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Saturday, September 15, 2007
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How to Get Organized - Step-by-Step Lessons to Make It Happen
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Surprisingly this has turned out to be a rather laid-back week although my schedule hasn’t changed much. I managed to skip out for breakfast with some of my friends and lunch with the kids today.
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Getting organized is definitely on my to-do list. And just to motivate myself and those of you who’re like me, I’m running it in our Modern Living article today.
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How to Get Organized - Step-by-Step Lessons to Make It Happen
by Carmen Coker
Do you ever look at your home or office and say, “This place is so cluttered! I need to get it together, but I feel like everything is so far gone now…nothing can help!”
Do you ever think about your life and say, “I am a lost cause – I am so disorganized. Where would I even begin?”
If you find that you are contemplating getting organized or acknowledging that your life and surroundings could be more organized, then it is a safe bet that your lack of organization is a stressor for you.
The underlying stress may take many physical forms – procrastination, anger, anxiety, and depression - just to name a few. The good news: if you are chronically disorganized, then you can alleviate these negative behaviors by organizing your life, your home, or your office.
The following L-E-S-S-O-N-S can help you prioritize, focus, and accomplish your goals…one step at a time!
* List every task you must complete or want to complete. Grab 2 sheets of paper and a pen. On the 1st sheet, write down whatever comes to mind, no matter how big or how small it is, how long you have wanted to do it, or who wants you to do it. Pay no mind to priority or importance of each item at this stage. This is your brainstorming session! You are going to weed through the pile in the next two steps.
* Establish priority order for all tasks. Look at the list you just created in the previous step. Really examine it. What items are most important to your family, your livelihood, or yourself? What must be accomplished quickly? Those should be your top concerns.
Which thing will be the most or the least fun? Which thing will be the most or least stressful? As you begin to create your prioritized list of tasks, order it so that you fluctuate between the better tasks and the worse tasks. This serves as a small motivator; you know that when you are working on a rather unpleasant job, that the upcoming one will not be nearly as bad!
Since you have given the list a little thought, it’s time to use the 2nd sheet of paper. Number each line. Choose the most crucial “To Do” of the lot and place it in the #1 position, and then continue through all the numbers until you are finished ranking the tasks.
* Select the most important task of all and start with it. Your focus should be whatever task made it into the #1 spot on your list. Once you are done with #1, move onto #2.
* Set a time limit to carry out this task. There are two parts to this step.
(1) Set a long-term goal, such as “Cleaning out my garage will take me two full weeks.” Be realistic when you do this, or else you will be setting yourself up for failure. Give yourself double the time you think it will take you. If you believe a project will take you 4 days, give yourself 8 days.
The extra time never hurts! If something comes up and you need the extra time, you will not be stressed out because you are missing the deadline. If you finish early, you can pat yourself on the back for reaching your goal ahead of schedule. The key is to set a deadline and stick to it.
(2) Divide the long-term goal into smaller chunks, such as ”I will work on my garage on Saturday mornings from 8-1130am and Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 8-10pm.” Be specific on your days and times, making an appointment with yourself for each period and marking them respectively on your calendar. What’s even more important than making the appointment with yourself? Keeping it. Decide that you have the discipline to follow-through; your mentality is half the battle!
* Omit distractions of any kind. Put the kids to bed. Put the dog outside. Turn off the ringer on the phone. Power down your cell. Turn off the TV. Close the front door and don’t answer the doorbell. By eliminating factors that could cause disruptions, you are setting yourself up for success in the next step.
* Never lose focus on the task at hand. Keep on keeping on. Don’t allow yourself unnecessary breaks, as they will deplete your time and energy, and may even divert your attention away from the goal and onto something else completely. Set an alarm to go off when your session will be over, and remain attentive until the alarm sounds.
If you find that you are having trouble staying focused, then decrease the time allotted for the smaller sessions. Instead of working 4 hours, try 3 hours.
* Show yourself some love. When you complete a goal, you should reward yourself. Get a pedicure, play a round of golf, go shopping – whatever makes you happy and relaxed. And you will enjoy the moment even more knowing that you have taken another giant step toward getting organized!
So, let's review the steps... * List every task. * Establish priority order. * Select the most important task and start with it. * Set a time limit. * Omit distractions. * Never lose focus. * Show yourself some love.
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About the author:
Carmen Coker is the owner of Clutterbugs and author of the Operation Organize series and Cheap Organizers, launching in Oct 07 and Dec 07 respectively. You can receive a FREE Get Organized! Tip Kit comprised of more than 50 ideas to increase your organizing savvy, a FREE weekly Clutterbugs E-zine newsletter, and dozens of FREE organizing tools by simply visiting http://www.organizeclutterbugs.com.
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Home Repair Safety Tips
by Michael Faraday
Making your own repairs to your home saves you time, worry and money, but you must not overlook some safety concerns when performing these repairs. Below, we list some simple safety tips for homeowners that will be making their own diy home repairs.
Heating and Cooling Repairs:
Always make sure that capacitors are discharged thoroughly when working on the electrical service box of an air conditioning or heating unit. Capacitors may still hold an electrical charge with enough electricity to kill a person even with the power turned off.
If you're working around gas lines, make sure not to damage them, as a gas leak make allow gas to build up and cause an explosion in your home. If you do damage a gas line, remove your family and yourself from the home immediately and call 911 to report the gas leak. A gas leak is definitely an emergency and requires quick action.
Electrical Repairs:
Always turn off electricity to the circuit you're working on. Never attempt for a moment to make a repair with electricity running through the circuit or it may be the last repair you'll ever make.
Remove jewelry, such as watches and necklaces when working around electricity. Try to always keep the odds in your favor. A dangling piece of metal touching a live circuit has the potential to draw electrical current right through your body.
Unless you really know what you're doing, do not work on any part of the circuit box in your home. Unless electricity has been turned off to the circuit box from outside the home, there is still electrical current running to the main circuit breaker. Even with the main turned off, there is still current running to the main switch.
Never work with electrical cords that are standing in water. The cord may have a break in the insulation surrounding the wire and cause serious electrical shock.
Plumbing Repairs:
When working on plumbing lines or plumbing fixtures in your home, make sure that the valve is closed to the line or fixture you'll be repairing. Some fixtures such as the bathroom toilet have their own cut-off valves, but even these are sometimes prone to failure.
Water traps in plumbing waste lines are designed to hold water that prevents sewer gases from entering the home. Sewer gases can build up quickly in a home when repairing waste lines where the trap has been removed. Always cover any waste lines completely where a trap has been removed temporarily.
When using caustic drain cleaners, be very careful if they do not unclog the drain. The drain cleaners will still be in the water and use of a plunger or other tool may splash the drain cleaner into your eyes or on your skin causing serious harm.
Repairing your home can be a fun and educational experience. Follow the simple safety tips above and may all of your future home repairs be safe ones.
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