By Akindman,
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As I
continue to modify and establish a new routine as a retired person, breaking
old habits has harder to do than expected.
For example – I have been using the Covey (Franklin/Covey) or similar
method for keeping my calendar, contacts, and important information for over 30
years. My notebook was often referred to as ‘my mobile brains’ and without it,
well – things got difficult.
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In
2011 I moved away from the daily calendar to a weekly one – while making that
transition was more complicated than expected – overall it was beginning to
work. Then in April, I got an iPhone –
so what better time to migrate to a smartphone!
Makes sense, right? Well….perhaps.
So for 2012, I have not purchased any paper calendars and forcing myself
to use my smartphone – to be one with the digital environment.
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January
has also been the month in which I set about setting goals on getting things
around the home front organized and get rid of the old, and things that are no
longer needed. Clean up the files, file
things that have yet to be filed, especially the tax related stuff, and “clutter
control” everywhere.
While
doing some research for this article, I found this interesting checklist http://www.getorganizednow.com/cl-month.html
that you might find helpful. Another
handy site to visit is http://getorganized.franklinplanner.com/page/organizing_month_0112.
We will
check back with you later in the month to compare notes and see how you folks
are doing and to report our status as well.
Good luck!
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I think its great that you are getting organized, and it's really brave to relying solely on electronics! I am terrified of a crash or some malfunction that will wipe everything away, so I still write things down as well as save on my phone and computer and thumb drive! I am still not as trusting as you are. ..I guess thats why I still have alot of clutter!
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