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How to be Organized How to be Organized at Home & at Officeat Home & at Office

: 10 Key Steps: 10 Key Steps

Presentation By Anupa Kumar PatriPresentation By Anupa Kumar Patri

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What are YOU dreaming What are YOU dreaming of getting organized? of getting organized? Your bedroom closet? Your bedroom closet? Your stacks of mail? Your stacks of mail? Your desk at work? Your desk at work?

"If only I could get this "If only I could get this organized," you organized," you think, "I could finally think, "I could finally breathe a sigh of breathe a sigh of relief."relief."

Yet, for some reason, you are resisting Yet, for some reason, you are resisting getting your closet, your desk or your getting your closet, your desk or your

schedule organized, not because you don't schedule organized, not because you don't know how to, but because deep-down you know how to, but because deep-down you

really don't want to.really don't want to.

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"The most common "The most common causes of keeping causes of keeping our lives in disarray our lives in disarray are resistance and are resistance and wanting to be out of wanting to be out of control" .When you control" .When you feel like you have to feel like you have to get organized, just get organized, just like with any feeling like with any feeling of 'have to,' you feel of 'have to,' you feel like you do not want like you do not want to, which is a form of to, which is a form of resistance."resistance."

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Indeed, at the heart of most Indeed, at the heart of most people's messiness is not a lack people's messiness is not a lack of knowledge of how to be of knowledge of how to be organized, but an emotional organized, but an emotional resistance to it. resistance to it.

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"After all, when your life is in "After all, when your life is in disarray you do not need to take disarray you do not need to take responsibility for what is responsibility for what is happening, or not happening, to happening, or not happening, to you because you have this built-in you because you have this built-in excuse," .excuse," .

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Now that you've learned how to Now that you've learned how to address your emotional blocks to address your emotional blocks to finally getting yourself organized, finally getting yourself organized, here are some other practical here are some other practical steps that you can follow:steps that you can follow:

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1. Turn off the TV (or watch less 1. Turn off the TV (or watch less of it). You'll be amazed at how of it). You'll be amazed at how much time it clears up for you to much time it clears up for you to take care of other things.take care of other things.

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2. Go through your mail as soon 2. Go through your mail as soon as you bring it in. Throw away as you bring it in. Throw away junk mail and file bills and other junk mail and file bills and other important papers.important papers.

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3. Do your grocery shopping once 3. Do your grocery shopping once a week, rather than scooting to a week, rather than scooting to the store every other day.the store every other day.

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4. Get rid of clutter in your home, 4. Get rid of clutter in your home, purse and briefcase (and stop purse and briefcase (and stop buying more of it). If you don't buying more of it). If you don't use it or absolutely love it, give it use it or absolutely love it, give it away!away!

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5. If you have more than one of 5. If you have more than one of the same item, give the extras the same item, give the extras away (be honest, how many away (be honest, how many kitchen spatulas do you really kitchen spatulas do you really need?).need?).

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6. Keep track of what you need to 6. Keep track of what you need to do using a To-do list, and update do using a To-do list, and update it every evening to include it every evening to include tomorrow's essential tasks.tomorrow's essential tasks.

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7. Delete e-mails that you don't 7. Delete e-mails that you don't need, file those that you do (and need, file those that you do (and keep your Inbox clear).keep your Inbox clear).

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8. Break big projects into 8. Break big projects into manageable pieces. manageable pieces.

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9. List your home improvement 9. List your home improvement projects in order of importance, projects in order of importance, then tackle them one at a time then tackle them one at a time (instead of starting all of them, (instead of starting all of them, which is sure to have you living in which is sure to have you living in chaos for some time).chaos for some time).

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10. Keep a family calendar where 10. Keep a family calendar where you can keep track of all of your you can keep track of all of your family's appointments. You can family's appointments. You can also use this for your business also use this for your business appointments (just write the appointments (just write the business appointments in a business appointments in a different color from the personal different color from the personal ones).ones).

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Thank you………………Thank you………………