by Hawkins | Jul 19, 2010 | Clutter, General, Home Organizing, Moving, planning
My last post talked about preparing for your move–some of the things that need to be done before you start packing. So now, let’s talk about packing. If you prepare for your move by purging, you’ve set the stage for packing only those things that...
by Hawkins | Jul 5, 2010 | Clutter, General, Home Organizing, Moving, planning
If you read my previous post you’ll remember that I mentioned getting rid of things before my move as well as my master check list. Those were just two things that helped me prepare for the move. Someone recently said to me that one good thing about moving is...
by Hawkins | Jun 21, 2010 | General, Home Organizing, Moving
Because of our recent move, my life has been full of boxes, bins and bags for about a month now. Of course, everything was well organized and I knew where everything was thanks to my master packing list, but it still became a bit of a challenge as we got closer to...
by Hawkins | Jun 10, 2010 | General, Office Organizing, Productivity, Taming the Paper Tiger, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Now for the final “D”, Do it now. When you make the choice to do something, you have to be particular about what you choose, after all, this is your time we’re talking about and once it’s spent, you can’t get it back. Do It Now-For...
by Hawkins | Jun 8, 2010 | General, Office Organizing, Productivity, Taming the Paper Tiger, Workplace productivity
To manage all that there is to do, in addition to discarding, the second “D” to choose from is “Delegate”. Remember that this applies to the items on your to-do list, snail mail, email and phone calls. Delegate It-If you don’t have to be the...
by Hawkins | Jun 3, 2010 | General, Office Organizing, Productivity, Taming the Paper Tiger, Workplace productivity
With today’s fast moving pace and people continually doing more and more, there is always more than enough to do. Every day we’re bombarded with email, snail mail, to-do lists and the number one culprit, paper. The only way to manage it all is with effective...