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Your Life Organized

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Your Life Organized Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 31, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Christmas organizing and planning links Here we are at the end of August, two-thirds of the way through 2010. Here are 10 gift ideas in small packages.

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Get organized for back to school

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Get organized for back to school Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 25, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Have a Centralized Calendar. A family calendar can help you track what is going on for all family members. Organize your mornings.

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Holiday Time Management Tip – Share the Workload

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Charitable organizations often run gift-wrapping services as a fund raiser. You can save some time and support a worthy cause by getting your gifts wrapped. Get family members involved in shopping, decorating, baking, etc. Holidays can add the expectation of the personal touch to all that happens. Ask for help.

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8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk

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Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data. Use the right tools: Set a timer for the length of time you have decided to work on this project.

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How to Plan Ahead for Christmas

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Shop for Christmas Year Round Anytime you are out shopping keep an eye open for Christmas gifts. At the least, you spread the cost of buying gifts over twelve months rather than breaking the bank at the end of the year. Order Christmas gifts online to save time and avoid the local shopping crowds.

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2 Measures of effective productivity systems…

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The closest she ever came to digital organization was an electronic address book she used until it became too difficult to read the screen. My mother has gotten things done by using heavily annotated paper calendars. In fact, visiting with mom forces me to be more organized, because she needs to be organized.

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How to be of More Value to Your Boss

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That’s why it’s important to position yourself as a valuable employee in your organization. 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. Your manager’s perception is reality.

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