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| Jun 24, 2008 7:29 pm |
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Organization Tuesday: What should this "baby" be when it grows up? |
Julie Bestry
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As I mentioned last week, the key to organizing is not to put things
down, but to put them away. That means that "away" is a home
for what you want and need, the things that are age-appropriate,
size-appropriate, lifestyle-appropriate, and for the purposes of this
Ryze network, content-appropriate. Those of us offering
expert posts want to talk about the things that interest you, the
network members, and let go of topics that fail to meet your needs.
None of us, expert posters or readers, need more busywork in
our lives. :-)
Back on February
19th and 26th,
we talked about tips for organizing our thoughts to prevent and conquer writer's block.
In trying to figure out what to write this week, I
thought it might be helpful to review what we've already talked
about. In the nine
months I've been posting The
Business Consortium's Organizing Tuesday
messages – and yes, sometimes it's felt like trying to birth a baby --
we've covered the following topics:
Organizing
Your Stuff
Organizing
Your Time
Organizing
Your Thoughts and Concepts
Wow--it's been a busy nine months! No wonder it's sometimes felt like gestating a tiny person. I'm still following my own advice from February for
inspiration for these Organization Tuesday posts:
1. Create an idea file.
2. Use your computer to capture thoughts.
3. Harness the power of the web and social bookmarking
sites.
4. Subscribe judiciously to networking
groups.
5. Use tape flags to mark
likely resources.
6. Schedule
creative time on a regular
basis.
7. Schedule time with an accountability buddy.
But the truth is, I need your help. Your questions.
Your input. Please share with me what your
organizing concerns and obstacles are, and please be as specific as possible.
I can do a lot more to help when you say "I'm always
forgetting to do little tasks because I can't find the scrap of paper
where I wrote them down" or "I'm having trouble coming up with a filing
system so I remember where I filed something" than "I need help getting
organized". I use my own clients as inspiration, but many of
you operate businesses of very different types from the folks I usually
see, so I may not be hitting your concerns. What organizing
issues are slowing you down?
Please, let me know what organizing subjects (for tangible items, time
management or organizing thoughts) you'd like me tackle. If
you don't want to post in public, please feel free to email me, in
confidence, at organize@juliebestry.com
and I promised not to divulge your identity.
--
Julie Bestry, Certified Professional Organizer®
Best Results Organizing
"Don't apologize. Organize!"
organize@juliebestry.com
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