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“When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family.” -Robert M. Maciver
"The future depends on what we do in the present."
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Organizational Tips
*Organizing is a skill anyone can master. It frees up time and space for you and reduces stress in your life.
Organization is a personal thing. What works for one person, won't necessary work for another person. Read through all the tips and find the ones that will be the most beneficial to you in your life.
Don't overwhelm yourself. It takes a week to 10 days to develop a habit. Go slowly. Choose 1 or 2 things to do or change and once you are doing those without thinking about them anymore, add another one. Pretty soon your life will be less hectic and your stress levels will be at an all time low.
Take back your time, home and life. Organize today!!
Organization is a personal thing. What works for one person, won't necessary work for another person. Read through all the tips and find the ones that will be the most beneficial to you in your life.
Don't overwhelm yourself. It takes a week to 10 days to develop a habit. Go slowly. Choose 1 or 2 things to do or change and once you are doing those without thinking about them anymore, add another one. Pretty soon your life will be less hectic and your stress levels will be at an all time low.
Take back your time, home and life. Organize today!!
Organization:
"To put into working order; get together and arrange."
It does not mean perfection. It just means making things work better for you.
"To put into working order; get together and arrange."
It does not mean perfection. It just means making things work better for you.
Before you begin to organize your life, ask yourself the following questions:
*What things are most important to you?
Family? Success? Friends?
*What are your goals and purposes?
Being a great mom? Winning a Nobel Peace Prize? Writing a novel?
*What is your time goal?
the day? the week? the month? the year?
Once you know what you want out of life and where you are going, you can start to manage your time better.
*What things are most important to you?
Family? Success? Friends?
*What are your goals and purposes?
Being a great mom? Winning a Nobel Peace Prize? Writing a novel?
*What is your time goal?
the day? the week? the month? the year?
Once you know what you want out of life and where you are going, you can start to manage your time better.
*Get yourself a personal organizer. Either a paper calendar to jot things down onto or an electronic one. Whatever works best for you.
First things first is putting all of things you have to do into it; school meetings, work schedules, doctor appointments, cleaning and cooking time, personal time, planning the day time, kids activities, and so on.
Knowing where you are going and when, can save you time and headaches. At a glance you can tell you need to go to the doctors today, so since the dry cleaners is right next to it, get up right then and place your dry cleaning in your car ready to go so you don't forget it. If you know what you are having for dinner because you preplanned a weeks worth of meals, you know if you need to pick up something from the store on the way home so you don't have to run out later. Map out in your head your day's activities to prevent backtracking during the day.
BILLS AND PAYMENTS
*Set up one place to pay your bills. Put everything into one container - your mail opener, envelopes, stamps, calculator, tape, address labels, pens, and checkbook.
*When a bill comes in the mail - use a red pen to mark on the outside of the envelope, the date due. Put all bills due that month together. As soon as you pay a bill, place it in it's own folder in either a filing cabinet or an accordian folder.
*Mark your calendar twice a month for paying bills. The 1st and 15th are common dates to do this on.
*Mark paid bills with the date you paid them, the check number and payment amount before filing them.
*If you feel comfortable paying your bills online or having them automatically done, set up this option to save you time.
LAUNDRY
*Give everyone in the family a stain stick to keep in their rooms next to their hampers to place on clothing as needed.
*Give each family member a mesh bag to place their socks, undies and bras into. Toss it into the machine and return the bag to the owner to put away.
*Have separate hampers in your laundry room to presort darks, whites, jeans, and so on.
*Wash jeans inside out to prevent fading, and sweaters and sweatshirts to prevent piling.
*Safety pin drawstrings on clothing to prevent rethreading.
*If you remove dry clothes immediately and hang them, you probably won't have to iron them.
*Keep a mending kit in the laundry room with thread, needle, scissors, fabric glue, and fusible bonding to do repairs immediately.
CLUTTER BUSTERS
*Use towel racks, hung up in closets, for belts or tablecloths.
*Magazine racks can go on the backs of doors.
*Pretty boxes can hold the kid's artwork, old receipts, CDs, and more.
*Flat boxes can store seasonal clothing under the beds.
*Put a plastic shoe holder over the back of a closet door to store electrical cords, cleaning supplies, tools and more.
*Open mail over the trash can. Toss junk mail immediately. Save fliers or coupons to an envelope wall hanging or a file folder, divide up the rest into a reading pile, personal or business correspondence and bills.
*Keep only 1 years worth of a magazine. When a new one comes in the mail, toss the oldest one out.
*Only keep the latest version of a catalog. If you don't shop from them, toss them.
*Keep library books separate from home books. Designate a space or shelf for them.
*Avoid large toy bins for kids. They always end up a mess. Use smaller boxes and label them.
*Hang hooks at kid's levels. Teach them to hang up their own coats and packs.
*Use dividers to "cut-up" the space in a child's dresser drawer. Use these new spaces to hold socks, undies and other small items.
*Have a box labeled "projects" for all the items you intend to get to. Some day.
*Keep a box or basket handy, filled with sewing needs for replacing buttons, fixing hems and such.
*Do a 5 minute clutter buster. Pick up a timer and set it. Have everyone in the family, pick up and put away whatever they can quickly get to in those 5 minutes. Do this every night.
*When you are waiting for a pot to boil or talking on the kitchen phone, open a drawer and declutter it. It all adds up.
First things first is putting all of things you have to do into it; school meetings, work schedules, doctor appointments, cleaning and cooking time, personal time, planning the day time, kids activities, and so on.
Knowing where you are going and when, can save you time and headaches. At a glance you can tell you need to go to the doctors today, so since the dry cleaners is right next to it, get up right then and place your dry cleaning in your car ready to go so you don't forget it. If you know what you are having for dinner because you preplanned a weeks worth of meals, you know if you need to pick up something from the store on the way home so you don't have to run out later. Map out in your head your day's activities to prevent backtracking during the day.
BILLS AND PAYMENTS
*Set up one place to pay your bills. Put everything into one container - your mail opener, envelopes, stamps, calculator, tape, address labels, pens, and checkbook.
*When a bill comes in the mail - use a red pen to mark on the outside of the envelope, the date due. Put all bills due that month together. As soon as you pay a bill, place it in it's own folder in either a filing cabinet or an accordian folder.
*Mark your calendar twice a month for paying bills. The 1st and 15th are common dates to do this on.
*Mark paid bills with the date you paid them, the check number and payment amount before filing them.
*If you feel comfortable paying your bills online or having them automatically done, set up this option to save you time.
LAUNDRY
*Give everyone in the family a stain stick to keep in their rooms next to their hampers to place on clothing as needed.
*Give each family member a mesh bag to place their socks, undies and bras into. Toss it into the machine and return the bag to the owner to put away.
*Have separate hampers in your laundry room to presort darks, whites, jeans, and so on.
*Wash jeans inside out to prevent fading, and sweaters and sweatshirts to prevent piling.
*Safety pin drawstrings on clothing to prevent rethreading.
*If you remove dry clothes immediately and hang them, you probably won't have to iron them.
*Keep a mending kit in the laundry room with thread, needle, scissors, fabric glue, and fusible bonding to do repairs immediately.
CLUTTER BUSTERS
*Use towel racks, hung up in closets, for belts or tablecloths.
*Magazine racks can go on the backs of doors.
*Pretty boxes can hold the kid's artwork, old receipts, CDs, and more.
*Flat boxes can store seasonal clothing under the beds.
*Put a plastic shoe holder over the back of a closet door to store electrical cords, cleaning supplies, tools and more.
*Open mail over the trash can. Toss junk mail immediately. Save fliers or coupons to an envelope wall hanging or a file folder, divide up the rest into a reading pile, personal or business correspondence and bills.
*Keep only 1 years worth of a magazine. When a new one comes in the mail, toss the oldest one out.
*Only keep the latest version of a catalog. If you don't shop from them, toss them.
*Keep library books separate from home books. Designate a space or shelf for them.
*Avoid large toy bins for kids. They always end up a mess. Use smaller boxes and label them.
*Hang hooks at kid's levels. Teach them to hang up their own coats and packs.
*Use dividers to "cut-up" the space in a child's dresser drawer. Use these new spaces to hold socks, undies and other small items.
*Have a box labeled "projects" for all the items you intend to get to. Some day.
*Keep a box or basket handy, filled with sewing needs for replacing buttons, fixing hems and such.
*Do a 5 minute clutter buster. Pick up a timer and set it. Have everyone in the family, pick up and put away whatever they can quickly get to in those 5 minutes. Do this every night.
*When you are waiting for a pot to boil or talking on the kitchen phone, open a drawer and declutter it. It all adds up.