How I Organize my Life

      Here’s what this Queen of Disorganization does. I live by a Daytimer.
You have to. Everybody should. I use Franklin Covey’s. Yes it is more
expensive but it is so organized. In January, I’m going to switch to a
Monarch size. That’s full size.

I put all my roles and projects on the weekly compass in the middle and
change it every week. I write the 3 major things I have to do that day on
the top of the appointment section and number them. Then I write all the
tasks to do that day on the daily task list.

I put a satellite page for every project I have going in the middle
section and move them over every day. That way I don’t have to keep writing down
the same action steps that I didn’t get done today. (My goal is to only have
3 projects going at a time.) Joke. ;)

In the back I have sections for each project I’m working on or thinking
about. In another section, I have my goals so I can review them weekly
and remember them. (I DO forget where I’m going.)

Every morning I lay out my day based on what everyone else needs me
to do and what I need to do. But I’m thinking I should do this at night
because I waste valuable quiet morning time organizing when I could do that at the
end of the day.

Then I just work my way through it and I can sleep very well because
every thing I need to think or do is on paper in an organized way. (That’s the
only part of my life that is!) ;)

With life as complex as it is these days, there is no way to remember
every thing. This is just one thing we all should be doing as good managers of our
homes and businesses.

And did anyone teach us to manage our time in school? No, because it
was managed FOR us. That’s the way you train employees. Entrepreneurs
must learn how to manage their time for themselves. And that’s not easy.

Talk about another gap in our education…

Okay. So much for my sermon of the day. Back to what I was doing.
Let’s see, which rabbit was I chasing…

So many books, so little time…

Rhea!
who is really worse than it sounds

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