For anyone running their own business here's a little bit of advice I implore you to take to heart.  Every day write yourself a to-do list and get as much done as you can (including a couple of the items that you've wriggled out of twice this week already.)  Then, and this is the crucial bit, at the end of the day take every item not completed and add it to your to-do list for tomorrow.

Trust me, it's the only way to be really effective.  In business lists rule, and suck, not necessarily in that order.

Otherwise you're left thinking 'what was that really important thing I had to do for my next show/meeting?'  You'll spend hours staring at Google, checking your emails, reading the long range weather forecast and only achieve half of what you would have done if you'd just written a good long list.

Get a to-do list.  It will, undoubtedly eat your world but, equally, it's cathartic and you can sleep at night knowing that you've ticked off a load of jobs you can now forget about.  Including updating your Money Magpie blog like you promised over a week ago.

And make sure you don't let the same job flip over onto next day's list for longer than three days (my current 'job to hate'? my press release.)  Otherwise it'll just get tired and you'll want to weep every time you clap your tired eyes on it.

'nuff said.