Help me organise my life

Gingham_Ribbon

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=214139&highlight=Moggins

3KIDSNOMONEY

Thanks everyone, good to know I am not the only one who feels like they need lists to organise themselves. Bought a note book but the idea of a ringbinder seems a lot better, will try that.

angelavdavis

I am hopeless at remembering my friend's children's names (and the order!) so I have to keep a note so I don't end up writing to xxx, xxx and family on cards which is so naff!!

sammy_kaye18

You know what

Ive had a note book for an organised Christmas and even have a file for the household bills, a binder for boyfriends debts (outgoigns to who etc) but have never made a general hosuehold one

Think ill make one with the following sections

- Bills (the income and outgoings calcualted including benefits etc)
- shopping
- cleaning
- birthdays
- gift list
- contact numbers and addresses
- pets details
- other dates - pet jabs, child jabs, medical appointments etc
- monthly money saving
- christmas gift list
- christmas cupboard inventory
- christmas savings record (pigback vouchers kept, tesco vouchers kept
etc)


hmmm................have a day off on sunday so might spend the day organising my life.

lil_me

Seriuosly for those with little ones especially consider profiles for them, my parents and friends had to look after my boys in a hurry, I was in no state to explain, they knew a little about them but nothing about routines and even feeding for the baby, or medications etc and now they wouldn't know now about school things like PE, swimming days, routines, medical stuff etc etc. I have made sure family, friends and the boys know where to find the journal if ever needed. It's there for peace of mind if nothing else. I know a complete stranger could come in if ever needed and look after my kids and know the basics about them, which would make any similar situations easier to deal with.

That's the thread I was searching for, but typed journal, doh!!

kethry

i think users of these kinds of journals should think: what if the worst scenario was to happen? (not nice, i know, but got to be done)... e.g. fire, house burnt to ground. Assume you got out with The Journal. what info is in it that you would need? What about if you have kids and you n the OH are hurt/killed? what info would someone else need? what if you were kidnapped in the middle of the day by some nasty person, and the police needed your OH's number? all that kind of info needs to go into the book.

The other thing you can do is to programme the Next of Kin details into your mobile phone. There's actually a code that you put in, and medical/emergency staff know to look for that code first before anything else, only i forget what it is... someone'll know. My phone has my OH down as Next of Kin.

rather depressing, but gotta be done..

keth
xx

Sharra

Do you mean ICE (In Case of Emergency)? I think thats the one they were talking about when the bombs were going off in London.
I've got ICE ICE2 and ICE3 on my phone so they know who to contact if I'm in an accident or something like that.

pavlovs_dog

its the ICE campaign kethry - In Case of Emergency

it took off after the 7/7 attacks. people are encouraged to enter ICE before/after the name of their next of kin in the phone book of their mobile phone, so that the emrgency services could easily tell who to contact.

there's a bbc article here

Sunny_Angel

Quote Kethry

The other thing you can do is to programme the Next of Kin details into your mobile phone. There's actually a code that you put in, and medical/emergency staff know to look for that code first before anything else, only i forget what it is... someone'll know.

Isn't it "ICE",
i.e in case of emergency

hth
Sunny Angel

nodwah

I have post its every where - inside cupboard doors and esp inside teh front door - I'd forget to look in a folder!!

BTW what does everybody do with all their important bits of paper? I have a two drawer filing cabinet but still always have letters, quotes, bankstatements etc etc lying around and more come in every day I'm feeling like I'm drowning in paper. I go into other people'shouses and don't see this so where is it?