I admit it. I have a problem. I’m a journal/planner junkie. There, I said it. I love to make to do lists and I love checking off the completed tasks; whether in a planner or a journal. This obsession started for me back in my first job out of college as a bank bookkeeper. They […]
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Why You Need Time Management and Organizing Skills to Be Your Most Productive
Does your office look like this? Definition of Organizing: Arrange into a structured whole/order. Synonyms are: put into order, arrange, sort or categorize. Definition of Productivity: The measure of the efficiency of a person, machine or system in connecting inputs into useful outputs. Synonyms are: efficiency, production, output. Definition of Time Management: The ability to […]
Why It’s Easier to Get Started Organizing Your Papers Than You Might Think
You want to get started organizing your paper but there are so many stacks in so many different places that you are just overwhelmed and don’t know where to start. So you do nothing, right??? I know how you feel! I’ve been there but it’s easier than you might think. I’ll help you get started. […]
8 Signs You Need Help With Paper Organization
You have so many stacks of papers and boxes of papers around your home that it embarrasses you so much that you’ve quit having people over. Every time you see all the boxes and stacks of papers you feel stressed and overwhelmed. You have filing cabinets with papers that are so old that the papers […]
What To Do About the Never-ending Incoming Paperwork
I get asked a lot about how to stay on top of all the papers that you receive on a daily basis. Between new mail, advertisements, catalogs, bills, email and anything that your husband and/or kids bring home it can be overwhelming! Mail and Miscellaneous Papers The best advice that I can give you is […]
What I’ve Learned About Retiring
As you may or may not know I retired from my full-time job on February 1st of this year. I plan on focusing all my attention now on this blog and website. In the almost year before I actually retired, I did a lot of research; talked to some experts and made sure I had […]
Taxes Part 2
So, in part 1 of this blog post, I explained how I file my paperwork all year for my taxes so I’m not scrambling for it in January for my tax man. In this part, I’m going to give you a little more information on exactly what paperwork you will need and some of the […]
Your Tax Paperwork
How do you sort your paperwork for your taxes? Do you have it all thrown in a bag or drawer somewhere in your home and then in January panic because you now have to sort through it all? Do you have it scattered all over so that when you go to get ready to do […]