My Organized Biz

Which type of calendar or planner do you find most effective?  There are many types and many ways to organize.  Some people use just one type; others combine print and electronic.  Nowadays, there are even systems you can download to your cell phone or iphone.

Franklin Planner or similar
Simple notebook
Address book with yearly calendar
Schedule book with calendar
Wall calendar combined with one in your pocket or purse
Calendars for different businesses or types of activities
Calendars for business and family
Calendars on the computer

What do you prefer?

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How do you organize your messages…for business and for family matters?  We live in a multigenerational home, so there are messages for three generations of family. 
Where do we post them so they won’t get lost, so the appropriate person gets them in a timely fashion, so we’ll make sure we’ve acted upon them.
We do have a phone message pad with duplicate pages.  However, it’s only located by the one phone of easy access to all family members.
Other notes are taken on memo pads and placed at a desk or on a bulletin board.  We transfer our appointments to a family …read more

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Do you have a calendar, in addition to your “to do” list, that lets you keep on track with your work each day, week, and month?  This notes orders, deadlines, and those you’ve filled.
In our multi-generational household, we have a large, regular monthly calendar on the wall.  There we all write down appointments, church and work schedules, meetings and recreational days.  We coordinate our schedules accordingly.
For my writing work (I currently write several blogs and a newspaper column with deadlines), I keep a small notebook for each blog and my column.  There I write down posts, pre-posts and planned posts.  Then …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – I have such a crazy schedule at times. It’s hard to remember everything. Is it from being over scheduled? Distracted? Mommy brain? Maybe all of the above.
One technology item that has helped me countless times is Google calendar. But not just the calendar. It’s the event reminders.
Every day at 5 am, Google calendar emails me my daily schedule. And since I check email as soon as I get up – yes even before coffee – I know if I have any important meetings or deadlines that day. And for whatever reason, that works better for me than trying …read more

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