Alright, congrats again to Marianne for being my first winner!
Week 2 is upon us and like I said, I want to help everyone (including myself) get organized in the new year. Last weeks giveaway was good, but I like this week's better. In this week's Organization Bundle I am giving away a blue Mom's Planner Organizer, a magnetic "To-Do" List, Mom & Me chapsticks (because as busy as we all are we have to keep our lips healthy - and there are 3 chapsticks so no matter how unorganized you are you should be able to find one!) and Absolutely Organized: A Mom's Guide to a No-Stress Schedule and Clutter-Free Home by Debbie Lillard. It's a well written, informative book that has great ideas for organinzing your life through your time, belongings and home. It's a book I wish someone had given me to read before I had a baby because the tips are so helpful.
That being said, you can earn up to 4 entries for this giveaway just like before! Please comment seperately for each entry (so if you blog about the contest write a comment, if you follow write a seperate comment, etc).
1.) Comment with your best time management solution.
2.) Blog about this contest on your blog with a link back to mine.
3.) Follow Me.
4.) Put my button on your blog.
Again - if you already follow and you already have my button just comment (seperatley) with that. This contest is open until next Thursday 1/15/09 11:59pm. The winner will again be chosen by the integer generator at Random.org.
Good luck!
112 comments:
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The best time management solution for me is to leave an extra 10 minutes early for an appointment. I found I was chronically in a rush and that stresses me out so leaving a bit earlier relieves that.
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ok best time management solution...well prepare the night before. Most of my time management stuff is about having to go out with the kids to appointments or something. So if I know I am going to have a busy morning..then I try to have everything ready to go the night before. I get their clothes and things set out, have theirs and my bags packed, and even with my daughter I will have her tube feeding and medicine ready to go the night before. That way I dont have to rush so much in the morning.
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My best time management solution is pretty basic. I plan my mornings the night before. The bakcpacks are packed,clothes are out, coats and boots are laid out bu the door and I already know exactly what the kids will eat for breakfast. Its sounds simple but it makes my mornings so much easier!
i must say my best time management solution is to do things while youre walking and driving, like if you have to make a phone call to set an appointment do it while your walking the dog...
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My best time management would be to make sure the kids have their clothes picked out for the week (socks and undies included) My 6 year old has an organizer that hangs from the closet with Mon-Fri cubbies. That way it is not a hassle in the morning to get dressed :)
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I just posted your giveaway at my blog :)
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I try to manage time by getting up a bit earlier than I need to - that way I don't feel 'rushed' when I'm trying to leave in the morning, because I usually have a bit of extra time left.
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I would really like it.
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I put your button on my blog.
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Cute blog...love the cheeriness!
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I have your button.
Prep your Monday night dinner on Sunday night before bed. Chop up the veggies, pre-cook meats, it makes dinner prep after work or while kids are running around so much more streamline!
I use a Franklin planner, have for years, because I LOVE feeling organized (and I have no short-term memory).
OK, I have very poor time management, but one thing I do do is try to make a bunch of food on the weekend that I can prepare easily during the week.
(PS~ what does it say about me that I made myself giggle cause I wrote do do in my answer? lol)
Time Management - lists. I always make lists and cross things off and add more as the day goes on!
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Using a calender to keep track of my activities and appointments keeps me organized.
i need someone to organize my life. i have no organizational skills...at all. sigh. maybe i should blame it on my parents and seek therapy...
but, i'll be putting a little button on my blog!!
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The best time management for me is to get up early, before the kids do...I get a lot more done.
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My best time mamnagement solution sounds counter-intuitive, but it works. When you have a moment, breathe. Take a deep breathe, think of your "word for the year" (mine is smile) and take another breath. Clearing your head, getting the brain cells a break, really helps you get things done.
Your blog is just precious! I'm here from SITS, btw!
My best time management solution... well, I would have to say would be to clean as I go. If I am going into another room, I just grab something that belongs there. If I could just do that ALL the time....
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And I posted about it!
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Write it all down would be my best time managment tip. If you try to keep everything in your mind you spend alot of time trying to remember it. Wasting just 12 minutes 5 times a day is an hour wasted. So write it down and you want waste time trying to remember it.
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Great giveaway. My best time management advise is to let the kids help, make it fun, and reward when it is done.
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My best time management solution is keeping a day planner in which if something pops into my head, I try and write it down immeditaely so I don't forget things! It saves me time trying to think about what I was going to do in the first place instead of wasting time trying to remember! This works great for grocery lists!
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Your button is on my blog!
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This was made for me because I am so unorganized. My best time management solution in which I always don't follow is to get clothes picked out the night before. It would save a ton of time!
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I blogged about it here
http://happyplacegiveaway.blogspot.com/2009/01/get-it-together.html
My best time management solution is getting the clothes and backpacks ready for the next day the night before. Not a totally genius idea but it works pretty well for me. Haha! :)
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I have not time management help to offer...hence, WHY I NEED to win!
I have a VERY crazy schedule with working 40 hrs a week,3 boys & one with cerebral palsy (so many dr. appt, therapies, school, etc).
I always run around in circles and would love this book to learn how to get 'something' in my life organized.
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My best time management area would be that I own two vacuums and keep them near an outlet on each side of the house. My house isn't that big, but I vacuum it all the time. I keep one near the hallway, so in the morning while waiting for my daughter to finish getting ready for school, I vacuum the hallway and dining area. At night, after doing the dishes, I usually grab the other vacuum which is parked near an outlet for the living room and vacuum in the living room. I know this sounds a bit OCD, but I have dogs and cats and if I don't vacuum everyday, my vacuums get clogged up or break, which takes up a whole ton of time to unclog or money to buy a new one, plus I love a clean carpet!
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I've added your button to my side bar! Thanks for the giveaway!!
I'm here from SITS, and I am loving your blog! I'll follow you
My best time managment solution is if we are going away the next day, like, a couple of hours away from home, we pack the car the night before, and shower and bath. Then all we have to do when we get up is get dressed, do our hair, and go. For breakfast, we usually eat muffins, dry cereal, toast, anything to eat on the go. It saves so much time and fuss.
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My best organizer is Microsoft Outlook's calendar - I keep all of our important dates and print out a calendar weekly - helps keep our household on the same page and I can coordinate it with my work calendar!
My best time management solution is to add everything to the calendar of your phone so that the alarm goes off. I don't forget anything that way.
Something that helps me manage my time better is to TURN OFF MY COMPUTER during the day so I'm not tempted to "just check my email" and end up getting sucked into the vortex of the internet.
Time management... get things ready the night before,that really helps me.
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Button, check.
Blog post, check. (http://thisthat-n-tother.blogspot.com/2009/01/and-yet-another.html)
Following, check.
Time management tip, do as much as you can ahead. I allot 1/2 hour each evening to prep for the next day's meals, iron clothes, etc. It makes my day run so much smoother.
Time management solution, check.
Love your blog!
My best time management solution is to keep me from spending too much time in the shower. I set a timer for 15 minutes, hand my son a basket of laundry and tell him to start the washer when the timer goes off. I get out of the shower REAL fast when the water turns cold!
Oh, my best time management tip is to do a 10 minute pick up once the kids are in bed. I set the timer, pick up all the toys, sweep, mop if I have time, wipe counters and dust a little. I've got it down to a science. Then when that is done, I've got the rest of the evening to myself in a cleaner house.
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One of mine is getting everything ready the night before. That way you can figure out what you need, no rushing in the morning, etc. Makes things run much more smoothly.
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Time management? Ummm, why do you think I need to the book so badly! On a good day I'm able to fool myself into believing that the car clock (set 6 minutes fast) is correct - and then we're miraculously on time!
The BEST time management ever is when my computer goes out and I don't have a book I'm reading... THEN I gets TONS done :)
My best time management....decide what's for breakfast the night before and lay out the stuff and always re-pack the baby bag.
Require homework be done as soon as you get home. That way they are not falling asleep while doing it or mentioning it as they go to bed as a stalling technique!!
My best time management is I set the clocks ahead 10 or 15 minutes.So I won't have to worry about anyone being late. It works great! thanks jacquecurl@gmail.com
Mine is to set my clothes out for the week on Sunday. I already know what I'm going to wear and don't have to spend more time picking anything out!
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When I have errands to run, I try to group them together so they are all in the same vicinity...this saves on time and gas!
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I definitely need to get organized. Please count me in your fiveaway!
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sweet.
my time managment tip is to set the clock ahead by about 10min, then you always be early.
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This might seem a little goofy, but one of the best things I do is pack my lunch at night! I HATE having to go out & get lunch so I always TRY to take one. You never realize how much TIME it takes until you're running late one morning & trying to grab stuff out of the fridge!
I'm a late person....so, I have to set my clock ahead (I know...psychologically crazy).
I also have to get stuff out the night before.
With 3 kids/teens....I've so learned that one the hard way.
I'm all about calendars for time management!
I cannot live without my post it notes. Without them, I'd never get ANYTHING done! :)
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Best time management solution?
Hmmmm...I do like to wear my blue tooth headset around the house. That way I can talk on the phone and do chores at the same time. It's makes them go by faster actually.
I write out my dinners about 1 wk / 10 days in advance - that helps when I need to go shopping and then the morning of the dinner I know what to look for in the freezer (sometimes I even take it out the night before!)
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best time mgmt solution...
as a working mom, do as much as you can the night before...clothes out, lunches packed, bags packed,etc.
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One of my best time management decisions was to teach my son and daughters to do their own laundry. I was spending way too much time on laundry, so one day I watched my 12 year old working the vcr/dvd player and then hooking up his playstation and playing all sorts of games. I thought, if he can work those things, he can work a washer and dryer. Within a month all three were doing their own laundry, freeing up tons of time for me to spend on other things. TRigell at aol dot com
My time management solution- get things prepared the night before (lunches ready to be put in the lunchbags and clothes, coats and shoes laid out ready to be put on)
My best time management solution is pretty simple - I keep a family calendar on the side of the refrigerator. It has all our events on it, but it also is where all the important phone numbers are located.
My best time management solution is my weekly to do list. It keeps me motivated and I get things done that I want to that week. Thanks.
hmmm. Time managment... I don't know if I have any time managment skills so I am not sure what to say to help. My only thing as a mom is you must be able to multi task.. is that time managment???? hmmmmm I will have to read the other comments
I am mostly on time for events. I always tell my family that we have to leave 15 min before we actually have too.
Im listed as your first follower, Just wanted to point that out..LOL
I got yur button right heeerree
I will post ur giveaway, even thou i want to win it and it makes no sense to post it and then i have less of a chance to win, HELLO....
my best time management, get up earlier, and get some things ready the night before the kids go to school. Write to do lists. Organize my social media time. organize organize organize.
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have a great week.
carole
I prep dinner as I'm tidying up the kitchen in the morn. If I'll need chopped onions, I go ahead and do it and wash up that mess. Little things save crucial moments!
I blogged it!
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Thanks for the extra entry!
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I'm following you now.
My best time management tip --
Getting it together before bed:
Everynight AFTER kids go to bed, but before I lay down, whether we have appointments or not, I get their bags together as if we have to go out anyhow. That way we are prepared for last minute outtings (doctor, friend/family stops by, last min grocery shopping, etc).
During winter, I toss food in the crock pot so there's dinner for the next day already on.
I've heard of it being done, and I need to begin it myself...placing a bag/pocket next to door for keys, mail to be sent off, bills to be paid, etc so it's ready to grab & go when we are.
This is just what I need...Oye!
My best time management solution is setting a timer each morning while my daughter is taking her nap. 20 minutes, that's all. And doing as much picking up, cleaning, load starting, etc. that I can. It's pretty impressive what I can get done in 20 minutes! And it's like I'm challenging myself, so I don't fiddle around ;)
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