Discover Organization Forums - How much time a day do you spend to organize yourself

Gilipsie · (#1 (**permalink**))

In a typical day, how do you go about organizing yourself? Do you work off a calender and go from there? Spend the last 15 minutes of the evening planning for tomorrow? Wake up in the morning and organize yourself? Just looking for suggestions.

sacback1 · (#2 (**permalink**))

I would like to say that I do those things. Unfortunately, I am a bit lazy.

dave · (#3 (**permalink**))

I think we should set priority by evaluating the merit of each work.

janet · (#4 (**permalink**))

I don't do this daily. But I do look over my calendar on Sunday so I know what is coming up for the week and develop a list for my week from there.

dave · (#5 (**permalink**))

Yep, Sunday is best, it hardly take your 2-3 hours to organize.

Cyd · (#6 (**permalink**))

Does anyone else use a 'day-timer' type notebook or PDA to keep them organized, on track, on time, with bills paid, deadlines met?
It uses 3" x 5" paper refills, small enough to carry in pocket or bag.

Chris_P · (#7 (**permalink**))

I have a Master List on my desktop in Word. It includes all the cleaning that gets done weekly, monthly and quarterly in the house. It also includes a basic calendar for the week and a long term project list. Every Sunday I look at my calendar in Outlook and update my Master to-do list. I work off of that list during the week. If need be I can print it to bring with me but I usually write up a shorter to-do list either in the evening or first thing in the morning for the day.

I never question when the last time anything was done because it is on that list. When I meal plan the weekly meals also go on the list on the day of the week.

dave · (#8 (**permalink**))

Also you can check with brothersoft.com, that has work planner- Free to Download.

sally · (#9 (**permalink**))

I do it manually to prepare Master to-do list and strictly follow it, my problem is I get disrupted when some uninvited guest comes to our home in any busy Sunday.

Smilla · (#10 (**permalink**))

I have a masterlist for the things that are done daily, weekly and so on. For other errands and appointments we have a big calendar on the kitchenwall.
I try to plan ahead for the week on sunday. Then in the morning, or the night before if that works better, I go over what I have to do, prioritize if necessary and write it down if necessary.