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I created this little space on the web because it seemed like a natural way to blend my love for writing and my desire to share what I know about organizing and simplicity with a wider audience.
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Get organized, Get Healthy
Because the bathroom is linked with health, your physical well-being may be hampered if you allow clutter to collect in this room. Keep your bathroom clean and clear to promote good health.
(From 365 Ten-Minute Solutions to Make Your Home Homier, by Fair Winds Press)
Establish Your Priorities to Get More Accomplished
From the One Organized Life Blog
When you have a lot of commitments and lots of things to get done, sometimes it can be hard to narrow down exactly what needs to be done.
If you are a values driven person like me, you'll probably find that the following will help you a lot. Whether you consider yourself values driven or not, you can substitute "values" for "commitments" if that will be of greater use to you.
Create a spread sheet, a Word document with columns, or just make four columns on a piece of paper. The first column will be "Value/Commitment." The next column will be "General Priority/Desire." After that "Detailed Priority/Desire." Finally "Next Action" or "To-Do."
Start with a list of values or commitments. Some examples of values might be family, friends, self expression, health, work, security, adventure. Some commitments might be: work, church, volunteer service, annual fund raiser, PTA meetings, soccer team, writing group.
Next: create a general priority or desire. If you are working with health for example, your general priority/desire might be improve my health. Do this for every value or commitment you listed.
In the Detailed column, get more specific. In keeping with the health theme you might come up with lose 10 pounds or change my diet.
Finally, in the Next Action column - what's the very first thing you need to get the ball rolling (after all this great planning, that is!)? It could be run a mile, join the local gym, or buy from fresh fruits and vegetables.
You've now figured out what the most important things are in each of the areas you are committed to. To determine what to work on next, figure out what is most time sensitive. If your lights are about to get cut off, it might be more important to get online or on the phone to pay that bill right away and then maybe buy those apples tomorrow afternoon.
You don't need to map out every minute of your day, but figuring out what your priorities and next actions are is a great way to get yourself on the right track to managing your time and getting things done.
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Great Links to Explore
- One Organized Life Professional Organizing
- Home page for One Organized Life.
- Jonathan Mead: Authenticity, Clarity, Balance
- Blog with great insights for personal development.
- 43Things.com
- What do you want to do with your life?
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qlcoach
Yes, we all need to get more organized and motivated to make changes. Wonderful thoughts on these issues. Please see how I try to help people in new ways too:http://www.squidoo.com/ebyway Posted August 12, 2008 |
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richgerman
like your lens... thats very good of you sharing on how to organize life... thanks for the useful tips... are you also living the law of attraction in an organized life? Posted July 27, 2008 |
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totalhealth
beautiful lens, thanks for sharing these great tips. Posted June 16, 2008 |
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lisadh
Great tips! Thanks for visiting Save the World with Peanut Butter and Jelly. Posted June 16, 2008 |
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Gigglesoup
Great info, especially about prioritizing. Also, I like how you break tasks down to something daily. Most people feel they have to do it all in one day, then it becomes overwhelming. Breaking things down becomes less overwhelming, and really helps you feel you're being productive. I find it's helpful to write your accomplishments down at night, as well as long-term affirmations. That helps your mind "get it" that you are accomplishing something, and ties those accomplishments into future accomplishments. Anyway, well done! Posted June 12, 2008 |
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poddys
Good lens, 5***** from me. Good ideas to help me organise my life. I need help sometimes... Posted June 11, 2008 |
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GypsyOwl
Great Lens! I have lensrolled it to my 'clear away the clutter' lens. One suggestion...can you update the blog feed so that it will show all of the headlines in your 10 for 10 series? (I think it is set to 3 headlines by default, so changing it to 10 would show the past 10 days). Great detail! thanks for the tips. Posted June 11, 2008 |
