Organizing With Kids
Kids don’t come with an owner’s manual. And most of them are not naturally organized and tidy. Letting them live in slob-ville is very tempting, I know. But as parents, we are tasked with raising functional adults. And that means teaching them how to organize. I am not naturally organized. I learned it at the hand (and at the bitter end of the tongue) of my mother. My daughter thinks it’s natural, and doesn’t even want to try. Yet we have been working with getting and keeping her organized for most of her life.
Why Bother To Organize?
One of the things I hear frequently is “why bother to organize?” Today we will look at why organization and productivity go hand in hand.
How To Organize School Papers
School papers - those treasured examples and markers of a child’s passage through school - are wonderful reminders of a child’s growth. But if you are drowning in school papers, you are risking losing other things in the slew of pulp. Today we will look at how to organize school papers and minimize the chance of lost items in the mess.
How To Organize A Kindle Library
As I have shared before, I believe that ebooks are a great productivity boost. They allow me to read more wherever I am. Unfortunately, managing the electronic library can quickly get overwhelming. Unlike with paper books, you can't sort them into piles, and it can be difficult to find what you are looking for. This week I share the strategies I use to manage my books as well as my reading workflow.
Your Phone Clutter Is Hurting Your Productivity
I know I am not the only one who struggles with this, because when I see people looking for information on their phone it seems like they are tapping all over the place as well. My phone is cluttered. I'll bet your phone is cluttered too. And it's hurting your productivity.
An Easier Way to Avoid Spring Cleaning Permanently
I've never been able to get in the habit of deep cleaning. I don't ever want to spring clean like my mother, and I know that if I approach it as a maintenance task, I can get there...but I needed something that would feed me what I needed to do when I needed to do it.
MultCloud: Your Cloud File Organizer
Have you ever been unable to find a file because you couldn't remember where you put it? Today we will look at managing multiple cloud drives with a simple site.: Multcloud
From Laura’s Desk – 17 August 2016
I’ve been thinking a lot about organization lately. It started with Marie Kondo’s The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. It’s an amazing and thorough system, and it has brought about some pretty big changes in my life. But once any organization system is in place, it has to be maintained. And so I have made some resolutions to help.
