Organization and Efficiency
Planning and Getting Organized for a Spirited Halloween This Year
Planning and Getting Organized for a Spirited Halloween This Year
Planning and Getting Organized for a Spirited Halloween This Year
Why should we get in the spirit of Halloween?
Halloween is an enjoyable time of year. People look forward to celebrating all year long, knowing they can dress in costumes, decorate their homes and offices, and have a fun time! Halloween is an especially fine time of year for those who are great with crafts and being creative! They can create their own decorations, costumes, designs, and more. There is no holiday like it! We go trick-or-treating, carve pumpkins, wear costumes...it's unlike any other! Celebrating holidays helps us get our minds off the daily grind to rejoice and have some fun. Halloween is one of those fun opportunities.
Busy people love celebrating and getting in the spirit as much as everyone else but have difficulty with the time constraints. You have a busy schedule if you:
- Have a job where you work long hours
- Have a family
- Have a side business in addition to your job
- Have a full-time job while going to college
- Own a business on a full-time basis
- Are a full-time student
What is Mental Organization?
Planning and Getting Organized for a Spirited Halloween This Year
Planning and Getting Organized for a Spirited Halloween This Year
Mental Organization is being able to organize and prioritize effectively to get a lot done during the day. For example, if I have 15 things I need to do today and the thoughts about each are just kind of floating in my mind, without a real concrete step-by-step process on which I'm going to do first, which second, and how, I am probably only going to accomplish 2 or 3 of the 15. Having mental organization allows you to not only save time, and money that you can use for other things, but can also help you get more accomplished. Here are two examples:
1) A student needs to write an essay. She procrastinates and keeps putting it off because in her mind, she does not know what to write first, what to write second, and how to conclude. She has a couple of ideas floating around in her mind but can't bring them all together in a systematic, organized way. This causes her high levels of stress and anxiety.
You will get more done in a short period of time - which is the definition of efficiency - just by having strong physical and mental organization skills. You will also have more balance to give all aspects of your life the proper amount of attention they need.
Ideas for Organization during Spring Break
Planning and Getting Organized for a Spirited Halloween This Year
How to Organize Your Life by Organizing Your Mind: 5 Strategies
Spring Break is about fun. It will help, though, to take a day or two to organize and plan for the rest of the year to achieve as many goals as possible. Here are some ideas:
1) Organize and throw away items from drawers in the kitchen.
2) Purchase a planner, if you are not actively using one already.
3) Write down in your planner 4 books you want to read between now and end of December.
4) Write down in planner how much you want to have saved between now and December.
Also write down how much debt you want to have paid off each month.
5) Come up with exercise plan for the rest of the year - one thing you are willing to do each day to stay healthy and fit.
6) Clean and organize pantry and refrigerator.
7) Go through emails and clean out your inbox!
How to Organize Your Life by Organizing Your Mind: 5 Strategies
How to Organize Your Life by Organizing Your Mind: 5 Strategies
How to Organize Your Life by Organizing Your Mind: 5 Strategies
What is mental organization?
Mental organization is systematizing and prioritizing in your mind in an effective way to get a lot done during the day. It is the opposite of mental clutter. This is when there is a lot in a person’s mind but little direction as to what to do first, what to do second, and so on.
Most people are not well-versed or aware of mental organization. They do, however, know what physical organization is and often refer to that as just organization. Mental organization comes before physical organization. You must have ideas and thoughts organized in your mind before you can make your physical spaces organized.
What are the benefits of mental organization?
There are numerous benefits for learning organization skills to improve your life. These benefits include:
· Reduced stress
· Improved sleep
· More focus
Effective Strategies to Break Major Projects into Smaller Parts
How to Organize Your Life by Organizing Your Mind: 5 Strategies
Effective Strategies to Break Major Projects into Smaller Parts
Questions
- Do you ever find yourself wanting to tackle a project or a task but not knowing how to get it started?
- Do you get overwhelmed and stressed out by large projects?
- Are there tasks too daunting for you to either start or finish because of their enormity and complexity?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, this article could help guide you through effective strategies using an organized, systematic, efficient approach.
Projects and Tasks in Everyday Life
The thought of having to do tasks that are large and time-consuming can be daunting. Everyday tasks and chores often get delayed or procrastinated because they seem so grandiose and time-consuming. These tasks include:
- Washing the cars
- Cleaning our homes
- Organizing cabinets and drawers
- Preparing a monthly budget
- Getting taxes done
11 Ways to Stay Organized in Life by Using Microsoft Excel
How to Organize Your Life by Organizing Your Mind: 5 Strategies
Effective Strategies to Break Major Projects into Smaller Parts
Introduction
We know there are many uses of Microsoft Excel in our professional lives and schools. Almost all businesses use or could use Microsoft Excel for organizing important data. In many professions, Excel is relied on heavily for:
Storing and managing data
Data analysis
Preparing reports and visualizing data Financial information tracking and monitoring And more
Microsoft Excel is not taught as widely as other Microsoft Office products in schools and colleges. Other MS Office products that are used most commonly include:
Outlook
PowerPoint
Word
Teams
Other apps are associated with the product, but these four are the most commonly used, including Excel.
90 Meal Ideas for 90 Days for Busy People to Save Time and Money
90 Meal Ideas for 90 Days for Busy People to Save Time and Money
90 Meal Ideas for 90 Days for Busy People to Save Time and Money
Introduction
Most people have such busy schedules that saving time and saving money is a great necessity! One of the best ways to save both time and money is by planning meals, especially dinner. By planning ahead of time what meals you are going to cook each day of the week, you can go to the grocery store buying only the items you need, which will help you save money. You will end up purchasing items you only need and nothing extra. You'll save time in the grocery store by going after only the items you need and then leaving. If you plan ahead, you'll eat from outside restaurants far less often which will help you live a more healthy life. Saving time, and money, avoiding wasting food, and eating healthy, are all benefits of planning meals! Meal planning also helps to reduce stress by not worrying about what to make last minute.
Instead of going through cookbooks each weekend to come up with meal ideas, use a list of meals that you typically make on an Excel sheet or a Word document. It will be faster to have a list to choose from if time is of the essence. During vacations and holidays, you will have more time to go online and look for recipes that interest you to try. For weekly planning, however, it's best to use a "go-to" list to pick 5 to 7 items quickly.
10 Specific Ways Parents Can Teach Kids Organizing Skills
90 Meal Ideas for 90 Days for Busy People to Save Time and Money
90 Meal Ideas for 90 Days for Busy People to Save Time and Money
Organizing is a lifelong skill. The sooner we acquire it, the better we become at categorizing, prioritizing, and making decisions that impact our overall success. We even learn how to manage our time more effectively and become more efficient due to organizing. We develop systems that help us make decisions faster and with more confidence. The sooner we can teach kids to be organized, systematic, and efficient with their time and energy, the better it will be for their, overall, future success. Benefits include:
- More prepared for school
- Less stress
- Stronger sense of accomplishment
- Better routines
- Planning skills
- Setting and achieving goals
- Mental processing
- Meeting deadlines
- Better self-confidence and stronger self-esteem
- Following directions and procedures
It's challenging for kids to develop organizing skills on their own. They need help and guidance from parents and guardians. Explain to them the importance and benefits of learning organizing skills. If they know and understand the importance, they will most likely want to learn and adapt new techniques and strategies.