I’ve been reading a lot of organizing books lately to see what ideas others have come up with. It’s interesting to find some neat tidbit of organizing that I can put to use (and that I suspect some of you may find useful as well).
One book I read recently is called "Confessions of an Organized Homemaker" by Deniece Schofield. While this book deals primarily with home and household stuff, she had some good ideas for any kind of organizing.
She noted that it is important to not just do daily maintenance items – whether that is at home or at work – but to also include what she called achievement goals as well.
Looking at this from a work perspective, these are the important, but often not urgent goals that we should work on because they will give us results in the longer term. They’re also the goals we most frequently set aside because of all the urgent daily stuff that we deal with.
So as you are planning your Daily List, consider these questions from her book:
- What (achievement) goal can I work on today?
- What dates, deadlines or appointments to I have to meet or advance today?
- Is there anything on my running to-do list (master list) that I can or should do today?
- What needs to be done around the house (office)?
(Note: Parentheses are mine)
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