My Organized Biz

Throughout each month, I’ll have posts I particularly enjoy researching and writing.  Also there will be posts that draw responses from readers.  I’m attempting to select a round-up of 5 posts at the end of each month. 
 I also enjoy having my readers letting me know about any that were their favorites.
For July, we have:
Time Management in an Instant Book Tour
13 Ways to Be More Effective
20 Minutes to Organization
When Organizing Becomes an Excuse
Organizing Can Yield “Treasures”
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Clearing your closets and getting them into an organized arrangement helps to get you on the road to better time management and peace of mind.  Since I don’t have a lot of closet space, I have to bring out only clothing and shoes in season.  I also have to try to find ways to organize my writing and office materials on shelves and file cabinets since I don’t have a big closet to store the items out of sight.
Yesterday, I put away cool weather clothing and arranged my summer clothing in my closet.  (We’re finally getting warmer weather in NH!).  …read more

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Do you find it difficult to get back on track with your organizational plans once you’ve been away for several days?  I discovered I was having a challenge getting back to my 20 minutes a day of organization once I returned home from a weekend conference. 
I’d written my blogs ahead, so I was covered there.  I’d taken care of matters in my husband’s and my home business.  But once I returned home, after four days away, I had all I could do to maintain deadlines, catch up on e-mail and phone messages, and get back to my away-from-home job.  Last …read more

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Sometimes you can’t organize everything yourself, or you get so far behind in your organizing that you get discouraged.  Enlist others to help you, especially in your family.
If they aren’t involved in your business, arrange for help in your home, with work around the home, with other family tasks that enable you to be more efficient and effective in your business.  My family often pitches in with work around the home when I have deadlines.
I recall the time I had a book deadline and had to closet myself into our bedroom where I had my computer and research set up.  I …read more

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After reviewing Time Management in an Instant, 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day, I decided to incorporate some of those tips into my 20 minute organization sessions.  When I reach a point where I seem bogged down, even though I know there is much to do as I look around me, perhaps having tips to guide me or a plan would help.
Take one of the 60 tips for each session.  Or if I see I’m making progress and have more work in a particular area, continue with that tip until more is completed.
What do you think?

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We’ve been discussing time management, organizing your day, and organization to be more productive in your business and home over the past few days.  I’ve undertaken to spend at least 20 minutes per day to do something toward clearing my clutter and organizing.  I’ve asked for your organization tips and resources.
The opportunity to host a book tour for Time Management in an Instant, 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day came my way just at this time.  Authors Karen Leland and Keith Bailey are touring the blogosphers this week.  I thought you, my readers, would like to know about this book, …read more

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It seems such a simple practice that it’s not worth mentioning.  But I’ve discovered many people comment, “Why didn’t I think of that!”
Decide upon a color for various topics in your files, then code anything pertaining to each with a particular color…whether it’s the ink you use for writing on the file folder, the color of the label, the paper clips you use (some come in various colors), even the color of the folders themselves.
When I was researching and writing a resource book for writers, my editor set up a filing system for my research by color coding the labels on …read more

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Part of organizing is getting rid of “stuff” you don’t need.  You’re either hanging onto it for possible future use.  Or you don’t know where to dump it.  Often it’s perfectly good, or at least has usefulness to someone else when you no longer need it.
A yard sale is one possibility.  But you may not have the time nor facilities for organizing one.  You may be restricted by zoning where you live to hold a yard sale.
What do yo do?  Explore the possibilities with Freecycle. 
Here people give away, for free, items they no longer need.  Those who join the Freecycle …read more

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Jean Murray wrote a former post, Green Office: Recycle Your Shredded Office, and detailed ways to use this again as well as tossing the paper into a recycling bin.
A reader recently mentioned:
You may want to check with your recycling facility. Not all recycling companies accept shredded paper as some machines are clogged by such shreds.

Thanks for visiting My Organized Biz and leaving your comment. It is a good idea to check and see if your recycling facility accepts shredded paper and how they want it packaged.
At our recycling facility, which accepts shredded paper, they do want it bagged or boxed, not …read more

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So that I didn’t have a mad rush this morning trying to catch up on everything in my blog writing, column writing and other home business, I tried to write ahead so that today was covered…or nearly so.  I do have to prepare today for the coming week.  For one of my blogs, I must get a column posted, but the others are covered for today. 
Since I don’t have a “walk in” business, I didn’t need to have a shop open this morning.  I can sit at my computer and plan.  Or go over with my husband what needs to …read more

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