Notes from Your Organizer

Hello friends; I thought I would share some of my personal organizing and productivity messes and how I learned to fix them.

 I am the proud mother of a 27 year old son, Chris.  I am also a happy wife to a wonderful man, Ray.  Sounds dreamy right? Well it wasn’t always this way.  
 While raising Chris I not only found out he was challenged with ADHD and had anxiety disorder, I found out I too was challenged by these.  During the discovery time; which took years…..LOL, and a lot of trial and errors….mostly errors.  But they say we usually learn the best lessons from our errors and recovering from them.  Here are some of the lessons I learned which also has aided me in helping others.

 One of my challenges was that I always got into the mess of not having a clear mind when I had many projects going at the same time.  
 How I learned to fix that mess was I created a habit of “Live by your schedule - however, be flexible”.  I tried many calendaring systems over the years and as my life changed, so did my systems.  I tried one until I found the one that worked for me.  

 Here is my fix:  Learn how to build time in your schedule for switching projects.  Allow your mind to let go of the last project and direct it toward the next.  I can hear some of you saying “get real, I don’t have time to stop in between projects!”  How do I know you are saying that? Because I too, said the same thing!!  It doesn’t take much time; maybe just take a few minutes and get something to drink.  I get a drink and write in my notebook.  I have a notebook with me most of my time.  I write my notes from that project, my to-do-list, etc.  It helps me lay that project down and start another one.  Then read over your to-do-list and notes for the next project.  Sounds like a lot right? But it doesn’t have to be, this can take just a few minutes. When we are building habits it “seems” to take a long time, however, once you are in the habit of doing this; it will only takes a few minutes.  

 Try this  and let me know what worked for you.  Your can share on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/YourBusinessOrganizer or you can send me an email at sherry@justfixthismess.com

Now go get geared up for your next task/project and be productive.

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 ‘Til next month, 
 Sherry D. Norris