Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Use a calendar to write down tests and due dates. Keep your calendar in an easy-to-see place, such as on the fridge or on the family bulletin board. Talk to your parents or older brothers and sisters about your work and ask for ideas about how to be a successful learner. Manage your time.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 26, 2012

Use follow-up flags or dated calendar alarms to bring forward e-mail when it needs attention. Work your calendar: If you’re not on the phone, set-up, confirm or reschedule items on your calendar. If it takes less than two minutes to answer a message, do it then file or delete the message. Use folders to organize messages.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 27, 2012

Check your calendar: Have a good system to track time-sensitive events. and ask it often: Always evaluate what you are doing to ensure the most productive use of your time. Delete” whenever possible: Eliminate clutter, file the completed, delegate wisely, learn to say NO. Be flexible: Have the ability to accommodate the unforeseen.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 27, 2012

As well, most calendar software or services can send a reminder of a scheduled event via e-mail. When you enter calendar data, use the settings that send an e-mail reminder. I will often send a quick e-mail from home to work as a reminder of something I can only do from the office or during work hours. She keeps them everywhere.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 31, 2010

Advent Calendar Resources On-line – November 28 marks the start of the Advent season. December 1st is the day people starting popping the doors on Advent calendars and eating the little chocolates inside. These on-line advent calendars won’t produce any confections, but you will be able to mark the passage of the next 25 days.

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Ian's Messy Desk

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Don’t cram your Calendar so full that you have no time for reflection. Scrooge, A Charlie Brown Christmas and many others reinforce what Christmas is all about. Take some quiet time. Make Advent a season of preparation: mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Christmas is only as commercial as you make it.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 25, 2012

Whether you plan by the calendar or work by context, you need to know when things need to be completed. When managing multiple projects or actions, you need to know which are the most important (not necessarily urgent) and work on them first. Set timelines. Alway buffer your timelines to allow for the unexpected.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 1, 2013

Use follow-up flags or dated calendar alarms to bring forward e-mail when it needs attention. If it takes less than two minutes to answer a message, do it then file or delete the message. Use folders to organize messages. IMMEDIATELY delete any messages you do not need to keep. Voice Mail. Respond to those that fit the two-minute rule.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2014

Or once-a-month, spring for dessert treats in honor of those celebrating birthdays in that calendar month. For group or departmental appreciations, consider a “Leave Work 30 Minutes Early Next Friday” reward. You are limited only by your imagination and budget.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 9, 2011

New Easy Calendar iPhone App Promises Less Hassle in Keeping a Calendar (themactrack.com). Evernote for the iPhone Gets an Extreme Makeover (ismckenzie.com). Top 10 Best Free iPhone Blogging Apps To Maintain Your Blog Without Hassle (savedelete.com). Dragon Dictation for iPhone, iPad and iPad touch Updated to Version 2.0

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Quickly access your Calendar while in your Lotus Notes mailbox. Select the drop-down arrow to the right of your user name and select Switch to Calendar. Once the Folders view expands, continue dragging until you are over the name of the folder where you want to place the message.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 27, 2011

Do not keep a bunch of calendars around. Empty out your planner of clutter and junk. Put the loose pieces of paper in your in-box to catch during your daily/weekly review. Keep your planner with you at all times. Use only one so everything is in one place. Keep a master list of all the things you need to do, call, see, write, etc.

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Ian's Messy Desk

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Birthdays - (if you don’t put them on your digital calendar system), group by date, as reviewable (those during a month, put in tickler for that month, etc.). ditto on encryption ). Gifts - organized by people and/or a general list of neat things to buy for others and where to get them. .)<strong>Basic

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

Great tips and tricks for productive use of the To Do’s, Calendar, Email, Contacts, and more. A 35 page step-by-step manual for optimizing Notes as a personal productivity tool.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 2, 2012

If you need color and pictures, use a lot on your calendar or planning book. Such people may combine a To Do list with a calendar or schedule. SPEND TIME PLANNING AND ORGANIZING. Setting aside time to think and plan is time well-spent. Organize in a way that makes sense to you. USE A TO DO LIST.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 24, 2014

There are numerous tools that allow people to collaborate and share from anywhere, like interactive calendaring, videoconferencing, Microsoft’s Office 365 and the Rogers One Number app are two examples. Be a good communicator. Poor communication often causes confusion, leading to stress in the office.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Have a Centralized Calendar. A family calendar can help you track what is going on for all family members. They don’t want to think about school a day earlier than necessary. Here are some tips to prepare home and family for getting into the back-to-school groove.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Don’t cram your Calendar so full that you have no time for reflection. Scrooge, A Charlie Brown Christmas and many others reinforce what Christmas is all about. Take some quiet time. Make Advent a season of preparation: mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Christmas is only as commercial as you make it.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 30, 2012

You can use a journal, a calendar, a graph or any other form that works for you. Work with specific times; whether it’s a deadline for a one-off project or regular times for on-going behaviour. Track your progress. Write it down. Make sure you track both your successes and failures so you can refine your systems. Set rewards or penalties.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Related articles Reduce Christmas Stress by Organizing Now, Part 5 – Mapping Out Your Calendar (1-2-3getorganized.blogspot.com) 4 Tricks For Throwing A Christmas Party For Kids That’s Stress Free (rock-kool-dadie.blogspot.com) Related Posts: Productivity Links Why do we need time management? Don’t feel you have to do everything.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 31, 2012

You can use a journal, a calendar, a graph or any other form that works for you. Work with specific times; whether it’s a deadline for a one-off project or regular times for on-going behaviour. Track your progress. Write it down. Make sure you track both your successes and failures so you can refine your systems. Set rewards or penalties.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

Record meeting information on your calendar, then toss the memo. Make sure you really need it before you keep it. Toss out anything you no longer need. Don’t keep routine memos or anything that gives you information you already know or have. We you receive document revisions, toss the orginals.

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

A useful daily planner: is both a calendar and a notebook. Make it easy for employers to see what you can do for them by going a couple of steps further: The daily planner. Many busy people find that they cannot get along without the help of their daily planner. should be small enough to carry with you.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

My mother has gotten things done by using heavily annotated paper calendars. The closest she ever came to digital organization was an electronic address book she used until it became too difficult to read the screen.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

If necessary, write a date and time on your calendar when you’ll retrieve this paper for further action. Once you’ve completed these items, the paper should be filed, re-routed to someone else or discarded. DELAY IT. If further action needs to be taken on this paper, file it in a Reminder file or inyour file cabinet. DELEGATE IT.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 3, 2010

Or once-a-month, spring for dessert treats in honor of those celebrating birthdays in that calendar month. For group or departmental appreciations, consider a “Leave Work 30 Minutes Early Next Friday&# reward. You are limited only by your imagination and budget.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Unfortunately, our calendars and to-do lists often get in the way of common sense. Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky , of the University of California, has conducted considerable research in the area of personal satisfaction. The following eight points summarize her findings. There’s a lot of common sense wrapped up in these steps.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Review last year’s calendar to determine what may come up in the next few months, then meet with your boss about what she hopes to accomplish. When your boss is having a bad day, it can be easy to pass that mood along to you. But you can put a plan in place that will reduce your boss’ stress and, therefore, your own.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

If necessary, write a date and time on your calendar when you’ll be retrieving this paper for further action. This means that further action needs to be taken on this paper, but not right now. File it in a Reminder file or in your file cabinet. DELEGATE IT.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Related articles 1 in 3 Britons already stocking up on Christmas food (your-story.org) How to Make Christmas Less Stressful (money.usnews.com) Reduce Christmas Stress by Organizing Now, Part 5 – Mapping Out Your Calendar (1-2-3getorganized.blogspot.com) Related Posts: Planning Ahead for Christmas 10 Ways to Get in the Christmas Spirit Organize (..)

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

List #1 – The weekly calendar. Drop those lesser priorities, which do not advance you towards reaching you goal(s). 3) Define Your Priorities Using the 3-List Method. All time management begins with planning. Use lists to set priorities, plan activities and measure progress. One approach is the 3-list method. Time is precious.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. Many people overlook this crucial step and end up missing important appointments, deadlines or details. Get hooked on mnemonics.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 11, 2012

A calendar is the easiest place to track such a list. Regular tasks can occur on a monthly cycle: e.g., paying bills. You can create date-based lists that will remind you to complete task which are regular, but not frequent. A to-do list can be as simple or as complex as you need.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

A calendar is the easiest place to track such a list. Regular tasks can occur on a monthly cycle: e.g., paying bills. You can create date-based lists that will remind you to complete task which are regular, but not frequent. A to-do list can be as simple or as complex as you need.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. To be more productive, allocate 15 minutes each week. Initially it may take you longer to catch up if you have a large pile, but 15 minutes is manageable. We all can find this much time in our schedules.

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