Summer Sizzles With Organization

By Bonnie Joy Dewkett

The summer months are almost here!  By taking a few moments now to get organized, and plan your summer months, you will be able to make better use of the free time you have while the weather is warm and the sun is shining!

1. Start by making summer plans now.  Planning your vacations, organizing projects and home improvement endeavors now will help ensure that they get done.  Preplanning and...

What is Multitasking?

Multitasking is when you handle more than one task at the same time or perform multiple projects on parallel tracks. Society now functions at a very fast pace and continues to move exponentially using many gadgets and internet sites. We are now connected to the world 24/7 and this instant information makes us feel on top of everything that is going on yet multitasking has been criticized as a hindrance to feeling happy.

In addition, Western society...

We are all procrastinators. Either consciously or subconsciously we delay, stall and put off various tasks that will make a positive difference in our lives. Procrastinating is actually a habit developed over a long period of time. Habits are very hard to change without a conscious, deliberate action taken on our part.

Traditionally, procrastination has been associated with perfectionism, a tendency to negatively evaluate outcomes and one's own performance. It is an intense...

The busiest people in this world right now will be the high school students. Studying, taking classes enroll in school activities and also socializing are a few things they ought to be doing in school. They could be having an equal load of work at home too.

Getting things organized must be the top most priority of high school students. It might seem like you do not have sufficient time to finish all the work you have, being a high school student. You might feel you are...

Select the time periods you think best for you. Here's an example: you select four time periods; they are Week, Month, Six Months and One Year. Label one file folder for each time period.

If you have an item you think may be needed in the future, but its useful life is no more than a week. Write the date on it for one week, hence, and place it in the back of the folder labeled "Week." Each week, start at the front of the Week file and throw away items more than a...

Time management, which is generally called management of time, is all about how to make best use of time. There is no other thing like time management. Time is a precious gem so you should save your time by not indulging in worthless. To make best use of your time you should use management of time because there is such a thing as self management and that's the key to making time your ally rather than your enemy.

If you are unorganized and goals of time management are...

Time is not tangible, but yet we all feel its effects as we age. Time passes you by while you are standing still or when running at full speed. You can't outrun time; it's too fast and tireless.

Time waits for no one. Some people try to save time, but time can't be saved like money. Money can be added; time can only be subtracted. Some people try to manage time in an effort to make the most of it, but it's not the time that gets maximized, it's the effort that really gets...

Success in your career has a lot to do with time management in the workplace. Wouldn’t you want to have time to finish that six-page analysis or report? Unfortunately, you don’t have all the time in the world to do what you have to do.

What then happens is that you overlap your responsibilities with your personal life. However, by employing time management in the workplace, you’ll be able to perform faster, better and just plain get ahead. Here are some time...

If you're not exercising in the morning, you may be missing out on an opportunity to increase your productivity.  Your energy level may not be as high as it could be.

But when you exercise in the morning, you're more likely to feel energized during your day.  And when you're energized, you're more productive.

If you currently exercise, but you exercise in the afternoon or evening, try having your exercise session in the morning instead.  Exercising...

A simple way to get more done during your day is to do your most important tasks during your productive hours.  Some people find that they're more productive in the morning.  Others are more productive at night.  And some are more productive in the afternoon.

If your schedule allows it, you could take it further by only working during your productive hours and taking the rest of the day off.  For instance, if you find that you get drowsy in the afternoon,...