You know about backing up files at work, but when you get home it is easy to overlook the home computer, which in so many cases has insinuated itself into household routines. You come home, you check your email. You need to write a quick thank you to a friend, you run to the computer [...]

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Since you communicate so much to your child by example, why not demonstrate the use of good organizing tools in helping your child get ready for a new school year? Set up one family calendar in a central location. Encourage everyone to fill in their activities and keep the schedules up-to-date so that at a [...]

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We talk a lot about finding balance in our lives. Work/life issues seem to keep intruding on each other. Yet whether it is in the office or at home, one element that can create stress is clutter. The more things you have, the more you have to do to keep up with them and this [...]

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“Don’t touch my piles! I know where everything is.” Do you have someone in your business who is accountable to you and who says that? If you do, you should be concerned. Chances are good this person is not nearly as productive as her or she could be because the piles have to keep shifting [...]

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Along with that New Year’s resolution to “Get Organized,” have you set up a plan to clear out unused items that clutter your life? Chances are you received some pretty neat gifts for Christmas…along with some that might not be the best fit for your lifestyle. If your spaces are already brimming with too many [...]

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Do you know of someone who is always being told to “get organized” so that he or she will show up on time, manage to find things, and get more done? Stress affects many people as they strive to cope with multiple daily tasks and events. However lack of time is not the only factor [...]

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As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, it is a good time to assess your life. If you would like to be better organized, decrease stress, and improve time management skills, begin to set goals now for 2007. To determine what you might need to, or want to, change, consider your attitude as you approach the coming [...]

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One simple technique to improve time management processes is to locate items where you will use them. Doesn’t that sound simple? Yet how often to you forget to do this? And how often does this add stress to your life? The importance of this system begins to manifest itself from early childhood. Parents complain about [...]

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Packing for a trip should get easier the more often you do it. If you want to be very organized when traveling, you can even use checklists for each trip. Yet I find that the more organized I am, the more I pack because I’m trying to envision every possibility. How many times do you [...]

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