| You're juggling as fast as you can, and it's never | | | | - Make a To-do list: Honestly, it may seen done to |
| quite enough. Job, money worries, family and kids, | | | | death, but writing things down helps declutter you |
| career and other relationships --everything is spinning | | | | mentally as you put your thoughts down on paper. |
| in the air and you don't dare stop. What can you do | | | | The very act of writing things down have been |
| to ease up and take some of the pressure off? | | | | documented to free up more 'computing space',as it |
| Breathe. | | | | were, in your head. |
| A little scheduling and thinking ahead will do wonders | | | | Organize your rituals. |
| for you, and your household. You can do this. Just | | | | -What are the thing you need to do to make sure |
| step back and make yourself some breathing space. | | | | the household/job/your health/fill in the blank runs |
| Prepare a specific place for your daily stuff. | | | | smoothly? |
| - Whether you call it a drop zone, launch pad, or | | | | For example, setting up your exercise clothes and |
| landing strip for when you take off in the morning, | | | | stuff( t-shirt, heart monitor, shorts, shoes with the |
| making a little space by the front door to provide a | | | | socks already in them, music) and setting the alarm |
| psychological and physical pause is very helpful. This is | | | | before getting into bed at night makes it easier to hit |
| where you can unload the literal burdens you're | | | | the ground running the next morning. Set up the |
| carrying from the day -- messenger bags, laptop | | | | floss-container on the side of the sink to take care |
| cases, shopping bags or groceries, umbrellas and | | | | of your teeth. Get a toybox catch-all to throw the |
| whatnot. | | | | scattered remnants of your kid's playtime before |
| A well-thought out set-up helps enormously in making | | | | they sleep. Little stuff that saves some time matters |
| sure there will be a place for everything, and | | | | in the long run. |
| everything will be in its place: a side table for bags, an | | | | - Set up the breakfast table and your meal fixings |
| organized space underneath -- with a tiny shoe rack, | | | | the night before. |
| maybe?-- for toed-off shoes and a small umbrella | | | | - Clear up your landing pad. Putting things back in their |
| stand, some nice bowls to hold keys, your | | | | assigned place, ALWAYS, trains you to be neater, |
| wristwatch, loose change...and maybe a cork-board to | | | | and save time fumbling for things in the morning rush, |
| display household bills and letters. See? | | | | because you know where they should be, so much |
| Automate your regular tasks. | | | | so, you can find them in the dark. And that's cool!. |
| - With all the activities you can do online, streamline | | | | Really, all this takes is being conscious and aware of |
| your paper-flow and ease your worries by | | | | what your needs are and using your native creativity |
| automating your bill payments, AFTER combing over | | | | and ingenuity to address those needs. It doesn't take |
| the fine print. Check with your utilities, your bank and | | | | a lot of money to do so, in fact, it forces you to be |
| your own needs to see where you can save on | | | | more creative with fewer stuff. The process does |
| unnecessary charges, or unearth hidden ones. If you | | | | take time, but pays off in the long run, so aren't you |
| have to, switch for better interest rates and free | | | | worth it? |
| services. | | | | |