I haven’t been a student for years, but my life still revolves around the academic calendar. My husband is a teacher and I teach college classes, including an online course for the University of Massachusetts that begins Tuesday.

So I tend to see September as the unofficial beginning of the year — and a good time to make sure my freelance business is on track. Here are a few ways I get organized in September and prepare for the last third of the calendar year:

• Tally my earnings for 2014 so far and make sure I’m on target to hit my yearly earnings goal
• Pay quarterly estimated taxes on or before Sept. 15
• Look ahead at my work for the remainder of the year and see where I have gaps to fill in my schedule
• File the papers that have piled up on my desk over the (lazy days of) summer and organize my work space
• Update my calendar (I use Google Calendar) with my work hours, office hours, etc.

How do you get organized in September?

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