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Creating Weekly Goals Helps Keep Me Accountable

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2024-01-23T14:09:06-06:00January 24th, 2024|Categories: Planning|Tags: goals, objectives, plan, planner, tasks|

If you’re a planner like me, you create goals that will help to hold us accountable. When you create a main goal, you may need smaller goals, objectives, or tasks to help reach the main goal. When creating goals, they need to be S.M.A.R.T. This is an acronym meaning – specific, measurable, achievable, relevant & timebound. The very act of creating SMART goals puts us in a good position to hold us accountable for achieving our goals, or figuring out why we don’t reach them. There are a number of reasons why we may not achieve our goals. Some things [...]

Hair on Fire Most Days? Organizing Your Life Will Douse Those Flames

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-09-13T10:24:05-05:00September 15th, 2021|Categories: Productivity|Tags: clutter, goals, lists, organizing process, planner, proactive, schedule|

Does the first part of the title of this post resonate with you? If so, then consider organizing your life to douse those flames as stated in the second part of the title. By eliminating your constant ‘hair on fire’ scenarios, you will live a less stressful, more productive and peaceful life. But first, determine what areas of your life cause the ‘hair on fire’ scenario the most. Are you constantly looking for your keys, making you late to work, appointments, or school? Are you buying multiples of items because you didn’t know you already had one or more of [...]

How Do You Remember Everything?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-05-10T17:26:13-05:00December 27th, 2017|Categories: Planning, Time Management|Tags: planner, remembering, schedule, to-do list|

All of us have so much to remember these days, it’s a wonder we actually get anything done on time, or at all! Changing work schedules, doctor’s appointments, medication schedules, paying bills, kids sports, ‘me time’, passwords, the list goes on… We suffer the consequences of not remembering something in some way. If we miss a payment, there could be a late fee. If we miss a dose of medication, our health could suffer. Forgetting login credentials can take more time to get things done online. Neglecting ‘me time’ can cause undue stress which can again lead to health issues. [...]