Monday, August 24, 2015
Organizing Your Life - Setting Yourself Up For Success
Being organized is about more than just having "things" neatly in place. If your "life" isn't organized everything else will fall apart.
Do you have a "plan" for how you want your life to play out? Do you have your priorities in place?
Life today is fast and crazy. There are so many activities and commitments that we are expected to participate in. We are pulled in so many directions that everything can't be perfect and important deadlines might be missed.
By having a plan - by organizing your day and your life - you are more likely able to meet some of those challenges and do so in a more relaxed and calm manner.
Disorganization causes stress. Stress causes flared emotions and saying or doing things you might not ordinarily say or do.
By taking a step back and organizing your routine, your life and your priorities - you can decrease your stress levels and accomplish your goals.
Start by sitting down and writing out a detailed account of exactly what you do every day. Break it down into what you do each day of the week. Then break it down into 15 or 30 minute increments. Decide if anything can be deleted from your schedule. Or you might want to move it to another day.
By having everything written down you can get a better picture of why you are so tired all of the time or why you are late for meetings and appointments.
Once you have your schedule written down and you are satisfied that it is more manageable break it down even further. What is required for each task or appointment or meeting? Do you have everything ready that you need for that appointment?
For example - if you have a doctors appointment - do you have a list of all of your medications? Do you have a list of all of your symptoms.
If you have a business meeting - do you have all of the information that you need for that meeting? Do you have all of the reports or numbers that you need?
If you are taking a trip - do you have everything ready for the trip? Do you have a checklist of what to pack or take? Have you made arrangements to have your mail and newspaper suspended? Is someone going to water your plants?
As you can see - being organized plays a vital role in everything that we do. Being prepared can make your life run smoother.
So - go ahead.... GET ORGANIZED ! You will be glad you did.
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Getting Your Kids Ready for School ... and Life - in an Organized Manner
School is about to start. Have you thought about your school year
routine yet? Don't wait until the morning of the first day of school to
come up with a plan. Start thinking about your first day now and get
ready.
The question now is "Do you have a calm and stress free routine ?". If not, why not? The answer is probably because things are not as organized as they could be.
Come up with a routine and get your kids involved. Let them know ahead of time what time they will have to get up in order to have plenty of time to get dressed, make their bed, eat a healthy breakfast and get all of their school things in their pack backs and on their way.
By starting your kids on a routine and giving them responsibility for getting ready on time you have started them off on the right track to success in life.
Kids are never too young to start learning how to be organized. Kids as young as three can be taught how to put their toys away.
School age children should have a daily routine. Everything from getting up in the morning, getting dressed themselves, making their beds and getting their backpacks all ready for school. This includes making sure they have their lunches!
By making kids responsible for themselves they can start learning organizational skills. It also helps takes the pressure off of the parents.
Even though as a parent you might want to do everything for your child....you would be doing them a disservice if you did. Don't you want your child to marry someone that can take care of themselves? Someone that helps around the house?
By teaching your kids some basic skills when they are young you are setting them up for success!
Kids love to learn new things. They love to think that they are in charge. Let them be in charge of themselves!
As a parent your job is to give the kids tools they can use in everyday life. Being organized is a crucial tool.
Parents, especially single parents, need all of the help they can get. Teach your child to be self sufficient and you too will reap the rewards.
And don't use the excuse "I am not an organized person myself". I have a lot of clients that aren't organized themselves....but they know the right people to teach their kids various skills.
If you can give your child piano or gymnastics lessons.... you can give them "organizing lessons". It's something they will use forever. Not that being able to do a cartwheel isn't important!
By starting young and having expectations from your children you are helping them be a better person. Their teachers, bosses and future spouses will "Thank You" !
Start Today..... Raise an Organized Child
Organizational Consulting Services
www.organizationalconsultingservices.com
The question now is "Do you have a calm and stress free routine ?". If not, why not? The answer is probably because things are not as organized as they could be.
Come up with a routine and get your kids involved. Let them know ahead of time what time they will have to get up in order to have plenty of time to get dressed, make their bed, eat a healthy breakfast and get all of their school things in their pack backs and on their way.
By starting your kids on a routine and giving them responsibility for getting ready on time you have started them off on the right track to success in life.
Kids are never too young to start learning how to be organized. Kids as young as three can be taught how to put their toys away.
School age children should have a daily routine. Everything from getting up in the morning, getting dressed themselves, making their beds and getting their backpacks all ready for school. This includes making sure they have their lunches!
By making kids responsible for themselves they can start learning organizational skills. It also helps takes the pressure off of the parents.
Even though as a parent you might want to do everything for your child....you would be doing them a disservice if you did. Don't you want your child to marry someone that can take care of themselves? Someone that helps around the house?
By teaching your kids some basic skills when they are young you are setting them up for success!
Kids love to learn new things. They love to think that they are in charge. Let them be in charge of themselves!
As a parent your job is to give the kids tools they can use in everyday life. Being organized is a crucial tool.
Parents, especially single parents, need all of the help they can get. Teach your child to be self sufficient and you too will reap the rewards.
And don't use the excuse "I am not an organized person myself". I have a lot of clients that aren't organized themselves....but they know the right people to teach their kids various skills.
If you can give your child piano or gymnastics lessons.... you can give them "organizing lessons". It's something they will use forever. Not that being able to do a cartwheel isn't important!
By starting young and having expectations from your children you are helping them be a better person. Their teachers, bosses and future spouses will "Thank You" !
Start Today..... Raise an Organized Child
Organizational Consulting Services
www.organizationalconsultingservices.com
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