helpful tool for memory-impaired and lazy peopleIt

I have had an iPhone for almost two years but it’s only the past few months that I have really been using the camera for things other than taking pictures of things of family, friends, and interesting things I see.
Now it is an indispensable part of my life as I am prone to forgetfulness (my [...]

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Meal organizing

My husband and I had a great date tonight where we talked about the overload factor.
Like many families, we struggle with balancing many things:

my over-full-time job (ministry is never done)
Albert’s part time job with a 40-mile commute
Albert’s volunteering in the local school doing tutoring and assisting in classes
Daniel’s fencing training and competitions
Megan’s being in two [...]

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Adventures in driving

How Albert takes Megan to orchestra rehearsal:

Eat dinner.
Leave very early.
Go directly to rehearsal.
Arrive early.
End result: husband = happy, daughter = happy

How Angela takes Megan to rehearsal: (a recap of today’s happenings)

End up in meetings most of the day.
Lose track of time and realize she is late to get home.
Run out the office door, forgetting to [...]

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Organizing bills

Finances have always been a great anathema to me. I was never good at math. Trying to calculate numbers in my head makes my eyes glaze over.
Before we used computers, it would take me an hour to balance the checkbook because I would mess up calculations even with a calculator. My poor checkbook register was [...]

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Another daily planner system

Well those of you who know me know that I get easily bored with my organizational systems and am constantly reinventing. So here’s the one that I’ve been using the past month that has been working on quite well.
As I mentioned in a previous post on organizing, I use the online to-do site called gubb.net. [...]

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yet another desk organizing idea

As my family well knows, I am into reinventing my organizing system every couple of weeks or so. Some new idea strikes me in the middle of the night and then I wake up early excited to try my new idea.
My desk has been driving me nuts due to large piles of papers accumulating. Here’s [...]

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from rock bottom to high production: free to-do form

After going on 3 business trips in 4 weeks, I was pretty much pooped and unmotivated last night. When I get into these kinds of modes, I end up spinning my wheels and creating new organizing systems.
Last night was an all-time low. You know it’s pretty bad when you are unmotivated to do anything else [...]

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Organizing prayer requests on the iPhone

Well, this probably is not the most typical of posts you would see about the iPhone, but since I love to organize, and I love to pray, and I love my iPhone…. seems like it would be a good topic! And since just today I discovered how to take screenshots of my iPhone (press home [...]

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Getting control of life again

This has been a rough week for me, for a number of reasons:

Fell sick over a week ago, took a long time to recover, making me fall behind.
Went to a conference for two days that same week – more time away, and more falling behind.
Preached that Sunday – due to falling behind, only got 2 [...]

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Garage organizing and nice dinner

Well, my first week in the office is officially over… Monday through Thursday. It was a very quiet week as I was holed up most of the time working on my message. The staff are all very nice and I look forward to getting to know them better. They were so kind that they actually [...]

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