Building Your 2019 Business Budget

In the last month of the year, you probably have a few ideas for 2019 – be it expanding your business, releasing a product, or landing a new partnership. Whatever your goals for 2019 are, I’m sure you’ve been in the process of thinking and preparing, but have you established a plan?  Tara Storozynsky’s blog post examines what you need …

Tips for Working the Day After Christmas

Getting back to work after any holiday requires some adjustments, but Christmas needs an extra special touch (which includes complete silence and extra coffee). If you’re lucky to have the week of Christmas off, we hope you enjoy every moment relaxing and spending time with your family. For those going back to work on the 26th, our prayers are with …

Maintaining a Work-Life Balance During Christmas

Life is just busy right now. You’re planning Christmas activities around your side of the family and your spouse’s family, then there are friends and coworkers, and it’s about time someone either invented an invisibility cloak or time machine. Unfortunately, these objects don’t exist so we’re forced to live like mere mortals and instill boundaries between work and life during …

Tips for Staying Focused During the Holidays

Do you feel like you’re forgetting something? Maybe it was an ingredient in the dish you just brought to the office Christmas party or you’re not sure you put the correct name on a gift at home. Or maybe it’s just the holiday season tapping on your shoulder, distracting you from the responsibilities of work. This time of year is …

Change Your Scenery: 5 Places to Meet in Lawrenceville

We know you love working at Cornerstone and using our space to allow your creative juices to flow, but sometimes you need to step away and have a change of scenery. Whether it’s for lunch or simply gathering in a new space, we don’t mind you stepping away every once in a while – as long as you come back! …

Nonprofits at Cornerstone Coworking

We’re honored to have members using our space to instill change in our community. Part of Cornerstone’s mission is to be a space where people not only create and imagine new goals, but also make them a reality. While we have a special place in our hearts for our members who are engineers, writers, and technological geniuses, we adore our …

What Serving Others Teaches You

We learned in “The Science Behind Giving Back,” how our brains react to doing good works. Our pleasure switch is flipped when we see how appreciative another person is for the work we’ve done – any people pleasers relate? Although our natural reaction to serving others is great, we cannot rely on this as our only reason to serve. Once …

Making Time to Give Back: Why it’s Important for You and Your Community

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#75bfea” class=”” size=””]“Volunteering in all shapes and forms strengthens our communities, brings people together and provides us with valuable experience and insight.”[/perfectpullquote] Have you ever sat down and thought about the impact you have through donating some food to a local food bank or even buying diapers for foster moms in your area? Try thinking …

The Science Behind Giving Back

Give (v.) – to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow. People always talk about giving back during the holidays–‘tis the season of giving and being thankful, right? Well, yes! While supporting our community isn’t reserved solely for the holiday season, this is the time we are needed even more. Not only is giving back good for our community, it’s …

Partner with National Charitable Organizations: How to Donate for the Season of Giving

This time of year we are drawn toward participating in charitable giving. Helping our community in areas where we’ve been blessed is one of the best ways to provide for those around us, but sometimes it’s difficult to find reliable sources, create time in busy schedules, and donate outside of our budgets. However, limits to time and budget should not …