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Tag Archives: time management
Create a Strategy for Meal Planning
Meal planning can be a challenge for many people. Do you start to think about dinner when it’s time to eat? By then, you don’t have any food on hand and don’t have time to go to the grocery store. … Continue reading
Posted in General Organizing, Helpful Tips, Kids, Productivity, Solutions, Time Management
Tagged creative solutions, Family, Home Organizing, kids, meal planning, Planning, time management, Tips
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Time Management: Start at the TOP of Your To Do List
There are lots of things you start at the top, for example: Ice cream cones Writing letters Washing windows And when the To Do list just looks too daunting, that’s where I start – at the top. It’s tempting to … Continue reading
Basic Organizing: Keeping Track of Your Keys
I confess that I’ve had to work hard at keeping track of my keys. At home, they always go on the hook right inside the door. That’s worked well for years. But I’ve had trouble keeping track of my keys when I’m … Continue reading
Posted in General Organizing, Helpful Tips, Simple Ideas, Solutions, Time Management
Tagged Home Organizing, time management
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Free Information Overload
I love reading about organizing case studies, looking at office designs and tools, and exploring ways to be a better business woman. When I first started my business, I subscribed to any newsletter or blog that gave me some inspiration … Continue reading
Posted in General Organizing, Helpful Tips, Solutions, Time Management
Tagged digital clutter, email, home office, inbox, newsletters, organizing, time management
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Preparing Breakfast Ahead of Time
A Gift from Friends Recently, some friends stayed in our home while we were away for a short holiday. When we returned, they had left a pan of baked oatmeal in our refrigerator as a thank you gift. It was one of … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips, Motivation, Productivity, Simple Ideas, Time Management
Tagged breakfast, food, meal planning, preparing, time management
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Using Small Chunks of Time to Complete Large Tasks
When I was in college, I preferred to write ten-page papers in one night. It wasn’t because the paper was due the next day (often, I’d finish it before the due date), but I liked submerging myself into the task at … Continue reading
Posted in Motivation, Time Management
Tagged breaking tasks down, small accomplishments, time management
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Decide to Decide: Organizing is about Follow-through
In the organizing industry, we have a phrase coined by Kathy Waddill, “decide to decide.” What does this mean? In her book The Organizing Sourcebook, Waddill talks about “decide to decide” as the need to follow through with projects and tasks in … Continue reading
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Tagged decide to decide, follow through, schedule, time management
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Procrastination: Three Dangerous Little Words “Just for now.”
Have you ever had something in your hand and didn’t know what to do with it? Did you find yourself saying, “I’ll just put this here for now,” as you dropped it on the kitchen counter? We’ve all done it. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Procrastination, time management
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Create a Project Catcher to Get to Done
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by a task because it really isn’t a task but a big or small project with many tasks that need to be tackled? And when you think about the, rightly labeled, “project” in its entirely … Continue reading
Time Maps: Visualizing How You Spend Your Time
Do you feel like you’re overcommitted? Do you feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day for you to get everything done? Maybe there aren’t. In her book Time Management from the Inside Out, Julie Morgenstern explains that time is as … Continue reading
