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September
2008
Feature Article: "How to Have Your Best Year Ever!"
September is a
month of new beginnings - new schedules, new routines, and
a new season at work. Remember how excited you were as a child to begin school with a new class and
teacher hoping you'd do better this year?
It's like that as adults when we flip over that
calendar page to
begin our fall routine. You can make a change and it could actually be "your
best year ever!" Read our article below to do so.
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Important News . . . * Sam's Club ordered 15,000 copies of Simplify Your Holidays available September 5! You can help me by purchasing copies there right away! Let me know what city and where you get your copy to add to my "Book Sighting" list. * Four events are coming up I don't want you to miss: September 13, October 9, November 15, 2008, and January 23-25, 2009. Check the website at the end of the email. I'll be there!
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FEATURE ARTICLE: "How
to Have Your Best Year Ever!"
by Marcia Ramsland, The Organizing Pro
I love new beginnings and September is my
favorite month for making changes. It's a good time to consider if you
will continue what you did last year and whether that brought you the
results you hoped for.
For example, make a chart like the one below and
jot down the major activities where you spend your energy and time.
It's an eye-opener when you compare your calendar and paycheck and
circle of people from last
September to what it will be this coming year.
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MY ACTIVITIES |
LAST YEAR (sample) |
THIS YEAR (sample) |
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Income |
Earned $60,000. |
Add Graphics side business for extra income. |
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Social Groups |
Neighborhood Bunco |
Drop Bunco and join a gym. Keep PTA and Band Boosters. |
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Family Relationships |
Married 19 yr. with three kids – junior high and high school. |
Celebrate 20th anniversary to Caribbean. First child to college. |
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Organizing Projects |
Organized my closet. |
Organize home office.
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Home Improvement |
Basically cut the grass and shoveled snow. |
Repair or replace the roof. Get siding quotes. |
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Physical Fitness |
Walked occasionally. |
Join a gym. |
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Spiritual Growth |
Watched TV church. |
Attend a church. |
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Savings |
Saved 10% |
Save 15% |
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Satisfaction Level |
Everything's OK. |
Make activity changes and get out of my rut! |
At the
beginning of each month you might want to use the personal habit I use of
listing three personal goals for the month. I know the appointments, urgencies
and interruptions will all happen, but they won't move my "life" ahead.
So what would you write?
For example, my goals for September include writing two new websites, getting in
my business paperwork for an out of state change, and getting my email In-Box
down daily to single digits weekly. It keeps my daily tasks focused.
Keep
this where you will see it each day either on a 3 x 5 card, a white board, or on
the top of your monthly calendar- or all three! You'll be amazed
at what you can accomplish!
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The chart excerpt is from
Simplify Your Time - a Thirty Day Time Makeover available at
www.OrganizingPro.com.
Today's
Paper Tip:
"Sort
your paperwork by asking, "Is this paper worth my time and space to deal
with it?" If the answer is no, let it go. If the answer is yes, get it
done as soon as possible.
-- Simplify Your Time
Conferences I invite you to meet me personally:
1) September 13, 2008 Carlsbad, CA. An all day Saturday Conference for women who want to feel Fantastic after 40 and thrive in midlife! Founder Pam Farrel. Visit http://www.SeasonedSisters.com
2) October 9, 2009 San Diego, CA. Dinner
Launch meeting and program for women in media on the West Coast/San
Diego. Visit
http://www.WomenInChristianMedia.org
3) November 15, 2008 San Diego, CA. The
Smart Woman's Lifestyle Conference all day Saturday with national
experts to focus on health and wealth, home and work.
http://www.SmartWomansLifestyle.com
4) January 23-25, 2009 Miami, FL. The You Can Do It! Organizing Conference for personal training and consultation with Professional Organizers Sandra Felton, Marcia Ramsland, and Marsha Simms. Visit http://www.sortitout.net/Class/
P.S. Don't
forget to be the FIRST to get my newest book,
Simplify Your Holidays! Let
me know if you spot it in Sam's Club and what city. I'm keeping track of
"Book Sightings!" Thanks... and let me know how you like it.
Warmly,
Marcia Ramsland,
The
Organizing Pro