars. I happen to | | | | it might free up some time for me? What would I |
| know that many in the HR field may be just like | | | | do with that time? Hmmm? It gives a girl some |
| me and are the people responsible for the details | | | | room for thought! |
| in life! So how do we slowly step away from | | | | |