Results tagged “disorganized” from Momtourage: Need Advice?

How can I keep the family on schedule when I’m disorganized?

THE QUESTION :

I am hopelessly disorganized. I schedule my kids for playdates and after-school activities, yet I never have my calendar with me when it happens. What's an easy way to keep track of all my family's activities?

THE ANSWER:

The easy part of this answer is to start carrying a calendar! Bring a planner that’s appropriate for you--either paper or electronic--where you can include everyone’s schedule.

Janine Sarna-Jones

How can I stop paper from piling up?

THE QUESTION :

I’m drowning in paper. Every time I turn around there’s a new pile. Every night, before we can sit down at our dining-room table to eat dinner, we have to clear away piles of mail, magazines, catalogs and our child’s artwork.

THE ANSWER:

Stop it at the door. Instead of bringing it into your house so it can breed like mold, throw away and recycle junk mail first and foremost. Then make a home for the rest, such as unpaid bills and unread magazines. If you find yourself drowning in pieces of paper, remember that those piles represent delayed decisions that you are going to have to make sooner or later.

Janine Sarna-Jones

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