How To Hone Your Organizational Skills

If you're a busy person, the stress can really get to you after awhile

. To be able to be organized, you have to maintain your priorities and make times for the most important things in your life. Although the tools to stay organized today are maybe a little bit easier to work with than a filefax someone might have used in the 1990s, you still need to make a schedule and plan out your week in order to stay on top of things.

The first part to making a schedule is to divide your day into blocks of time. You should work out an hourly schedule based on the things you do every day. Mark what time you wake up, leave time for showering, eating, and taking any daily medication. Then, of course, mark off the time that you spend every day at work. The evening should be divided into any necessary things you need to do, such as housework and errands. Writing everything down will help you to stay on time and not be late.

Once you have a basic schedule, you can make everything more specific. The part of the day you spend at work, you can write to-do lists to make sure you get everything done that you need to. Do the same with your errands. Write where you need to go and what you need to do at each place. For example, when you go grocery shopping, make a list ahead of time of all the things you'll need.

Another way to stay organized is to plan out a budget. Mark down all of the bills you need to pay and what dates you need to pay them. Mark down how much income you're planning to make that month, so you'll know how much extra money you'll have once the bills are paid. This will make sure you pay your bills on time and that you don't spend too much money on other things that you don't need.

All of this organization might be a little bit trying. One of the things you can do to make sure you don't get too stressed out is to pick one or two evenings or the weekend to be unscheduled. Don't write out a schedule for your weekend, and you'll find at first that you don't know what to do with all the extra time, but after awhile, you'll enjoy your free time. This is the time that can be spent with family, friends, and significant others. Also, having this free time will help you in case you don't get to something you need to do during the week.

If you have a smart phone or a computer you check regularly, you can have electronic calendars set up to help you stay organized. You can be sent e-mail, text, or cell phone alerts to remind you of medications you need to take, appointments you've made, or simple dinners with friends.

by: Cory Ross

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