{"id":4939,"date":"2015-01-12T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2017-07-31T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T23:44:51","slug":"most-organized-year-ever-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/most-organized-year-ever-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Most Organized Year Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/most-organized-year-ever-12\/attachment\/12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12.png?fit=1588%2C2246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1588,2246\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12 family organizing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12.png?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4940\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12-212x300.png?resize=212%2C300\" alt=\"Most Organized Year Ever\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12.png?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12.png?w=1588&amp;ssl=1 1588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Each year as we start the new year, we think of ways to make a change and improve our lives.\u00a0 Did you know that organizing is one of the top three goals each year?\u00a0 Throughout the month of January, I will be offering 31 tips to help you have Your Most Organized Year Ever.\u00a0 Implement just one of these tips, tools, techniques or tweaks this year.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Families have a lot going on! There are dates for school, dates for church and dates for volunteering.\u00a0 It&#8217;s too much to keep in our heads.\u00a0 How do we track all this information?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your\u00a0<a title=\"Calendars and Planners\" href=\"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/tag\/calendars-and-planners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family calendar <\/a>creates communication, coordination and cohesiveness.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s one place you see all the information together.\u00a0 Your family works as a team to be sure you are arriving on time as well as prioritizing which activities you are attending.\u00a0 It gives everyone a starting point to communicate about priorities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is it wise to keep two calendars, your own and your family calendar?\u00a0 Coordination is required.\u00a0 For the parents, it&#8217;s important to have all the dates in one place. For the kids, it&#8217;s important for them to track and see their own responsibilities.\u00a0 This redundancy can help remind everyone about upcoming activities and be sure your schedule runs smoothly.\u00a0 Make this Your Most Organized Year Ever with your family calendar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More ideas on family communication stations <a title=\"Command Centers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/EllenDelap\/command-centers-communication-and-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keep up with organizing and productivity trends with my newsletter.\u00a0 <a title=\"Newsletter sign up\" href=\"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year as we start the new year, we think of ways to make a change and improve our lives.\u00a0 Did you know that organizing is one of the top three goals each year?\u00a0 Throughout the month of January, I will be offering 31 tips to help you have Your Most Organized Year Ever.\u00a0 Implement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,1361,5],"tags":[1380,1381,1501],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-organizing","category-most-organized-year-ever","category-time-management","tag-family-calendar","tag-family-coordination","tag-family-organizing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Your Most Organized Year Ever - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; 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