Do you love it? Do you hate it?
Now hate is a pretty strong word, but I'm likely not alone in my occasional use of nasty words directed toward my technology or electronics. Yes, we love what technology can do for us and yet we all can have a moment when we get frustrated by it.
After my 4 years of working with educational software I made a pact with myself that I would never let technology get the best of me. It does brink on the edge of getting the best of me at times, but I learned that there is always a solution.... you just have to find it!
Let's find a solution for you that doesn't involve electrocution, a trip to the store to buy a new computer or heavy drinking. Joyfully,
Brenda
Day Way # 28 Find the "how to" for one electronic challenge or the next step of use.
*If there is one glitch that has been bugging you about an electronic in your life, it's time to take care of it.
*If there is a process that you know a piece of software can do for you, but you don't know how, learn it.
*If you have a new piece of software or hardware that you have not installed, plugged in or downloaded, do it.
Where can you find the answers?
*Manuals - paper
*Manuals - digital
*Technology Consultants & Trainers
*Online support from corporation
*Online support from question boards, chat rooms
*Ask a teenager!
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Tuesday
#27 Tiny Slips of Paper
Tiny slips of paper. Yes, we all have them and some have them more than others. It's the phone number, the reminder on the little phone memo sheet to pick up TP on the way home, the short to do list of the "really" important tasks for the day and the notes you took about flight times for your next trip.
Here's the problem with tiny slips of paper:
*one of them can get easily lost
*you have to look through the whole stack again and again to find the one you need
*they are different sizes, shapes, color and various stages of "stickiness" if it was a post-it
*most important - they don't send the message of, "I am organized!"
Joyfully,
Brenda
Day Way # 27 Find a different solution for all those tiny slips of paper.
Everyone is different, so here are a couple of suggestions that might spark the right answer for you.
One criteria is that it must be able to travel with you. While there are great desktop and office space solutions using paper, white boards or technology, in the long run you'd likely still make tiny slips of notes.
* Technology - if you have a PDA, do you use it for your tasks and reminders? If not, maybe it's time to increase the use of a tool to incorporate one more function.
* Small Notebook - A little spiral notebook can hold all those "tiny slips" together. You must be disciplined to use it; carry it in your purse, your briefcase, your pocket, etc. The rule is to only write one task on each sheet, which is why it's small. Then you can tear out the one you've finished.
The tiny slips of paper not being effective is one of the reasons Gina Robison-Billups and I created The Accomplishment Journal. It supports more aspects of being effective and organized than just fixing the tiny slips of paper situation.
Check it out at The Accomplishment Journal
If the link is not active for you, copy and paste this link http://www.theaccomplishmentjournal.com * Make your own To Do Chart. It's easy to make a To Do Chart on the computer because you can customize it to your specific needs. It can cover one day, a week, or the span of time you need. Then you can break down the sections to match your common tasks and how many you tend to have for each area.
Here's the problem with tiny slips of paper:
*one of them can get easily lost
*you have to look through the whole stack again and again to find the one you need
*they are different sizes, shapes, color and various stages of "stickiness" if it was a post-it
*most important - they don't send the message of, "I am organized!"
Joyfully,
Brenda
Day Way # 27 Find a different solution for all those tiny slips of paper.
Everyone is different, so here are a couple of suggestions that might spark the right answer for you.
One criteria is that it must be able to travel with you. While there are great desktop and office space solutions using paper, white boards or technology, in the long run you'd likely still make tiny slips of notes.
* Technology - if you have a PDA, do you use it for your tasks and reminders? If not, maybe it's time to increase the use of a tool to incorporate one more function.
* Small Notebook - A little spiral notebook can hold all those "tiny slips" together. You must be disciplined to use it; carry it in your purse, your briefcase, your pocket, etc. The rule is to only write one task on each sheet, which is why it's small. Then you can tear out the one you've finished.
The tiny slips of paper not being effective is one of the reasons Gina Robison-Billups and I created The Accomplishment Journal. It supports more aspects of being effective and organized than just fixing the tiny slips of paper situation.
Check it out at The Accomplishment Journal
If the link is not active for you, copy and paste this link http://www.theaccomplishmentjournal.com * Make your own To Do Chart. It's easy to make a To Do Chart on the computer because you can customize it to your specific needs. It can cover one day, a week, or the span of time you need. Then you can break down the sections to match your common tasks and how many you tend to have for each area.
#13 - Update Contacts
Contacts, Phone Numbers, Emails, IM names, Twitter Name, etc!
The frequency and quantity of new contacts in our lives these days is a greater number than any other time in history. It used to only be neighbors, work, school and social gatherings where you'd meet new people. Now you can quickly expand your circle of contacts by leaps and bounds via many electronic and social methods.
That means you have more contacts to keep track of and more data to keep up to date.
Joyfully,
Brenda
Day Way # 13
Spend 15 minutes to update contact information in your phone, email contacts, address book or any other database.
It's fast, a short break in your day and will help keep you up to date on your contacts! Whether you complete someone's name in your phone or delete numbers or addresses that are no longer valid. There might even be a Christmas card with a return address corner that you tore off to update in your contacts!
It's an ongoing process to keep your contacts up to date, so even 15 minutes today can keep you on the right track!
The frequency and quantity of new contacts in our lives these days is a greater number than any other time in history. It used to only be neighbors, work, school and social gatherings where you'd meet new people. Now you can quickly expand your circle of contacts by leaps and bounds via many electronic and social methods.
That means you have more contacts to keep track of and more data to keep up to date.
Joyfully,
Brenda
Day Way # 13
Spend 15 minutes to update contact information in your phone, email contacts, address book or any other database.
It's fast, a short break in your day and will help keep you up to date on your contacts! Whether you complete someone's name in your phone or delete numbers or addresses that are no longer valid. There might even be a Christmas card with a return address corner that you tore off to update in your contacts!
It's an ongoing process to keep your contacts up to date, so even 15 minutes today can keep you on the right track!
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