Does your to-do list overwhelm you? Is it so large or intimidating that you don’t know where to start? Stop and think about it for a minute. Maybe your to-do list isn’t what it should be. Although I strongly feel that there’s no single right way to do things, maybe you do need to think about purpose a to-do list really serves.
For instance, I still need to do my taxes. Normally I have them done by February, but I still have some sorting and data entry to do. It’s been harder to fit it in than I thought it would …read more

File drawers are nice for organizing your files and keeping things off of your desktop. But sometimes you need a file accessible and easy to grab. If you have a project that you’re constantly working on, looking things up, adding bits of paper to the file, referring to notes, you need that file at hand. If you have to retrieve it from a drawer multiple times a day, it can get irritating and also slow you down.
Yet you don’t necessarily want to leave it lying on your desktop either. It could get covered up. Things could get knocked out of …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – Did you know you can list your way to being a better person? Well, maybe a better organized person. Lists help in all kinds of ways.
A list can help you plan a project. If you write down everything you’ll need to do, you can then make a project timeline. So a list will not only help you plan your project, it’ll keep you from forgetting any important steps. Without a list, you could skip a crucial piece of information, throwing your project off of its timeline or budget.
Lists can help you travel. Make a list of everything you …read more

(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – When you get back from traveling, you have to pick up where you left off with projects. And if it’s been more than a couple of days, it can be tough to remember what you last did.
One thing that helps me get back in mode is my notebook. I take copious notes about what I’m doing with a project. Phone calls, brainstorming, what I’m waiting on. If I write things down, it makes it easier to start in the same spot the next day, or next week (I hate waiting a week, though – it’s too hard …read more

(www.myorganizedbiz.com) Clutter can come in many forms. Too many emails. Too many projects. Too much stuff. In a society that encourages consumption over production, it’s easy to collect too much of everything.
Overloading ourselves
We feel that information gives us power, so we subscribe to hundreds off RSS feeds. We have to keep up on the industry, our competition, trends, cool stuff, and our guilty pleasures. We read every email that comes through our inbox, even though we really don’t need to. We take on bunches of projects because we’re afraid to say no, and then panic because we have so much …read more