Getting OrganizedGetting OrganizedMonica James

Work & Family Life Consultant

Fleet & Family Support Center

You are today where You are today where your thoughts have your thoughts have

brought you.brought you.You will be tomorrow You will be tomorrow where your thoughts where your thoughts

take you.take you.-- James Lane Adam --

Getting OrganizedGetting Organized

• What?

• Where?

• When?

• Why?

• How?

What?

• Financial Paperwork

• Important Documents

• Personal “Stuff”

• Office/Work Supplies

• Schedule/Calendar

Where?• Home/Room• Storage Facility• Family’s Home• Car• Work/Office• Memory• Computer

When?

Start NOW!!Set goals

Project a timeline

Begin a routine

Why?Being organized:

• reduces stress

• gives you time to eat right

• gives you time to exercise

• reduces accidents

• allows you to breathe better

• can make you and others happier

How?

• Close your eyes and take a deep breath

• Start somewhere

• What’s bothering you the most?

• Focus on a little bit at a time

• Ask someone to bug you

• Bribe yourself

Identify Tasks• I have to, and I want to

– Shopping, spending time with family/friends, etc..

• I have to, but I don’t want to– Paying bills, doing laundry

• I don’t have to, but I want to– Surfing the internet, scrap booking

• I don’t have to, and I don’t want to– Volunteer work, old obligations

Every time you wake up and ask yourself,

'What good things am I going to do today?',

remember that when the sun goes down at sunset,

it will take a part of your life with it.

-- Proverb --