After years of complaining that our master bedroom was too dark and my daughter wanting to convert her room to more accurately reflect her "teen" personality, we recently had several rooms of our house painted. The outcome looks great, but my garage is now full of old paint cans that I no longer need. Not wanting to deal with the hassle of unloading hazardous waste...
They're often free or cheap, and can be downloaded in an instant. And if you have a need, there's probably one for it. However, what began as a fun discovery when you first got your smartphone, may now have resulted in your device being cluttered with too many apps. It may not appear to be a problem, but too many apps can overtake your phone's memory and make it difficult...
A productive environment is defined as an intentional setting where everything around you supports who you are and who you want to be. That environment can be anything from your kitchen counter to your e-mail inbox. If your environment is filled with items that don't belong in the space, your efficiency and success can be severely impacted.
On a recent episode of Modern Family Claire is mad at Phil for several reasons, one of them being that he failed to give her the message that her friend had called to cancel their lunch date. As it turns out he had written the message down, but it was on a tiny scrap of paper the size of a thumb print and got buried on the kitchen counter. Imagine that, Claire never saw it...
Key components of any good time management system are; planning ahead, prioritizing, and using and maintaining a complete to-do list. But sometimes when you look at your “to-do” list you get overwhelmed. It’s as if you have more on your plate than one person can accomplish in a lifetime. If that’s the case, maybe it’s time to start a “Not-To-Do-List.”
They say an elephant never forgets. But in today’s world how well would the average elephant fare? I’m glad I am not an elephant (on so many different levels), but there is a tool that gives me an elephant like brain and allows me to save as well as organize and access information whenever and wherever I need it – Evernote. On a basic level Evernote is...
For many people the words, "get organized" invoke images of drudgery, overwhelm, and something they will never do. But if you realize there are a lot of things you can do when you only have a few minutes, getting clutter under control may seem more achievable. Things you don't want to do often take less time then you originally thought. In 15 minutes you can tackle...
Making lists to organize thoughts and information can be very helpful, but it is also the equivalent of buying a bunch of containers to organize a physical space. The lists, like the containers, won't suddenly make you organized if you don't first sort through the clutter and get rid of the unnecessary items. In order for lists to be effective they need to be...