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10 Things You Can Do Every Day to Be More Organized
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Keys and Phone
Leave your keys, cell phone and other accessories you carry in the same place when you get home. Have a designated area to ensure that you do not wonder where you put these items.
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Create a Task List
Make a new to-do list every day based on the previous day's list. Cross off what you've completed.
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Check Your Bank Balance
It allows you to see what you spent the previous day and can reveal any unauthorized charges.
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Carry a Small Notepad
Write down items for your shopping list, errands, to-do's, and random thoughts.
You never know when you'll need to quickly write something down.
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Organize Your Wallet
- File away the receipts you need to keep and tear up the rest.
- Sort through your rewards cards and place the ones you use most in front.
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Plan Your Meals
- Consider the meals to be made.
- Add needed items to your shopping list.
- Schedule time to shop.
- Schedule time to cook.
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Prepare Your Clothing
Get into the habit of preparing for the next day. Lay your clothes out the night before to save you from wondering what to wear in the morning.
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Prep the Launch Pad
- Re-pack and refresh gym bags, work bags, and school bags.
- Lay ingredients out for breakfast and lunch.
- Check the weather report to see if umbrellas will be required.
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Follow a Routine
Create good habits by keeping to a routine. It helps to automate tasks, where possible.
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Do the Dishes
Make sure the dishes are done every night before you go to sleep and make your bed in the morning. This promotes relaxation and sets a positive tone for the day.
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Don’t Rely On Your Memory
If you want to remember things, don't rely on your memory. Put it in writing or in a digital notebook.
Make Back-Ups Of Everything
- Make sure to back up your computer files.
- Make duplicates for your car and home keys.
- Scan your IDs, passports and bank details, and put it all in a secured folder on your computer.
Keep all your financial records, birth certificates, land titles and insurance in one folder, preferably in a safe.
Have a designated place for everything
- Sort out your clothes, cleaning materials and everything else and keep them in labeled containers or closets at home.
- Organize your work space well so that your every move is conserved, knowing exactly where everything is.
Doing this will take time, but it is easier to find what you need.
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Create a To-Do List
- Sync your to-do list with your mobile phone.
- Write down the three most important tasks.
- Keep to an easy and workable task list.
Do one thing at a time.
Simplify
Organizing unnecessary items is wasting energy.
- Have less stuff.
- Eliminate outdated articles to read “someday."
- Find an appropriate place for everything and make sure it is easily accessible.
- Choose one tool and stick with it.
- Pack tools immediately after use.
Embrace Change
It eliminates methods and ideas that no longer work and promotes the more important things.
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Organizing our Lives
We all are juggling life's important areas: work, office, home, health and fitness, our finances and relationships.
It is not easy to juggle so many things all at once, and some areas may get...
Developing Habits
We all have habits ingrained in our lives. Most of our good habits (if any) take us to eventual long-term success, and our bad habits take our time, health, happiness and money. Make a list of what all you do as a habit daily and see which ones are good and which ones are not.
Habits like spending hours on social media, binge shopping, and lying on the couch are a few examples of bad habits.
Planning Ahead
Life is unpredictable, but planning is still important. Use your phone's calendar and to-do list, or install an app to create daily and weekly plans:
- Plan even for small errands.
- Keep in mind that things take longer than you expect.
- Block chunks of time, or an entire day for a task.