The American Society for Indexing held its 2025 Virtual Conference, “Spring into Action,” on Friday, April 25, 2025, and Saturday, April 26, 2025. Sessions were held virtually on Zoom each day.
In one of the early sessions on Friday, Keeping the Pulse of Your Freelance Business, presenter Natalie Silver gave prompts and templates to use annually, quarterly, and monthly. She discussed how it is vital to give yourself time and space to reflect on your business regularly, not only to hold yourself accountable and assess the health of your business but allow yourself room to explore what’s possible professionally.
She advocated the power of journaling, saying you can start whenever. When planning for the year, she suggested holding an annual retreat. When planning for the quarter, she recommended making a list of what you want to accomplish over a three-month period.
She provided a monthly planning sheet, which gives space for projects, intentions for the month, marketing plans/content, professional development, and networking, as well as weekly reflection.
When planning for the week, she suggested writing out your plans at the end of the day on Friday. Write in appointments and schedule out the week in a planner.
Then she gave suggestions for planning for a day, such as accomplishing three tasks in the day, breaking them down by hour.
She concluded by sharing time management resources that she uses.
In the next blog postings, I will discuss other Friday sessions from the ASI 2025 Virtual Conference. For more information about the services provided by the author of this blog, see the Stellar Searches LLC website, http://www.stellarsearches.com.