Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Part Four "Organizing 1-2-3 FREE Mini-eCourse"
“Overcoming being Dis-organized: Practical advice for De-cluttered spaces and Organized daily living”
Harmonize and Synergize your life, your space and … SIMPLIFY! If your primary goal is to live in a neat, clutter-free environment, think of creating a smart system in which to operate freely, saving you valuable time as result of not having to hunt for lost items. Having more time to spend doing what you enjoy most is everyone’s dream.
By designing your own system, you will find methods of doing things and tasks in easier ways that might otherwise have been a strain. Papers cluster everywhere in every area of the home and need to first be cleaned up in order to create order and clear surfaces. Items lying around without purpose should be put away in designated places.
Designate a place for every item of value in your entire home. Use baskets, bins or drawers to store away items. Use files or folders to organize and store papers. With designated places established, it is much easier to remain organized.
To become organized it is crucial to break out of the very negative, self-defeating and often destructive ways of thinking that often have become so automatic, ingrained – and chronic, that you are not even aware of the negativity of it anymore. This you can do with the strong desire from within yourself to change from this situation where you are just “existing” in and break free to a new life that’s enjoyable and worth living.
Stress makes most challenges worse. Some psychological effects that a very disorganized person may experience include fears, emotional turmoil, frustration, social isolation, hopelessness, despair and even depression and anxiety. Relationship problems and struggles to cope with career demands and just day-by-day functioning as a human being become huge challenges in themselves, because the person loses a balanced perspective on life and focuses only on the condition that has become the problem that their life revolves around.
To decrease stress you may consider exploring relaxation and breathing disciplines, visualization techniques, music, self-awareness, mindfulness and consciously choosing to approach life from a positive point of view.
Organizing is not a goal or an end in itself. It is not a destination, but a significant doorway to achieving your dreams and higher goals, a better life, more time and energy to enjoy the things you love and that are important to you. It is a powerful motivator, and it’s absence is as powerful a discouragement.
You are designing a system that achieves far more than clean counter tops. Learning the skills to be organized is the greatest gift that you can ever give yourself! Applying these skills that you can learn is a way of taking care of yourself and greatly improving your sense of well-being. Achieving success in learning organizing skills will enable you to have time to serve others much better as you will be in control of your own situation, no longer discouraged, anxious or depressed!
Learn more about BECOMING ORGANIZED in this newly released Organizing 1-2-3 eBook. Again, thank you for reading this mini-ecourse and I hope Part Four has been informative for you! Your next and final Part Five of the mini-ecourse will soon be available.
However, if you know that you are already interested in the Organizing 1-2-3 eBook, I have a special introductory offer that might not last long. Receive your ebook for just $19.97! ACT NOW, BEFORE THEY ARE GONE! So grab this special price while you can!
Place YOUR order NOW by following the directions below!!
Order Your Organizing 1-2-3 e-book NOW by clicking on the "button" below that says "Buy Now."
Harmonize and Synergize your life, your space and … SIMPLIFY! If your primary goal is to live in a neat, clutter-free environment, think of creating a smart system in which to operate freely, saving you valuable time as result of not having to hunt for lost items. Having more time to spend doing what you enjoy most is everyone’s dream.
By designing your own system, you will find methods of doing things and tasks in easier ways that might otherwise have been a strain. Papers cluster everywhere in every area of the home and need to first be cleaned up in order to create order and clear surfaces. Items lying around without purpose should be put away in designated places.
Designate a place for every item of value in your entire home. Use baskets, bins or drawers to store away items. Use files or folders to organize and store papers. With designated places established, it is much easier to remain organized.
To become organized it is crucial to break out of the very negative, self-defeating and often destructive ways of thinking that often have become so automatic, ingrained – and chronic, that you are not even aware of the negativity of it anymore. This you can do with the strong desire from within yourself to change from this situation where you are just “existing” in and break free to a new life that’s enjoyable and worth living.
Stress makes most challenges worse. Some psychological effects that a very disorganized person may experience include fears, emotional turmoil, frustration, social isolation, hopelessness, despair and even depression and anxiety. Relationship problems and struggles to cope with career demands and just day-by-day functioning as a human being become huge challenges in themselves, because the person loses a balanced perspective on life and focuses only on the condition that has become the problem that their life revolves around.
To decrease stress you may consider exploring relaxation and breathing disciplines, visualization techniques, music, self-awareness, mindfulness and consciously choosing to approach life from a positive point of view.
Organizing is not a goal or an end in itself. It is not a destination, but a significant doorway to achieving your dreams and higher goals, a better life, more time and energy to enjoy the things you love and that are important to you. It is a powerful motivator, and it’s absence is as powerful a discouragement.
You are designing a system that achieves far more than clean counter tops. Learning the skills to be organized is the greatest gift that you can ever give yourself! Applying these skills that you can learn is a way of taking care of yourself and greatly improving your sense of well-being. Achieving success in learning organizing skills will enable you to have time to serve others much better as you will be in control of your own situation, no longer discouraged, anxious or depressed!
Learn more about BECOMING ORGANIZED in this newly released Organizing 1-2-3 eBook. Again, thank you for reading this mini-ecourse and I hope Part Four has been informative for you! Your next and final Part Five of the mini-ecourse will soon be available.
However, if you know that you are already interested in the Organizing 1-2-3 eBook, I have a special introductory offer that might not last long. Receive your ebook for just $19.97! ACT NOW, BEFORE THEY ARE GONE! So grab this special price while you can!
Place YOUR order NOW by following the directions below!!
Order Your Organizing 1-2-3 e-book NOW by clicking on the "button" below that says "Buy Now."
Part Three "Organizing 1-2-3 FREE Mini-eCourse"
“Overcoming being Dis-organized: Practical advice for De-cluttered spaces and Organized daily living”
In order to create a lasting solution, ask probing questions first, plan well and then attempt to organize the disarray afterwards in a rational, unemotional and well planned way. First, think everything through and design a system based on your unique personality and adjusted accordingly.
You need to design an environment that is a reflection of who you are and the way you operate. Your aim is to create an environment that you find easy to maintain because it comes natural to you and is tweaked to your needs. Most people think that when they get organized they have to change who they are. That is why their systems don’t last or work for long before they fall back into bad patterns and ways.
You keep trying to retrain and force yourself to be more disciplined and do things differently to what comes natural to you and what you like and feel most at ease and comfortable with. Come up with alternatives that allow you to work where you are most comfortable, like doing your bills on the kitchen table instead of the back office. Adjust things according to your natural inclinations and habits. Make it work for you and not against you to avoid frustration and the sense of failure. Set yourself up for success and not for failing in your own eyes.
It is possible to adjust your lifestyle to promote your general well being and state of mind. How I live and feel, what I eat, exercise, cope with stress and sleep may make a world of difference in how I cope with the challenge of becoming organized – or not! Are you eating right, drinking enough water each day, getting enough fresh air, sunshine and exercise? If not, you can certainly do something about it.
When deciding whether to save or toss something, use the “W_A_S_T_E” acronym to help you.
1. Is the item Worthwhile to keep?
2. Will you be using this item Again? If you haven’t used it in a year, you probably won’t need it again. If you don’t use it, lose it!
3. Can this item easily be found Somewhere else?
4. Will anything serious happen if you Toss it? Toss or donate old stuff when you buy new items, except when you attach huge sentimental value to the items.
5. Do you need the Entire thing? If not, keep what you need and toss or donate the rest.
My personal choices may make the difference between losing and winning the battle. Even if I don’t have a lot of options in life, there is still one thing I have a choice about - my attitude. I can achieve amazing things if I have the right attitude and put my resolve behind it – not allowing negative feelings to drag me down. “I can achieve anything that I really put my will and heart behind!” Don’t allow the enormity of your challenge to obscure all the avenues for growth and forward movement that may be available to you!
Even if you are at the point of discouragement, somewhere down there in your spirit you still find enough resolve to make that decision of your will to turn your life around. Developing good personal habits are crucial. Whether you love and accept yourself, know who you are, what you want in life and where you are going creates a sense of self-respect, self-esteem, and self-worth that others instinctively feel and will treat you accordingly.
Regardless of your particular case, requirements or obstacles, you will find some help, encouragement and motivation for a happy life here!
Again, thank you for reading this mini-ecourse and I hope Part Three has been informative for you!
Part Four of this mini-ecourse will be available tomorrow. However, if you know that you are already interested in the Organizing 1-2-3 eBook, I have a special introductory offer that might not last long. Receive your ebook for just $19.97! ACT NOW, BEFORE THEY ARE GONE! So grab this special price while you can!
Place YOUR order NOW by following the directions below!!
Order Your Organizing 1-2-3 e-book NOW by clicking on the "button" below that says "Buy Now."
In order to create a lasting solution, ask probing questions first, plan well and then attempt to organize the disarray afterwards in a rational, unemotional and well planned way. First, think everything through and design a system based on your unique personality and adjusted accordingly.
You need to design an environment that is a reflection of who you are and the way you operate. Your aim is to create an environment that you find easy to maintain because it comes natural to you and is tweaked to your needs. Most people think that when they get organized they have to change who they are. That is why their systems don’t last or work for long before they fall back into bad patterns and ways.
You keep trying to retrain and force yourself to be more disciplined and do things differently to what comes natural to you and what you like and feel most at ease and comfortable with. Come up with alternatives that allow you to work where you are most comfortable, like doing your bills on the kitchen table instead of the back office. Adjust things according to your natural inclinations and habits. Make it work for you and not against you to avoid frustration and the sense of failure. Set yourself up for success and not for failing in your own eyes.
It is possible to adjust your lifestyle to promote your general well being and state of mind. How I live and feel, what I eat, exercise, cope with stress and sleep may make a world of difference in how I cope with the challenge of becoming organized – or not! Are you eating right, drinking enough water each day, getting enough fresh air, sunshine and exercise? If not, you can certainly do something about it.
When deciding whether to save or toss something, use the “W_A_S_T_E” acronym to help you.
1. Is the item Worthwhile to keep?
2. Will you be using this item Again? If you haven’t used it in a year, you probably won’t need it again. If you don’t use it, lose it!
3. Can this item easily be found Somewhere else?
4. Will anything serious happen if you Toss it? Toss or donate old stuff when you buy new items, except when you attach huge sentimental value to the items.
5. Do you need the Entire thing? If not, keep what you need and toss or donate the rest.
My personal choices may make the difference between losing and winning the battle. Even if I don’t have a lot of options in life, there is still one thing I have a choice about - my attitude. I can achieve amazing things if I have the right attitude and put my resolve behind it – not allowing negative feelings to drag me down. “I can achieve anything that I really put my will and heart behind!” Don’t allow the enormity of your challenge to obscure all the avenues for growth and forward movement that may be available to you!
Even if you are at the point of discouragement, somewhere down there in your spirit you still find enough resolve to make that decision of your will to turn your life around. Developing good personal habits are crucial. Whether you love and accept yourself, know who you are, what you want in life and where you are going creates a sense of self-respect, self-esteem, and self-worth that others instinctively feel and will treat you accordingly.
Regardless of your particular case, requirements or obstacles, you will find some help, encouragement and motivation for a happy life here!
Again, thank you for reading this mini-ecourse and I hope Part Three has been informative for you!
Part Four of this mini-ecourse will be available tomorrow. However, if you know that you are already interested in the Organizing 1-2-3 eBook, I have a special introductory offer that might not last long. Receive your ebook for just $19.97! ACT NOW, BEFORE THEY ARE GONE! So grab this special price while you can!
Place YOUR order NOW by following the directions below!!
Order Your Organizing 1-2-3 e-book NOW by clicking on the "button" below that says "Buy Now."
Paper Workshop
Welcome to My Paper Management Workshop
Photo Credits: By Upupa4me
I would like to begin by telling you a little information about myself. I am a registered nurse and I also earned by diploma in medical transcription.
I have several years of nursing experience and I even had the wonderful opportunity to write and teach a few online medical assisting courses on the college academic level.
However, I have always had a great passion for organizing my house. I studied many resources about home organization and decluttering a house. There is so much helpful information to learn. I decided to continue to pursue my interest in this field.
Now, I am very proud to tell you that I am a trained Professional Organizer. I successfully completed the program listed below and I enjoyed my training very much.
We support the Institute for Professional Organizers™ Fast Track Method™ Training Self-Study Program developed by experienced organizers.
You can learn how to start your professional organizing business and how to organize. The program includes 8 hours of online videos, a comprehensive manual, and personal coaching. You can study from the comfort of your own home.
So, now you are a little more familiar with my training. We will get onto our topic of paper management. I thought it would be fun and interesting to start with one of my favorite videos. As you get to know me, you will soon find out that I am a visual person and I truly enjoy many helpful videos regarding home organization.
Video Below Titled "How to Organize Your Files with Freedom Filer Filing System"
Video Below Titled "How to Organize Your Files with Freedom Filer Filing System"
I wanted to mention the fact that people are not born organized. Organization and paper management are important skills that can be learned just like learning how to cook, ride a bike, or drive a car. It takes motivation, time, and practice.
Please keep in mind that paper management is not a one-time event, it is a process and it involves maintenance.
Learning Objectives of My Paper Management Workshop
The A.R.T. of Paper Management
Positive Benefits of Organizing Your Paper Information
How to Develop a Paper/Information Processing Center
Where to Start with Paper Management
Filing Strategies
How to Know What Paper to Toss and What Paper to Keep
Where to Keep Your Paper Information and How to Maintain Your Files
Helpful Products and Systems for Organizing Paper Information
Helpful Products for Tracking Finances
Benefits of Organizing Your Paper
A major benefit of organizing your paper is you will know exactly where to look for the specific information you need for many important transactions such as:
Financial and Estate Planning
Investments and Bank Statements
Bill Paying
Tax Preparation
Health Records
Educational Records
Property Records
When your paper is processed, acted on and maintained in the correct manner, you are rewarded with the positive benefits of efficient financial record keeping. You will be able to quickly and easily find the information you need when you need it.
You will have a less cluttered environment. You should be able to focus on your priorities and goals, not piles of disorganized paper.
The A.R.T. of Paper Management
Information comes to us in many forms such as emails, letters, etc. The most important factor is what we actually do with the information after it arrives.
Three Important Categories for Sorting Your Papers
1. Action - The paper/information needs your action, such as current bills to be paid.
2. Reference - You may need the paper/information for future reference, such as tax receipts.
3. Toss - You don’t need the specific paper/information and you don’t need to take action on it.
Create a Paper Processing Center
I would like to include a helpful video at this point in our Paper Management Workshop that correlates with our discussion.
Video Below Titled "Solve your Paper/Filing Problems: Command Center for Paperwork"
Assign a specific area for each activity within the paper processing center including:
Action papers
Reference papers to be filed
Trash
Recycling
Shredder or separate container
Move items needed to support each paper processing activity to their proper zone such as reference papers to file, action papers, recycling, etc.
Where to start
This may be a great time to include an appropriate video regarding this topic.
Video Below Titled "Paper Organization - How to Set Up a Filing System"
Once you have processed your most recent papers, you can work on your piles of paper and filed papers in old systems.
File strategies
A common question I hear from people is “how do I know what paper is important and how long do I keep it?”
Before you decide whether or not to keep a certain piece of paper, you need to decide its purpose.
Action vs. Reference Information
Is it information you will need in the future or is it something you need to take action on?
If it is information you will refer to later, do you need to keep it in paper form or can it be safely stored electronically?
If it is information you are actively working on now or will need in the next few weeks it is an “action paper”. Action papers may sit out appropriately on a desk or work space for quick and easy access.
If it is something you will need to refer to "at a later date in the future," such as last year’s income tax records, you can file it in a reference or archive filing system.
What to Keep and How Long
Each situation is individual for the person. For financial records, always seek the professional advice of a CPA for your specific requirements.
You may want to keep your tax returns indefinitely.
Where to Keep Your Records
Once you have sorted through your papers and decided what to keep, you need a place to safely store them.
Products and Systems for Your Action Papers
When creating your own filing system, you may wish to choose a labeling system that works best for you. Think of how you want to access your information.
Action Papers: Keep action files in a vertical manner on the desk top in a file box.
Meetings scheduled
Bills to be paid
Cards to mail
Invitations
Registrations to be mailed
Invoices
Appointments
Phone calls to return
Products/Systems for Your Reference Papers
Now, is a good time to introduce another helpful video for our workshop presentation.
Video Below Titled "Quick Tip: How to Organize Your Filing Cabinet Files"
Your reference papers should be filed in a Reference Filing System. You can label your files by category alphabetically or chronologically. You can store your reference documents in a filing cabinet.
Create a hanging file folder tab for each main category and manila file folder and label for each subcategory. The labels should make it easy for you to find the contents.
Products/Systems for Your Reference Papers
At this time, I would like to add an excellent video presentation regarding this subject.
Video Below Titled "The easiest way to label your file folders: Freedom Filer"
You can use prepackaged labeling products or create your own labels that work best for you.
Some common categories or labels for reference papers are:
Finances
Taxes
Insurance
Personal Property
Vital Records
Health/Medical History
Employment Records
Education Records
Products and Systems for Your Reference Papers - Tax Records
Pocket accordion files can be useful for the following:
Receipts
Tax Filing
Investment Documents
Bank Statements
Credit Card Statements
Income Statements
Charitable Deductions
Medical Expenses
Miscellaneous Expenses
Child Care Expenses
Business Expenses
Products and Systems for Tracking your Finances
There is Financial software such as Quicken or Quickbooks.
Products and Systems for Digital Financial Records
Actually, the more paper information you can store in a digital format, the less physical space you will need to store information.
The Neat scanner is one tool that can help you in storing information digitally. Neat is a desktop scanner and digital filing system that can scan receipts, business cards and documents. A great advantage is that it includes software that identifies and extracts the important information and automatically organizes it for you.
Helps you organize:
Receipts
Bills
Medical Forms
Business Cards
Bank Statements
Credit Card Statements
Maintenance
You should regularly process your papers to keep your information maintained and organized. You can sort your incoming papers using the ART of Paper Management system. A good habit is to file your reference papers once at least once a week. File your important information in your reference file system.
Summary
When your paper is processed, acted on and stored properly we are rewarded with the benefits of efficient financial record keeping.
You be able to find the information you need when we need it. You should have a less cluttered environment and be able to focus on your priorities and goals.
I hope you enjoyed our Paper Management Workshop. Please take a look at our Declutter Workshop when you have a chance. I am looking forward to developing my Time Management Workshop in the future. Please check out FreedomFiler by clicking on the image below. I have two of their filing systems and I just love them.
Part Two "Organizing 1-2-3 FREE Mini-eCourse"
“Overcoming being Dis-organized: Practical advice for De-cluttered spaces and Organized daily living”
TODAY, we are continuing our discussion on OVERCOMING BEING DIS-ORGANIZED, and more strategies you may want to implement to cope better, while working on getting rid of the CLUTTER once and for all. You need your family’s support to maintain your new organizing systems once you have conquered the clutter.
Learning and practicing better communication skills is a wonderful way to reconnect to your family and heal relationships that may have been damaged. Three basic skills are invaluable and critical to enabling families to function properly on all levels:
Suffering as result of being disorganized is a most personal, intimate and emotionally painful matter that affects one’s self-image, so one tends to focus on one’s imperfections and shortcomings and starts to question one’s self-worth. If you are discouraged and feel as if your whole life is disintegrating under the weight of this problem, then the Organizing 1-2-3 eBook is for you!
Anxiousness and irritability often results, as well as secrecy, shame and withdrawal, as the individual realizes that his or her behavior is not desirable or understandable to others, so social events are avoided. People that continue to live in cluttered, messy conditions may even experience depression.
We have to learn how the inner drive mechanisms work and, more importantly, how to change things - only then will we have the knowledge and power to overcome the natural setbacks that may occur and gradually start to control the compulsion to procrastinate and aggravate the situation further.
Disorganized people deal with their embarrassment and emotional pain in different ways, like avoidance of other people, hiding, denying, over compensation or costly interventions just to get rid of the nightmare.
Are you there too?
Again, thank you for reading Part Two in our five-day series of the FREE, five-part mini-e-course, which is taken straight from this newly released Organizing 1-2-3 eBook.
Part Three of this mini-ecourse will be available soon. However, if you know that you are already interested in the Organizing 1-2-3 eBook, I have a special introductory offer that might not last long. Receive your ebook for just $19.97! ACT NOW, BEFORE THEY ARE GONE! So grab this special price while you can!
Place YOUR order NOW by following the directions below!!
Order Your Organizing 1-2-3 e-book NOW by clicking on the "button" below that says "Buy Now."
TODAY, we are continuing our discussion on OVERCOMING BEING DIS-ORGANIZED, and more strategies you may want to implement to cope better, while working on getting rid of the CLUTTER once and for all. You need your family’s support to maintain your new organizing systems once you have conquered the clutter.
Learning and practicing better communication skills is a wonderful way to reconnect to your family and heal relationships that may have been damaged. Three basic skills are invaluable and critical to enabling families to function properly on all levels:
- The ability to listen to and hear each other respectfully without interruptions
- Respecting each other’s individuality and right to own opinions
- The ability to distinguish behaviors from persons so that undesired behavior may be rejected but never the person (Asking the person to change behavior rather than judging or blaming him or her personally)
Suffering as result of being disorganized is a most personal, intimate and emotionally painful matter that affects one’s self-image, so one tends to focus on one’s imperfections and shortcomings and starts to question one’s self-worth. If you are discouraged and feel as if your whole life is disintegrating under the weight of this problem, then the Organizing 1-2-3 eBook is for you!
Anxiousness and irritability often results, as well as secrecy, shame and withdrawal, as the individual realizes that his or her behavior is not desirable or understandable to others, so social events are avoided. People that continue to live in cluttered, messy conditions may even experience depression.
We have to learn how the inner drive mechanisms work and, more importantly, how to change things - only then will we have the knowledge and power to overcome the natural setbacks that may occur and gradually start to control the compulsion to procrastinate and aggravate the situation further.
Disorganized people deal with their embarrassment and emotional pain in different ways, like avoidance of other people, hiding, denying, over compensation or costly interventions just to get rid of the nightmare.
Are you there too?
Again, thank you for reading Part Two in our five-day series of the FREE, five-part mini-e-course, which is taken straight from this newly released Organizing 1-2-3 eBook.
Part Three of this mini-ecourse will be available soon. However, if you know that you are already interested in the Organizing 1-2-3 eBook, I have a special introductory offer that might not last long. Receive your ebook for just $19.97! ACT NOW, BEFORE THEY ARE GONE! So grab this special price while you can!
Place YOUR order NOW by following the directions below!!
Order Your Organizing 1-2-3 e-book NOW by clicking on the "button" below that says "Buy Now."
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