Use Your Calendar to Simplify Your Busy Life
by Marcia Ramsland, author of
Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay that Way!
Cherish your time by treating your personal calendar as
a prized possession. Keep your calendar with you at all times, if
possible. Having your appointments, meeting plans, and phone numbers
close by will help you successfully manage any changes that come up.
The way you schedule events can simplify or complicate your life, so
remember to:
1. Keep one monthly calendar.
2. Write down all your appointments in one or two words.
3. Diagonally mark off passed date boxes while reflecting if it was time
well spent.
4. Pencil in all appointments and potential events coming up.
5. Promptly say "no" to invitations and meetings that you cannot or do not
wish to attend.
6. Always respond to everyone who contacts you.
7. Offer two alternative options when rescheduling an event.
One Life, One Calendar
Most people have many parts to their lives and more than one calendar to
manage them. This can be a problem. If you have a calendar on the
refrigerator, one in your purse, and one at work, you’re going to be one
overscheduled, busy person. The worst part is that you’ll be leaving out the
most important commodity to make it all work -- you.
There are only twenty-four hours in anyone’s day, and you don’t need to
add to your stress by feeling fragmented and having things fall through
the cracks. Your calendar-- a single calendar should reflect a balanced
and satisfying life for you. You can start that journey by consolidating
your activities through living one life on one calendar.
(Excerpt from Simplify
Your Life: Get Organized and Stay that Way!)
My book Simplify
Your Life: Get Organized and Stay that Way! is complete
in itself to teach you how to do this in step-by-step systems. The
audio CD also contains 60 photos that actually let you “see and hear”
how all the wonderful tips in the book actually work. You will
find yourself saying, "I CAN do this."
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