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Having trouble getting
out the door on time in the morning?
Make a list of all the activities that
comprise your morning routine. Start from the moment you
wake up and list them all. Then consider how you can take a
more organized approach.
Consider multi-tasking, such as brewing
the coffee while you take a shower.
What can be done the previous night?
Ironing clothes and locating the keys the night before can
save morning time.
Group together all the items needed for
breakfast in a specific area of the kitchen.
Set your alarm a few minutes earlier so
that you can allow for the unplanned distraction or
emergency.
Too much e-mail?
- Identify messages from certain contacts
by customizing your in box to automatically color messages.
- Go to
www.microsoft.com for more details on creating search
folders – they categorize your e-mail similar to a filing
system so that you can easily locate an e-mail in a
category instead of going through long lists of e-mails.
Looking For Ways
To Keep the Clutter Away?
- Find your clutter "zones" and create
perimeters for the piles.
- Use attractive baskets for the piles of
catalogs and magazines waiting to be read
- Store receipts and papers in 3 sided
folders
- Categorize your spaces and remove items
that don’t belong in that category Food, papers, clothing,
toys, sports equipment can all be categorized and put in a
designated space.
- Select a clutter pile and remove the
larger items first- if you want to keep them, find a
designated, permanent space for that item
- Don’t be afraid to get rid of the stuff
that you do not use.
Need a better way
to organize your mail and papers?
- Check with your accountant and/or lawyer
before throwing away any financial or legal papers- they
know you and your individual situation.
- There is information available for
document retention at
www.irs.gov.
and publications posted on this sight regarding record
keeping for individuals.
Know where your essential, vital
information is. Create a vital documents or "Red File". Keep
in mind the "what-if" scenarios- what would you need to
reconstruct necessary information when needed? The American
Red Cross provides a comprehensive list that can be used as
a basic guide for what to include.
Create a paper space for each member of
the family. This can be a large envelope with their name on
it, a file folder, a mail holder slot, anything that can be
used to keep papers safe and out of the junk mail piles.
Sort your mail as it comes in the door
and toss the junk into the recycle bin
I can help you get started!
bpeterson@space-and-time.com
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