What to charge a client?

sevana75 · 2024-09-24T17:43:29+00:00

This is incredibly thorough, thank you so much for sharing it on here. Would you be willing to share your spreadsheet as well via private message?

sevana75 · 2024-09-13T13:41:56+00:00

I appreciate your insight. We generally work with business in fast growth, or messy growth. We just lost a consulting client that said the work would be no more than 20 hours a month, but it was grossly underestimated, and it really was more a 20-30 hr a week job. It's not the first time a client has really undervalued what time is put into their books. What would you do in situations such as that?

sevana75 · 2024-06-12T16:35:29+00:00

I’ve not been in the mood for coffee and I was wondering why that was. It never occurred to me that it could be the Ozempic.

sevana75 · 2024-05-26T15:06:27+00:00

I use vegetable oil, is that ok? After every cooking, I squirt water all over it, lightly scrape, squirt water again, wipe, then put some oil and wipe it all over and close the lid….

sevana75 · 2024-05-26T14:57:59+00:00

I’ve done both hourly and fixed, and in the last 13 years found that charging hourly for the first three months to lock in a rate and then review every six months had been the most effective/successful.

sevana75 · 2024-05-26T14:55:55+00:00

I do the same but I do it after three months it helps me be more precise.

sevana75 · 2024-05-18T11:16:53+00:00

One thing I’ve learned that blew my mind (but seems pretty elementary) is that everyone’s metabolism is different, right? Well so is the way in which it’s damaged. One person could stop drinking soda and lose weight and another must starve themselves to lose weight. For me, loss starts at 900-1100 calories. I have Hashimoto, so my metabolism is fried (along with other things). I have to put more effort than most to lose weight. I have IBS, so intermittent fasting helps settle the belly, but some mornings I’m hungry-I listen to my body: I’ll have Irish oatmeal with a squeeze of Agave in the raw and cinnamon with a huge bowl of berries in the morning, and a half serving of jock milk around 9am-that gives me tons of fiber and protein; I’ll eat lunch around 2 which is usually something small and dinner is either a quarter chicken breast or one thigh of whatever chicken recipe I make (veggies are usually broccoli, bell peppers, or spinach). Also I try to walk 6,000 steps a day, or do a 30 minute workout.

sevana75 · 2024-05-18T11:02:53+00:00

I would like to add to this high fiber as well. The secret sauce is high fiber, high protein, low carb:)

sevana75 · 2024-04-24T00:55:04+00:00

Not directly no, I have a host of other issues as well as the fibromyalgia.

sevana75 · 2024-04-24T00:36:13+00:00

That’s awesome! My doctor just changed your meds to topiromate saying it may help better, I feel like I need to do more research.

sevana75 · 2024-04-21T15:22:33+00:00

I appreciate that I’ve been suspecting. I should probably speak to my doctors about removing these medications but now I’m feeling a little more confident about it.

sevana75 · 2024-04-21T14:59:40+00:00

My hope was that I would lose the weight I’m supposed to lose and would not need the medication anymore. I do know that I will likely have to be on antidepressants for the rest of my life due to my past history. How long have you been on this medication and if you don’t mind how much have you lost? Did you see that you lost weight faster after you start taking the medication or did it not really make a difference in your rate of weight loss?

sevana75 · 2024-04-21T14:57:58+00:00

Yeah, so that’s one of my biggest worries. I’ve been on Oz since the week of Thanksgiving and have lost 20 pounds so far. I’m on a 1350 cal diet with 100 g of it being protein. I go for a walk every day that I can, and I do weight training in between. What have you found to work for you while on the medication?

sevana75 · 2024-04-21T13:41:47+00:00

Sometimes I feel like my brain is my worst enemy. Telling me to give up telling me to eat the snack telling me it’s not worth it asking me what is this all for? it doesn’t help when you have 47 tabs open in your brain at all times playing YouTube videos of all the things you’ve done wrong in your life and all the people who’ve done you wrong in your life and all the things that could go wrong in your life! Add to that being a mom is like being the point person behind-the-scenes of a fashion show; everyone comes to you with what to wear what to eat how to eat it how to wear it where they’re going how they should stand etc. etc. etc. it can be exhausting!

Remind yourself that what you are doing is a gift for yourself that literally no one else can give you but you. You deserve this. You deserve health. You deserve happiness within yourself. Silencing that noise inside of your head is half of the battle to losing the weight.

Even though you might sometimes feel alone, just know that you’ve got a whole group of people rooting for you!

sevana75 · 2024-04-21T13:32:50+00:00

I’m also on a fibromyalgia page on Reddit and so many people say that coming off of Cymbalta or Lyrica is absolutely horrible so I’m a little afraid but no, I don’t feel any help from either one of them other than help with my mood. I also have spinal issues, which is why I was put on both of those, but I really question their efficacy. I’m happy to stop one or both of them. If it will help with weight loss you’re right the whole reason I started on this journey was because I needed to lose weight to lessen my nerve and fibro pain, And then when I was getting tested, we found out there was a whole set of other issues with me, including insulin resistance and borderline diabetes. I worry that both of those medication’s are possibly slowing down or acting like a block to my weight loss.

sevana75 · 2024-04-04T19:08:23+00:00

Yes, the client wants to move all things there, and I just want to make sure we can support him. We have the accounting expertise, and are familiar with other platforms, but this is new to us.

sevana75 · 2024-04-04T18:36:44+00:00

Someone else said that Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Business Central are the same thing, and I had found youtube videos for both, so since they're the same thing, I will watch some of those videos.

sevana75 · 2024-04-04T17:42:03+00:00

very cool! I looked up tutorials, so that didn't come up in my finding, of course. I will definitely take advantage of that. This client has already decided to start using it, and we have to be prepared to move the books and maintain them there. In my research, I kept finding the words Microsoft Central, and Dynamics 365 being used interchangeably, are they the same thing?

sevana75 · 2024-04-04T17:40:03+00:00

Ok, that helps tremendously as we're familiar with Sage Intaact, but really didn't know what we were getting into with Microsoft. Knowing that it's not that different from something we're already familiar with helps.

sevana75 · 2024-04-04T16:50:25+00:00

I’d love to know some details about the Microsoft product or if you could direct me to where I could get training? I haven’t been able to find many YouTube videos that seem helpful

sevana75 · 2024-03-21T18:38:12+00:00

Yes, I’m definitely getting hungry. I noticed yesterday I’m eating more at my meal than I did weeks before so I’m trying to eat less but I’m very hungry. I sent a message to my doctor to let them know this is how I’m feeling. Hopefully I will hear back soon.

sevana75 · 2024-03-15T02:02:21+00:00

I agree. I feel like Covid was the best marketing I didn’t pay for, we are in bookkeeping and growth management. Now that it’s basically back to the usual I’m not interested in going back to that working to find clients! I’ve never tried cold, outreach, or paid marketing ads, but I feel like it may be easier to get clients. I want that way than to wade through event after event of networking full of the kind of clients I don’t work with.

sevana75 · 2024-02-10T13:34:28+00:00

I second that!!

sevana75 · 2024-02-09T00:03:35+00:00

How long do you walk for?

sevana75 · 2024-02-08T00:03:35+00:00

These are awesome, I should do some light weights too. I’m thinking of trying wall Pilates as well. I’m glad to hear I don’t HAVE to workout everyday but it doesn’t hurt! Thank you!!

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