Message Center

Your household should have a message center. This doesn't have to be elaborate, it can be magnets on the refrigerator, or a bulleting board on a door. Everyone in the home should be encouraged to use this center to list plans, shopping list, important telephone numbers, and all telephone messages (most imporant).

Keep this area current, throw out those notes that are outdated. Take care of as many of these items as you can each day. Those that you can't get to while you're right then and there, by the message center, should be transferred to your task list notebook - excpet of course when you're going to take the shopping list with you to the store, etc. But don't get caught up in taking the notes with you, instead of transferring them to your task list, because you could end up losing the paper, and then what, you're back to where you started, before you read this information.

More organization tips

• Lists Setting up a calendar and lists to assist in the organization process.
• Message Center Setting up a central place for messages and important information.
• Are you organized? A quick quiz to find out how organized you are, and how much you can do to make yourself more organized.
• Make your own organizer Making your own organizer to track tasks and dates.
• Telephone tips Ways to save time and frustration with the telephone.
• Errands and appointments Making the most out of errands and appointments.
• Using short periods wisely What to do when you only have a few minutes.
• Mail How to handle mail efficiently.
• Housework Make housework more productive and effective.
• Company Preparing for, and entertaining, company.
• Company Kit Setting up a kit for when company arrives on short notice.
• Each evening Preparing for the following day.
• Simple tidying Life can be easier if you set up areas for situations, tyding up the whole house.
• Laundry Ways to save time and money with the laundry.
• Distributing the Burden You don't have to do it all yourself, you can share the load.
• Delegation How to delegate effectively.
• Child's room Keeping your kid's rooms tidy.
• Storage Where to put things.
• Pack rat How to avoid being a pack rat.
• Messy Closet Cleaning out a messy closet.
• Garage Sale How to have a successful garage sale.
• Moving Sorting through your stuff for a move.
• Prevention Some ideas to prevent cleaning chores.
• Odds and ends How to deal with odds and ends that just kind of show up to clutter a room.
• Organizing Your Home Basics of organization.

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