Organized365: December
Here it is! The final month of 2018. Time to look back and reflect as well as look forward in anticipation!
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With 31 days left, Team P2G is on the brink of successfully completing our 2018 resolution to post an organizing tip for work or home for all 365 days of the year. It has been a challenge and we are excited to be in the home stretch! Note: our number is off and we are not taking the time to track down where that happened. Forward!
Which of your 2018 dreams have you attained?
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Time to order your 2019 planning calendar(s)! Get a jump on scheduling action steps to ensure goal achievement. If you love shopping for planners and writing lists this is the time to indulge while being productive. We use both the Planner Pad Organizer and the Momentum Planner. Take time to preview the interior pages to ensure your planning preferences will be met.
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Take Action!
The concept of mindfulness is flooding our news and entertainment media sources. Being mindful is valuable but do not stop there. What will you accomplish in the moment you are experiencing? Reflection without action is daydreaming. Positive thinking alone is not enough.
You need to take action. That may mean making a change, saying "no" to a commitment, developing a plan/timeline for achieving a goal or learning a new skill.
What will you act on today?
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Heading into a Meeting?
Know why you are going. Whether you are attending for personal or professional reasons you will benefit from understanding your purpose at the meeting. Are you facilitating? Will you be expected to weigh in? Are you receiving information you will then be expected to act on?
Being prepared prior to the meeting will increase the meetings value and your effectiveness.
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Delays starting a meeting can be frustrating. Have some quick tasks to occupy your attention or use the time to strengthen relationships with the colleagues who are in the room.
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Schedule for Goal Achievement
Carve out distinct time to devote to a project/goal and get it on your calendar. Regular progress will help form habits of time management increasing your work/life balance and reducing stress.
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Here Comes Flu Season!
Grab disinfectant wipes and take a quick turn around your home and/or office. Wiping down handles, your keyboard, and light switches can make a difference during flu season. Stay Healthy!
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Planning can allow a quick getaway weekend to be fun and productive. One of the few multitasking strategies that works is catching up with friends while shopping and eating. Celebrate your relationships and make some headway on holiday gifts.
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Jumpstart Your Monday!
Taking 10-15 minutes Sunday evening to review the top demands you will face tomorrow helps alleviate the dread Mondays can bring. Anticipating where you will need to focus your time helps avoid being derailed by requests from over the weekend.
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Extend Invitations Personally & Repeatedly
Whether you are rallying colleagues for bonding over after 5 drinks or planning a holiday event for neighbors, make sure that people know you want them, specifically. Follow up an email invite with an office walk through for face-to-face follow up. Checking in with neighbors when you see them out shoveling the drive.
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Find yourself reading how-to articles for dealing with annoying colleagues? Make sure you watch for your own behavior to be reflected back to you. Break a situation down to the bare facts and then consider possibilities for reframing it without negative assumptions. Identify possible solutions before broaching colleagues or supervisors with complaints.
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Think reading is either entertaining or informational? Consider that it can be both. Read a 'guilty pleasure' novel but attend carefully to the interactions between characters. What motivates their choices? Consider how differently you might respond in a similar exchange. Take your broader understanding and apply it IRL!
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Self Care at Work
One of the easiest ways you can ensure your comfort at work is to have some personal care supplies handy. Suggested items include: cough drops, gum, an emery board, OTC pain reliever, dental floss, mints, bandaids.....
Particularly important during flu season!
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Ensure your home is presentable for 'drop-by' company by developing a speed-cleaning routine. Move through your home gathering items for the laundry, stray items needing to be put away, and collect empty soda cans and napkins for the garbage.
Have a routine that works for you? Race the clock. Setting a PR is motivating and chore time truly flies. Bonus: challenge family members to a competition and share the work!
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Pet First Aid Awareness
Here are great tips for preventing pet emergencies & being prepared if the need arises from @uwvetmed https://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/preventing-pet-emergencies-veterinarian/
Holiday celebrations can include many health hazards for your pets. Monitor their environment with a watchful eye and remember to have your vet's contact information along if you are traveling.
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Prep for Holiday/Winter Travel with Healthy Snacks