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1. Quote of the Week
"When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be
reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books
You will be reading meanings."
- W. E. B. Du Bois
2. Editor's Note
As you may have noticed, we've created a new section. It's the
FREEware Educational Tools section, item four. One will provide
you with freeware programs that can help you activate your brain
power.
3. 5 techniques for how to organize your life
by Ann Burgett
How many times have you promised yourself you??™d get organized?
Have you lost something, missed an appointment, or forgotten a
birthday just because your life has gotten unmanageable? How
many of these ???get organized??? articles have you read only to
think, "Impossible!"?
Believe me when I say, you CAN get organized and it doesn??™t take
a life-changing makeover or mean you have to become Martha
Stewart. Incorporate these five simple techniques into your life
and you??™ll be well on your way to getting the upper hand on all
that clutters, overwhelms, hinders, and hampers you.
Your calendar
First, take a look at the calendar you??™re using. (I know there
are some of you who read that and said to yourself, ???Calendar?
What calendar???? Step number one for you??” get one!)
To use your time, you have to be able to see it. A calendar with
a full-month view is the best way to do this. Why? In one glance
you??™ll be able to see if one day is full and another empty..that
you??™ve got something planned after work three nights in a row.
You??™ll see if one week looks busier than another.. and you??™ll
see that you??™ve scheduled two busy weekends in a row. With that
one glance, you??™ll be able to plan your time better to truly fit
your schedule.
If you??™re more comfortable using a weekly or daily calendar for
specific times and notes, keep it. But, add a monthly view
calendar and turn to it first when setting appointments. You??™ll
really see when you have some time to spare, or not.
Organize two things every day
How do I define ???things???? I don??™t. YOU do. That??™s what??™s so
great about this organization technique. The biggest hurdle to
getting organized is beginning.
That hall closet is overflowing with stuff. The thought of
spending a Saturday afternoon cleaning it out is enough to make
you quit before you even begin. So how do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time. Go to that closet. Pick two things to o
rganize, and do it today. Whether that??™s two shelves, two boxes,
two piles of paper, or simply just two items... that??™s up to
you. That??™s doable!
Now you??™re not overwhelmed by the job. But think-- if you
organized two things every day, and there were 20 pieces of junk
in that messy closet, you??™d have the job done in about two
weeks! It all starts by aiming for that simple, reachable goal
of just two things every day.
Keep an ???action file.???
Get an accordion file, a notebook, a folder, or whatever works
for you. Make it something portable so that you won??™t mind
carrying it with you or in your bag or briefcase, to and from
your car, home, and the office. If you want, label sections of
the file to fit your life. You might have one pocket for
coupons, one set aside for your volunteer group, one for the
kids??™ school.. you get the idea.
This ???action file??? is to be used for papers or small items you
need for TODAY ONLY. Here??™s an example. You??™ve got a coupon for
the dry cleaner, some bills that need to be mailed, that church
survey that needs to be filled out, a birthday card for your
office mate, and a magazine you??™d like to look through. Put all
of them in your action file. As you go through your day, you
have everything you need??” clean, protected, and ready at hand.
If you get a ticket back from the dry cleaner put it into your
file. Every night, empty your action file, sort it out, and get
it ready for the next day.
Become a giver!
The easiest way to get organized is to throw away what you don??™t
want and don??™t need. We??™ve all heard this before. However, many
people hate to throw things in the garbage. If you can??™t learn
to make friends with the trash can, become a giver! Give what's
cluttering your closet to one of more of your friends!
Of course, donating usable items to an organization is also
great, but some of us never seem to get around to dropping off
donations. You probably see your friends on a weekly, or even
daily basis. If your comfortable doing it and it??™s appropriate,
give them your unneccessary stuff. (A side-effect of this
technique is a reputation for being generous. Not bad!)
Turn off the TV!
As the first technique points out, you have to use your time
wisely to get yourself organized. Many of us waste a lot of our
time in front of the television, and we don??™t even realize it.
If you??™re one of these people, try for one night not to turn on
the TV when you get home from work. If you can??™t go an entire
night, try an hour, or even a half-hour. Instead of watching
that prime-time sitcom, spend that time (time you say you don??™t
have enough of) organizing just two things!
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