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It’s Saturday and I’m sitting here with my second cup of coffee, ready to organize my week. I’m no time management expert like fellow blogger Peggy Duncan, but here are the 6 questions I ask myself.

1. What is already scheduled? I take a sip of coffee and look at the calendar. I find two meetings on Thursday, one that requires preparation. I block out time on Wednesday to get ready. And I’ve committed to do a podcast in early October, which requires at least a day of work. I make that my main project for Monday. Also, on that day I schedule the review blog posts I’ve drafted for this week. When I notice that Wednesday is October 1st, I add the task of reviewing my October followup folder to that day. Again, my first step is to review what I have already scheduled for the week and block out time to prepare.

2. What’s left over from last week? Second sip of coffee as I page back through my calendar. I didn’t get as far as I wanted with revisions to policies on email targeting for SCORE Chicago. I plan to review best practices, develop recommendations, and run them by SCORE Chicago marketing experts. OK, that’s Tuesday’s big project. The second step, then, is to integrate carry-over projects from last week into this week.

3. What are my family commitments? We’ve just moved the in laws from Tucson and promised them weekly outings. I think through the possibilities and put a “senior bus pass for Mary and lunch” on my calendar for Wednesday. Note to self: discuss weekend plans with the man in my life. Step three is to block out family time. more…

You say you want to buy a franchise – which of the 80 plus categories interest you? The hot categories right now are kids, senior care, business to business services, and non medical home care. But, do they interest you? Can you live with non medical home care 24/7? When doing your pre-purchase research, think about your lifestyle, your support system, and your talents and interests.

Owning a Franchise is the same as owning your own business except you have the huge advantage of working within a proven and successful business structure. There are 2,900 active franchisors with about 500 new ones are added per year. The opportunities are vast – so your fit is important.

Let me know what your thoughts are on buying a franchise. Remember, you can always go to www.SCORE 114.org and find a mentor to help you the rough process — or even you can write me back as I am a SCORE mentor, also. What do you want to buy today?

-Betty Otte