#HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE MOVIE#
#HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE FULL#
#HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE PLUS#
#HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE PROFESSIONAL#

If it seems like you're too busy to spend quality time with friends, ask them to plan ahead of time for lunch, a hiking trip or another get-together. Being late shows a lack of respect for the other person.Ģ4.

#HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE MOVIE#

Keep track of time, and allow yourself enough time to arrive early for every appointment, whether it's a movie with a friend or lunch with your mother. Wear a watch (or keep your phone close by). From friends' birthdays to dinner dates, keep social appointments in your planner, online calendar or smartphone, and train yourself to rely on it.Ģ3.

#HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE FULL#

Rather than keeping a sink full of dirty dishes, make a habit of washing each dish (or putting each dish in the dishwasher) when done with it.

#HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE PLUS#

'A good first goal is a three-day supply of food and hygiene supplies adequate to support your household plus one additional person.'ġ6. 'A beginner's pantry focuses on convenience and contains backup products for each storable item used in the home,' says Cynthia Townley Ewer, editor of. Even if you don't have an actual pantry in your home, adhere to the pantry concept of stocking up on necessities. For instance, keep all baking ingredients together.ġ5.

#HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE PROFESSIONAL#

Group items together according to how you use them, says Kathy Firkins, a professional organizer in Midland, Texas. Use clear containers for pasta, cereal, and similar items, so you can quickly see the quantity you have. Then shop every other week to avoid running to the store every time you need an item.ġ4. Consider using one of many smartphone apps available to create and maintain lists. Keep your grocery list on the refrigerator or another visible spot so that you'll write down needed items as you remember them. Plan dinner menus each weekend for the following week, and use a slow cooker or other time-saving cooking techniques as often as possible.ġ3. Also, keep a file index and always check the index before creating a new file, so you avoid making duplicates. Sort, file and purge electronic information regularly. Create a filing system for your electronic documents that mirrors the one you have for paper. Keep a written record of what you've delegated, and follow up so nothing falls through the cracks.ġ1. Maintain responsibility for your projects. And be clear about the response you need when sending a message to a colleague-they can then provide a full response, even if they don't reach you directly.ġ0. Jot down an agenda before making a phone call, so you don't forget important points. Think before giving your email address or cell phone number to everyone incoming information may be easier to manage if it all goes through one form of communication.ĩ. Gain more desk space by mounting your keyboard underneath and raising your computer monitor with a monitor arm.Ĩ. Keep only supplies you need daily on your desktop. Then you can shred and toss out the papers. Consider scanning papers you want to keep-including everything from household records to old college papers-and keep them on a disk. Designate a specific spot for bills, and pay them consistently by tracking the due dates on your calendar.Ħ.

'If you do have to stack up the mail, have a set time each week when you will sit down and go through it,' Barnette says. Donate your surplus to a local shelter or to your church's clothing closet.ĥ. Go through your closet at least twice each year, and take out anything you haven't worn in the past year or no longer need. Also gather anything you'll need to take with you in the morning, and put it in a spot near the door.Ĥ.

Each evening, decide what you'll wear the next day, and press it if needed. Gather frequently used papers such as phone lists and take-out menus in a three-ring binder.ģ. Evaluate whether to keep receiving magazines you never have time to read, or consider rotating subscriptions. Open the mail over the garbage and throw out junk mail right then. 'People waste so much time looking for lost or misplaced items.'Ģ. 'Have a specific place that you put your keys or the mail or your child's backpack,' says Judy Barnette, a professional organizer in Franklin, Tenn. Find a place for everything. Start small, maybe with one junk drawer, but find a place for everything you have.

How to organize your life