scheduling
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Tool: Free Printable Laundry List of To Do’s and To Do Itinerary Form
by Hollie on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 | 23 comments
Get your weekly to-do's Buttoned Up with these 2 free printable forms! Step 1. Your laundry list of to do's Buttoned Up. Use this sheet to capture all of your to-do's. Don't worry about prioritizing or editing—the purpose of ... [read more] -
Do the Hard Things First – It’s Actually Easier!
by Stephanie Dickison on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 | 1 comment
Even organizational experts have tasks they don’t like doing. The author of It’s Hard to Make a Difference If You Can’t Find Your Keys, Marilyn Paul, PhD, confesses that she does not enjoy checking things off her to do list. Gasp! We all have a drawer or a file or pile that stumps us. It’s completely normal folks. ... [read more] -
Timing is Everything
by Stephanie Dickison on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | No Comments
There is something to be said for timing. As with most things, especially in creative jobs, it is either achingly slow or so busy you want to throw up. Recently, despite my constant output, it’s been slow workwise for me. At first, I was incredibly frustrated. After all, I didn’t even take a break at Christmas, while my ... [read more] -
5 Things to Do Right Now to Simply Your Life
by Stephanie Dickison on Friday, February 26th, 2010 | 3 comments
Life is busy and difficult enough. Make the regular, recurring events in your life easy with these 5 steps. 1. Get a perpetual calendar I have had one for about a decade and honestly, I don’t know how I managed without it before. Birthdays and anniversaries land on the same day every year, so why have ... [read more] -
Planning Does Not Take Away Your Creativity and Spontaneity!
by Stephanie Dickison on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 | 2 comments
A lot of people I know that are living completely scattered lives refuse to write things down and plan things out. The fear is that it takes away from their creativity and spontaneity and that if something changes, then they’ve got to work to change it (read: make a mess in their appointment book, etc.). The problem ... [read more] -
Are You Overscheduling Yourself?
by Stephanie Dickison on Friday, January 1st, 2010 | 1 comment
With your mail box filling up, never-ending list of errands and all of the social and family obligations you’ve got, do you feel overwhelmed? Like you can’t breathe and never have time for yourself? It’s probably because you’re overscheduling yourself. And it’s an easy habit to fall into – you’ll just add one more thing to your ... [read more] -
Choosing the Right Planner for Your Lifestyle
by Stephanie Dickison on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 | No Comments
When I left my office job to pursue freelance writing fulltime, I think I went through 6 planners before I found the right one! See, I had been using a Filofax for most of my life because of its portability and adaptability. Now that I was working at home, I could get something that would stay ... [read more]










