Did you know that January is Get Organised Month?
If you’d have asked me that a month ago, I wouldn’t have known, but I do know, because I bought a swanky new planner to help me organise the admin side of running a business, which has never been my strong point. I’ve worked on it a lot though. And the new planner told me it was time to get organised .. and I was actually ahead of the game for once, so I came on here to brag about it!
So, my question is, are you organised?
When my children were home educated and I was running a business, I really had to get to grips with it, because they had classes here, there and everywhere all week and I had to juggle their stuff and my stuff and business stuff, which is when I found out that having a diary that works for you is a godsend. It took me a few years to find the perfect one, but I now have one I swear by and re-order every year.
But I’m also one of those people who love a notebook. I have loads of them, and have had a bad habit of just picking up a random one to write in, which is no use if you need to find those notes again!
So in the past few weeks, I have begun embracing a habit I’ve seen a few people talk about before – a notebook for each month. Everything goes in the same notebook, whether that be business notes, ideas, shopping lists, Christmas lists, whatever. Each one is labelled with the month and year, and then you just have to find what you’re looking for. So, that’s what I’ve been doing.
You can make it easier on yourself by using those sectioned notebooks, but since I already have a plethora of empty notebooks sitting about the place, I’m using those up before I buy anymore. The two in the picture are some of the “traveller’s notebooks” that came with the wrap I put around my diary, which holds my diary, current and former notebooks all together.
What’s your top tip for being organised? Feel free to share in the comments!
