How to organise everything in my life OS?

Yum

lists lists lists. i love them and they keep me organised. Mostly I just love that warm happy feeling you get when you cross off everything on your list. Sad i know...

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

I have a diary and put everything in there, just have a look at it before i go to bed for the next day.

I try and keep things on the 'down low'! Mainly only wash clothes when they are dirty not just because they have been worn once, mop floor once a week, quick wipe if it gets dirty rest of week. get kids to help (easier said than done!) try and plan things in advance like meals etc.

I project my expenses for the year and plan for things that come up such as car tax and mot, very cheap pancil and notebook system which has income and outgoing column for budgetting..nothing fancy but it works.

oliviarosejackson

Hey everyone,

Thanks for all of your tips, I have lots of ideas to try now

I must try harder with the lists. I have had so many diaries over the years and note pads. But I can never seem to follow them. I seem to just use my memory to remember everything. Not good with two kids thou.

I meal plan so to speak, but that meal plan is in my head, as is the shopping list and my rota for the week. No wonder I can't switch off sometimes with all of that whizzing round in my head.

How do you meal plan? Do you stick your meals on paper on the fridge? How far in advance do you check your diary? As I say, I have a calendar in the kitchen, but I never look at what is on there, lol.

karren

i swear by the calender on the wall in the kitchen, its one of the organiser ones with spaces for all the family

I use the diary in the phone and set alarms for birthdays etc everything goes in there, shifts, school events etc.

batch cook and its economical as mince goes so much further if you make a large batch and make into chilli, spag bol, and plain mince and onions.

write all the birthday cards at beg of month and write in corner when it has to posted which is covered by stamp

nannyboo1

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

I have Google calender on my iPhone, I know I am lucky to have one and not every one does. My DH's calender and mine are linked so I always know what he is doing. You can also get it on your computer as well http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/about.html

Thank you so much for this I have been looking for something like this for the laptop for ages

nannyboo1

I write things in my diary and while I never remember to look at it it does mean I don't ever double book. What I use more than anything is the organiser on my mobile phone and set reminders on this as I have a lousy memory.

Lovinglife

Hi I have made a New Year's Resolution for 2012 that I AM going to get myself organised as enough is enough!

I have 4 children, run a small craft business from home, have a husband (more work than the kids!), 2 large Labradors and a terrible memory!

My house is unorganised, cannot keep ontop of the huge mountains of washing, muddy dogs, forever forgetting bills etc no household system, no set working hours and everything is remembered last minute forever rushing around I did a long time ago used to be an organised person. :rotfl:


I just wondered if anybody has any good tips/advice on how to begin trying to organise your life such as any good websites I could visit for tips, any good iphone apps, any household system they have in place, any books I can read, any help work life, household chores, bill system anything at all I would really appreciate as I really want to be an organised person again. :jThanks in advance

tigerfeet2006

How old are your children?

Do you have a smart phone?

Sort out a spreadsheet with all your incoming and out goings.

Get yourself another bank account(s). I have one the wages go in. A sum gets transferred to the bills account where all the DD's go out of. Another sum goes to the shopping account (I take part in the grocery challenge). Some goes to savings etc.

I always make sure I do a load of washing a day, ideally it needs to be 2 loads with 5 of us if I can but 1 keeps it moving. Everything comes straight out of the machine is shaken out and hung straight up and then is folded and put straight away, I do not do ironing, DH does any shirts he needs.

Join the Flylady or the messies threads for help with the house.

tigerfeet2006

This is Martins Budget Planner guide

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/Budget-planning

monnagran

Soul Sister! I've been trying to get organised for the past year. I love the theory part - making lists, planning timetables etc. I just fall down on the activity part, Having made the list i feel I've done all that's necessary. Plus I am the biggest procratinator of all time.
What's helped me most is reading the Flylady's book "Sink Reflections". And the things I can now actually do is...

Clear my kitchen before I go to bed.
Use my kitchen timer and work on a task for 10 or 15 minutes. It's amazing what that achieves if you are someone who gets easily sidetracked.
Forget perfection, aim for 'better'.
Work round a room 10 or 15 minutes at a time, eventually I'll get all the way round.
Pick up after myself. if I get it out, I put it away.
Watch out for 'hot spots' where I put a piece of paper down and it is immediately covered by all sorts of bits and pieces until it is a towering mountain.
Choose one room a week and do one thing in it every day eg - tidy one day, dust the next day, wipe fingermarks off doors the next, wizz the vaccuum round the next.

Oh just read the book. It's finding out what works for you and remembering that there is a small army of messies keeping you company.
Good luck!