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ORGANIZING
IDEAS FOR EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR
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| MONTH |
SIMPLE WAYS
TO SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE
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| January |
Mail
in warranties for products you received as holiday gifts. |
Purge
your filing system. Archive last year's financial files. |
| February |
Prepare
a file to hold incoming tax information. |
Straighten
your desk drawers and toss out the junk. |
| March |
Use
a 3-ring notebook to organize clipped recipes. |
Create
project files for new assignments. |
| April |
Start
gathering information for your summer vacation. |
Refresh
your bulletin board. Items left too long get ignored. |
| May |
Toss
out warranties and instruction manuals you no longer use. |
Inventory
your office supplies and replace or replenish as needed. |
| June |
Clear
out your magazines, periodicals and journals. Don't renew ones you
no longer read. |
Mark
major deadlines for the next six months in your calendar. |
| July |
Take
time each week to go through one box of junk in your basement. |
Rearrange
your home office for a streamlined work flow. |
| August |
Clear
out clothes closets, getting rid of items you haven't worn all summer. |
Review
your computer file directory and update it. Purge and delete unnecessary
files. |
| September |
Go
through your books and donate those you are no longer interested in. |
Sort
through summer photos, selecting special ones for inclusion in an
album. |
| October |
Use
Get Organized Week to kick off an organizing project you've procrastinated
on. |
Review
and update important family documents such as resumes and insurance
policies. |
| November |
Create
a holiday file to hold ideas, gift information and receipts needed
for potential returns. |
Order
your calendar refills for upcoming year. |
| December |
Record
any changes of address received in holiday cards and correspondence. |
Have
a file clean-out day so your office is ready for the next year. |