Sunday, March 13, 2016
This week I focused on organization in my business and personal life. At home, we're all using the Cozi App to sync our calendars, so that we all know what the other is doing. I am really liking this app and love that I can access it online as well as my phone.
On my clothing calendar, I was getting behind in writing down my outfits. I would think "Oh, I'll remember what I wore tomorrow" - but then it was 2 or 3 days later and I didn't remember. I started thinking that it would be easier to take a picture of myself each day, but I didn't want to have a phone full of selfies. I gave this a lot of thought and decided to search for a calendar app that would allow me to put a picture on it each day and guess what? I found one! The app is called Journey and it connects to your Google account. I guess you could use this journal in any way that you want, but for me it's my fashion journal. I take a picture of myself and attach it to the date. I'll type in what events I have that day, when I have time. I can always go back and look at my regular calendar to add that later. The most important part is putting the pictures on there. And who doesn't have their phone on them all day, every day and have a moment to take a quick picture of them self?
I will mention that all of these apps do take a lot of memory and because of that, my husband bought me a new phone last month with 128 GB memory because I use my phone a lot for work and use all of these apps to keep me organized. If you have less memory, you definitely have to pick and choose what apps are the most important to you.
For business cards, I'm back to using the CamCard app. I have a love/hate relationship with it because it doesn't scan all cards correctly, but at least it's a way to have them all in one place. I need to spend more time organizing it. I've found that I can log into the application online - camcard.com and organize it easier than on my phone. I was organizing people by what networking group I know them from. The problem with that is that some people I know from more than one group or can't remember what group I met them at, so then I end up having to search through several groups to find them. I've decided that I am going to regroup everyone by industry. For example, all realtors will be together, all property managers together, all restaurants together, etc... Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions? Any thoughts to get the most out of this app or a better app for business cards?
This past week, I added things to my calendar that I wasn't getting done, simply because they weren't on my calendar and I made sure they got done. I didn't set an actual timer, but I did watch the clock to make sure I spent xx minutes on the task without interruption. I will do better with setting a timer eventually, I promise.
Why oh why is it so hard to get organized? Especially when it's the one thing I want more than anything. I guess it's because I try to juggle so many things at once. This coming week will be another busy one for me with LPW taking up a whole day on Thursday. It's pretty cool that I get to just stop everything for an entire day and be with my class. However, it makes the other 4 days challenging to say the least.
Lucky for me I love my job, I love my networking, I love the people I spend my days with at work and at home. It makes every day a great day, regardless of the challenges I face.
Wishing you all an organized week. I'd love to hear your tips, hints, and suggestions on organization! It all helps!
MW
Copyright 2016
This week I focused on organization in my business and personal life. At home, we're all using the Cozi App to sync our calendars, so that we all know what the other is doing. I am really liking this app and love that I can access it online as well as my phone.
On my clothing calendar, I was getting behind in writing down my outfits. I would think "Oh, I'll remember what I wore tomorrow" - but then it was 2 or 3 days later and I didn't remember. I started thinking that it would be easier to take a picture of myself each day, but I didn't want to have a phone full of selfies. I gave this a lot of thought and decided to search for a calendar app that would allow me to put a picture on it each day and guess what? I found one! The app is called Journey and it connects to your Google account. I guess you could use this journal in any way that you want, but for me it's my fashion journal. I take a picture of myself and attach it to the date. I'll type in what events I have that day, when I have time. I can always go back and look at my regular calendar to add that later. The most important part is putting the pictures on there. And who doesn't have their phone on them all day, every day and have a moment to take a quick picture of them self?
I will mention that all of these apps do take a lot of memory and because of that, my husband bought me a new phone last month with 128 GB memory because I use my phone a lot for work and use all of these apps to keep me organized. If you have less memory, you definitely have to pick and choose what apps are the most important to you.
For business cards, I'm back to using the CamCard app. I have a love/hate relationship with it because it doesn't scan all cards correctly, but at least it's a way to have them all in one place. I need to spend more time organizing it. I've found that I can log into the application online - camcard.com and organize it easier than on my phone. I was organizing people by what networking group I know them from. The problem with that is that some people I know from more than one group or can't remember what group I met them at, so then I end up having to search through several groups to find them. I've decided that I am going to regroup everyone by industry. For example, all realtors will be together, all property managers together, all restaurants together, etc... Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions? Any thoughts to get the most out of this app or a better app for business cards?
This past week, I added things to my calendar that I wasn't getting done, simply because they weren't on my calendar and I made sure they got done. I didn't set an actual timer, but I did watch the clock to make sure I spent xx minutes on the task without interruption. I will do better with setting a timer eventually, I promise.
Why oh why is it so hard to get organized? Especially when it's the one thing I want more than anything. I guess it's because I try to juggle so many things at once. This coming week will be another busy one for me with LPW taking up a whole day on Thursday. It's pretty cool that I get to just stop everything for an entire day and be with my class. However, it makes the other 4 days challenging to say the least.
Lucky for me I love my job, I love my networking, I love the people I spend my days with at work and at home. It makes every day a great day, regardless of the challenges I face.
Wishing you all an organized week. I'd love to hear your tips, hints, and suggestions on organization! It all helps!
MW
Copyright 2016
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