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2 Minute Tips #4 – Packing

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Have a trip coming up?  Don’t know when you are going to find the time to pack?  Tired of forgetting something important?

Welcome to the next video in the Mindfully Organized 2 Minute tip series. In today’s episode I am going to give you some tips on packing effectively with less stress.

First thing first is to get it all out of your head.  Hmm does that sound like last week?  Your brain can only think of so many things at one time.  So pull out your journal, a pretty piece of paper, Evernote, whatever works for you right now.  Start making a list of everything you want to take with you.

Ask yourself a couple of key questions?

  • What is the weather going to be like?
  • Are there any events where I need something I don’t normally wear?
  • Will I need exercise gear or a swim suit?
  • Will I have access to laundry?
  • What have I forgotten before?

Now when you think of something else you can just pull out your list and add it on.

A few days or week before you go pull out your suitcase.  As you see items you may want, as you fold laundry, as you think of things take those items and drop them into your bag.  You will probably end up with too much stuff but you will be creating a starting point for your packing.  and Your favorite leggings will be in your suitcase not in the laundry.

When the time comes to pack lay out all the items on the bed check your list and decide what to take.

I made a generic packing list document that you  can use as a starting point.

PDF Version of Packing List for Printing
Excel Version of Packing List for Customizing

What do you think?  What tricks do you have for destressing and simplifying packing?  Leave a comment below and share will all of us!

Mindfully Organized 2 Minute Tips #1 – Getting Projects Done

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Have you ever contemplated a project or multiple projects you wanted to compete and thought, how in the world am I ever going to get these done with everything I have going on right now?

Welcome to the first video in the Mindfully Organized 2 Minute tip series. In today’s episode I am going to give you some tips to getting those projects you have been hoping to do, finished and reduce your stress at the same time.  Sound too good to be true?  They actually go hand in hand.

First thing, first, is to GET IT ALL OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

Your brain can’t focus when it has to remember too many things all at once!  So pull out your computer, your journal, your favorite to-do-list program, mind-mapping software, poster board and pens whatever works for you and start downloading.

This is not the final list you will be working from it doesn’t have to be perfect this is just a brain dump. Get it out where you can see it.

You will find that for the next day or so you will need to add things to the list as your brain processes. Get your project chunked into small actionable tasks.

Not build website, but

~Chose tagline ~find headshot ~write homepage copy

Now the key to choosing what to do next is to ask yourself a couple of key questions. The same kind of questions I ask my coaching clients.

~What has an immediate deadline? ~What is most important to move the project along? ~Can I concentrate on just one project?

If you have a really old project hanging over your head ask yourself, do I really want to do this project?  What is getting in my way?

Now schedule for the coming week at least one task per day.  If you are working on your business, I actually suggest 3 tasks per day. Before you know it the project will be done.

What do you think?  What have you found to be the best way to get projects started and rolling along?  Leave me a comment below.

NeatDesk Desktop Scanner

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I am loving our NeatDesk scanner! When my fiance purchased this last year I wasn’t convinced that it was a time saver, then I started to see the light.
Your scanned receipts are searchable by vendor, date, amount.
The documents that are cluttering up your desk because you may need them one day…converted into 1s and 0s to be found with a quick search if you ever do need them.

Sooo Cool!

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