I stared work on my entryway today. I’ll be posting a series of entries on how I’m going about it, step by step, so you can see how a Real Live Person with ADD starts and finishes an organizing project.
I basically use Julie Morgenstern’s five-step SPACE system (“SPACE” stands for Sort, Purge, Assign a home, [...]
Earlier today I came across a blog post by a CPO (that’s “certified professional organizer” about your junk drawer. You know, the one that has all those packets of ketchup in it? And those containers of pepper flakes that come with pizza? And your spare buttons, and some batteries, and that piece of paper with [...]
In case you’re not up with the gmail these days, it’s a free, web-based e-mail system with unlimited storage that is run by Google. One of gmail’s many (many) features is its calendar, which you can tweak to your heart’s content. You can create as many calendars as you want — for home and work, [...]
Last week I wrote about making up a gmail calendar schedule, but as you’ve probably already learned, it isn’t enough to just get yourself a gmail account and open up the calendar feature. You have to create a schedule, and then you have to notate it in a way that makes sense to you.
For example, [...]
Well, part of it anyway. But I cleaned that part of it really well.
I’ve been bitching a lot this week about feeling all tired and hibernatey. Low energy, low motivation, blah blah blah. Today I had to get it together because my partner’s coming back from a business trip, and I know [...]
On Monday I sat down and made myself a new schedule on my gmail calendar. Have I mentioned how much I love my gmail calendar? I’ve got it set to give me reminders via e-mail, SMS, and pop-ups at various times. I also have nice color coding of my activities:
My gmail calendar
