Not sure where to turn to eliminate stuff at your home or office? Use this list to get your stuff moving!
Is it really this simple? Thanks to the Wall Street Journal!
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It’s that time again!
Kingwood professional organizer Ellen Delap and her company Professional – Organizer.com will be participating in this year’s Dress For Success Houston’s S.O.S. (Send One Suit) Drive. The effort provides interview suits, confidence boosts and career development to more than 45,000 women in over 75 cities each year. Dress for Success is a not-for-profit organization that helps low-income women make tailored transitions into the workforce. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and a second suit when she gets the job.
If you would like to contribute, please bring your interview appropriate suit in excellent condition, cleaned, pressed and on a hanger to Kingwood Country Club on March 6, 2012 from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Don’t have suit to donate? Dress For Success Houston suggests donating $75 toward the cost of a suit for clients over size 14. Receipts for donations will be sent directly by Dress For Success Houston. For more information call 281-360-3928 or email edelap@professional-organizer.com.
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Each year we start off with great intentions about our time management, like arriving on time, scheduling appointments, and prioritizing our time with our family. Even the most organized can feel stressed by time challenges. Having a few guidelines can make it easier to be productive and feel in control.
Time is on your side! How will you be setting yourself up for success this year?
When life’s transitions occur is when your organized papers really matter. Use this list for a reference to get your items in order. Remember, every family and every situation is different.
Legal
Will, Durable Power of Attorney
Medical Power of Attorney, Living Will/Directive to Physicians/HIPPA release form
Declaration of Guardian and Appointment of Agent to Control Disposition of Remains
Revocable Living Trust
Driver’s license
Safe Deposit Keys and Bank address
Social Security Cards
Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificate, Adoption papers, Divorce papers, Military discharge
Passports
Home
Copies of home and auto insurance, with Insurance Agent name and phone number
Home closing documents
Home Title, Car titles and other Vehicle Titles
Utilities phone numbers and account numbers
Medical
Medical and prescription insurance cards
Allergies
Prescription names and amounts
Doctors names and phone numbers
Financial
Bank names and account numbers
Name of financial advisor and phone number
Investment account numbers
Copy of taxes
Original life insurance policies
Loans and outstanding debts
Credit card copies
Credit reports
Royalties, Certificates of Deposit, Stock Certificates, and other investments
Emergency Contacts
Family and Friends
Home helpers and neighbors that have access to your home
“To be contacted” in case of death or illness
Miscellaneous
Passwords to all online accounts
Burial policies, Pre-paid funeral arrangements
Be prepared for the difficulties and transitions that occur! Join Certified Professional Organizer Ellen Delap and Tamara Hensarling Paul to learn about important papers and vital documents, what you need and how to organize these. The program is hosted by Kingwood Public Library on Thursday, January 12 at 1pm.
Tamara will share not only the important papers, but an important story to remind us all of how these papers are crucial when a disaster occurs.
Ellen will share additional papers and way to organize them in case of an emergency.
Whether you are aging, your parents are aging, or you just want to ease your childdren’s minds, join us for this seminar.
Free and open to the public.
Our productivity and professional organizer community is filled with creative and resourceful people! I admire their skills in creating calendars that will work for our clients.
Ready Aim Organize Organize Your Life Calendar
Theresa Finnegan has designed a fold out easel, day at a glance calendar filled with different daily organizing tips. I love this calendar because it shares something new each day and keeps organizing a daily priority. You can purchase it at www.readyaimorganize.com
A Confident Mom 2012 Weekly Household Planner
Susan Heid created this weekly planner as a complete way to organize and clean your home throughout the year. I love this calendar because is captures all the essentials. You can purchase this planner at http://www.theconfidentmom.com/services/classes-products/household-planner-sales-page/.
Order out Of Chaos Academic Planner
Leslie Josel has created an Academic Planner for middle and high schoolers to not just record but also plan their lives. I love this calendar because it visually represents all the dimensions for kids. You can order this calendar at http://www.orderoochaos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=70
I often think of the parallel with organizing and exercise. Both are lifestyle choices that require being mindful of your priorities. In order to accomplish both, you make decisions about ways to spend your time, as well as committing to a healthier lifestyle.
Organizing and exercising are best done with a partner. I love my partners in wellness. I walk with 2 different friends. I do pilates with a great teacher (www.gulfcoastpilates.com). And I go to the gym with my husband. All these partners not only help me be accountable about exercising, I also enjoy the aspect of spending time with them! Who can help you in a trusted, loving way to take your next step in decluttering or exercising?
In order to truly make organizing or exercising priorities, we must schedule time every day to “just do it.” A little bite of both organizing and exercise makes a big diff for me! I certainly do not have hours to do either, but I know if I do 30 minutes a day, I can keep things maintained. Both organizing and exercise are so high on my priorities that I make sure I do these first every day! I set my alarm at 6:30 daily just to walk. I pick up my clothes, get my car together and make my list of the 3 most important tasks each evening. How important are these lifestyle choices to you? When do you do them?
Think through this parallel and see what comes to mind to empower you to get the job done too! Think wellness, think health and think transition!
1. Get a great calendar. Just one!
2. Find the best way to do your to do list. It can be paper, computer or on your phone.
3. Organize your purse with zippy cases for makeup, receipts, and other categories.
4. Organize your car by dumping the trash and papers each time you get gas.
5. Go through your mail every day. Just for 5 minutes and triage the papers.
6. Get ready the night before with your bags by the back door.
7. Make a date with your calendar and lists for Weekly Planning, a time to review what is coming up next week, consolidate your lists, and make a plan.
8. Go through your make up drawer and keep what you use daily easy to access.
9. Go through your email three times a day, making decisions, delegating and deleting.
10. Establish a weekly meeting at work and home to communicate the week’s plan.
11. Find partners to help you complete and work through the tough stuff, whatever that may be.
12. Prioritize your goals for 2012. We can’t do it all, all the time. Decide what is most important this year for your time and energy.
What are your 12 for 12?
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