A Start
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- Vacuum or sweep the
available floor space in the area you want to declutter and organize.
- Take that bag of donations
you've been waiting to add to (for weeks) and put it in the car for drop
off tomorrow.
- Organize your junk
drawer. This really can be done in 15 minutes. Take out
everything that belongs someplace else (take it there AFTER you finish the
drawer), toss the trash and throw everything else back in! It
doesn't need to be perfectly organized, it just needs to close.
- Go through your purse,
wallet or backpack and toss any trash, put the loose change in your piggy
bank and take out anything else that doesn't belong there.
- Go through your center
console in your car and toss any trash, put the loose change in your piggy
bank and take out anything else that doesn't belong there.
- Grab 5 things to put away
(papers, toys, clothes, ?) and put them away.
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Computer
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- Clear your computer desktop. Move the inactive documents and files to their appropriate storage locations.
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Email
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- Sort your email Inbox by
"From" and look for groups of emails that you can delete or move
en masse.
- Go through your email
in-box and delete or move those that over 2 months old.
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Paper
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- Not ready to let go or act on a piece of paper? Put it in your IDEA Box.
- Move the shredder closer and shred as you
go.
- Shred a handful of papers
from your "to shred" pile.
- Go through a stack of
magazines and let go of those that are older than 6 months -- do NOT flip
through them, just let them go.
- Set one bill
up for automatic payment.
- Go through this
month's IDEA Box file.
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Preparedness
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- Check the expiration date
of the food in your emergency kit. Change it out if it's less than a
year away.
- Check the batteries in
your emergency kits. Change them out for fresh ones.
- Fill your car with gas before
it gets below half. Even now that gas prices are higher, making sure
your car is full saves time sitting in the long lines during an emergency.
- Check out Better Prepared.
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Time Management
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- Make a list of calls to make, include phone number. Take it with you.
- Make one of those calls.
- Set your phone's alarm to
remind you to take your medicine, vitamins and even stretch breaks.
I've set my reminder to bark (because I ignore most alarms, but I always
pay attention when my dogs bark). My sister sets her phone alarm to
a dhuck quack (what better sound is there?).
- Build your "No"
muscle by listening to my 10 minute audio clip www.dhucks.com/buildingyournomuscle.html.
- Schedule an additional 15
minutes at the end of each meeting and use it to write up your notes,
return files to their proper home or to email that request or response you
promised. Will you need more than 15 minutes? Maybe, but 15 is more
than you took before.
- Make a call to get
assistance, support and help. For some resources on the Big Island click here.
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To-Do List
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- Rename your list to Could-Do list (if you have the time, you could do it)
- Make one phone call from
your list.
- Jot down your top 3
priorities today on a sticky note. Display that note where you will
see it, to remind yourself to return your focus to what you want to accomplish
today.
- Take a 5 minute break
before you tackle the next task on your list so that you can reset your
focus.
- Look at the other reminders you have posted around you.
- Act on one of those reminders.
- Take down reminders
that have been there for awhile.
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Work Area
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- Find 5 items on your on your desk or in your work area that you can put back where
they belong.
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