Stress Free Travel Series: How to Travel with Less Stress, Part 1. Travel Light – Best Packing Tips and Checklists for Stress Free Vacation Travel

Stress Free Travel Series: How to Travel with Less Stress, Part 1. Travel Light – Best Packing Tips and Checklists for Stress Free Vacation Travel

Get cords out of the way

Have a lot of electrical cords jumbled up and on the floor? Wrap them together with an old spiral telephone cord (this allows individual cords to stick out where they need to and contains multiple cords into one bulk cord) then use hooks to hang the cord bundle up and off of the floor so little ones cannot reach it.

Organizing Incoming Mail

Hello, all!
I just wanted to share a quick tip with all of you for organizing - I have found it to be EXTREMELY valuable!

To handle incoming mail at the office or at home, create a file box (one that will hold either a few hanging folders or manilla folders - not too large.) This box can sit on the counter or desk and should be located closest to the door and garbage can.

Create files with the following titles:
To Pay
To Act (or To Do)
Pending
To Enter
To Attend
To File
To Read

Then, use the files as follows:

To Pay - all bills and items requiring payment
To Act - Anything that you have to take action on
Pending - anything you are waiting on someone else for (catalog orders waiting to come in, anything you are waiting to talk to someone else about, etc.)
To Enter - anything that needs to be entered (or scanned) into the computer
To Attend - party invitations, meeting announcements, theme park tickets, airline tickets (anything you have to attend - make sure to RSVP and to write it in your calendar before putting it in here)
To File - papers that need to be filed in the filing cabinet (clean this out and file all of them when it gets full)
To Read - magazine articles (rip them out of the magazine,) informational papers, etc.

Also put a bag with your:
checkbook
envelopes
pen
stamps
check register
return address labels calculator

in the front, you can then carry this box to wherever is convenient to pay your bills - and you can always find your things when you need them!


For more information about this system and others feel free to join me for my free discussion groups:
May 1, 5:30pm and May 8, 11:00am at Barnie's Coffee in Lake Mary, FL. For More info go to: http://messies.meetup.com/65

I would love to hear any questions or ideas you all have about organizing as well!
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Suzanna Letchford
Professional Organizer
www.ASpaceThatWorks.com
407-416-6118