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The Diva Download

by Karen Carey, The Systems Diva® | Structure Over Chaos®

Friday tech tips for GenX women who run service businesses. Each issue gives you one simple system, one tool worth knowing, and one quick win you can set up in 20 minutes or less. From your Tech Bestie.

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I have never had a Black Friday that worked. Not once.

Hi Reader! I am so proud of myself! I have a new interest that doesn't involve being at a computer!!! Can you believe it? I was getting a bit worn out/worn down with business. I felt like I was always working. I honestly don't remember a recent time that I have taken a vacation without a laptop. It was starting to weigh on me. I've been suffering with chronic back pain for a while and a friend suggested trying Pilates. I have had a gym membership for years and it is offered at my gym. I just...

4 days ago • 3 min read

Hi Reader! I said I'd share the comfort-watch list, so I'll go first and you can judge me accordingly. The original A Different World. Living Single. And — don't look at me like that — Law & Order: SVU, but only the Liv and Elliot years. I will also admit to a days-long CSI: Miami and Criminal Minds situation more than once. I don't want to talk about what that says about me. New season of Lupin begins October 23rd, and I have already mentally cleared that weekend. 💰 Now the part I've been...

11 days ago • 3 min read
The Diva Downloads

Hi Reader! You didn't hear from me last Friday. Family needed me, and family won — everyone's fine, but it took the whole week and the newsletter didn't make the cut. Thank you for being the kind of list where I can just say that. 📺 So here's my confession I have a vice, and it is television. Not the drama, let's-discuss-the-cinematography kind of television habit. The real kind. The "one more episode" kind. The kind you don't lead with when someone asks how you unwind. Last night I started...

18 days ago • 2 min read