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Saturday February 04, 2012
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#95 Title:
Simple Time-Saving Strategies
(Part 2)
Special Guest: Jamie Novak, professional organizer, dynamic speaker, television personality, best-selling author and bite-size living expert.
Description: Jamie Novak, author of 1,000 Best Quick and Easy Time-Saving Strategies, has returned for a second episode of time-saving secrets. We make the to-do list more manageable, reminders a bit more efficient, and we know where the manuals are! Listen for these tips and more to help you have the 25 hour day you have always dreamed about!
Duration: 1:02:07
Index:
00:28 Intro: Simple Time-Saving Strategies
02:27 How Do We Lose Time?
04:45 Tame the Minute Munchers
10:20 Time-Savers that Really Work
16:15 Don't Make Mental Lists!
20:18 Timers and Clocks
26:26 Listener: Buying Gifts Late
33:12 Write It Down! How?
38:47 The To-Do List
44:02 Bag It!
51:52 Re-Purpose the CD Holder
55:23 Closing Comments
100:51 Closing Track: The Weepies: Hideaway
Listen to:
Simple Time-Saving Strategies (Part 1)
Home Inventory
Related Podcast:
The Big O: Organization Series
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About Jamie Novak
Jamie Novak is a dynamic speaker, television personality, and best-selling author who inspires people to calm the chaos of clutter and live a life based on their priorities in a humorous and heartwarming way. Novak provides real solutions for those living in the real world, she promises never to suggest impractical solutions.
A visionary, Novak created a unique business model for those in need to support while changing their habits, Clutter Clubs™ are nationally franchised discussion/support groups facilitated by Professional Organizers and open to the public at no charge.
Additionally, Novak works closely with those going into the professional organizing industry, training professional organizers in the Jamie Novak® philosophy and methods. Instead of simply showing clients how to just contain the clutter, she shares with them simple techniques for sustainable change by getting to the root of the clutter.
In her #1 best-selling book, 1,000 Best Quick and Easy Organizing Secrets™, Novak offers over one thousand easy to implement no fail solutions for clearing clutter in every area of your life. Her trademark three-step process is highlighted in this portable and easy to read book.
Novak has been a featured expert on HGTV’s Mission: Organization. She delivers a regular segment on The World According to Judith, and frequently is featured on national radio stations from The Dr. Laura Show to 94.9 Mojo in the Morning.
Her articles can be found in numerous publications and she is a top rated expert on AllExperts.com. As a nationally sought after presenter Novak inspires audiences at regional and national speaking engagements, such as MOMTC Convention and the Mahwah Library. Additionally she also conducts corporate seminars that help employees conquer disorder in the workplace at such places as Merck, NJAWBO, and Smith Barney.
Earning a degree in communications, Novak graduated from Union College. She currently divides her time between her main office in Scotch Plains, NJ and her west coast branch in Palmdale, CA.
For More Information:
Visit her website
Read Jamie's Blog
Bite Size radio
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Pick One Item
Pick one and take action, sometimes getting started is the hardest part- but these are so easy you can't help but get started!
Organizing Tips for the Overwhelmed
Why did your last attempt at getting organized fail? For many it's a matter of being overwhelmed. Maybe you weren't sure where to start. Together, we can solve your biggest clutter challenge with these simple organizing tips.
Overcoming the 8 Biggest Organizing Fears
Do you find organizing difficult because you hate to let things go? If so, you are not alone! The task of parting with your stuff can easily become overwhelming. Read on to get practical solutions to these common problems.
Quick Tip
Leave time to tidy up at the end of each day. These quick pickups will only take 5-10 minute daily, but they will save you a ton of time since you’ll avoid a huge mess piling up the requires a full day to clean up. |
Is there never enough time in the day? So many of us run around day after day in a whirlwind - rushed, behind schedule, overworked, stressed-out and short on patience. Every day is jam-packed with things to do - and not enough time to do them!
Professional organizer Jamie Novak will show you how to:
• Say "no" to new commitments without feeling guilty
• Get the important things done - including taking care of YOU
• Make handling paperwork a breeze and paying bills a snap
• Get the most mileage out of your trips to the store and other errands
• Put an end to distractions that eat up your time
• and so much more!
Get it on Amazon.
Related Time-Saving Resources |
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10 Organizing Tasks You Can Do In Two Minutes
Have an extra minute or two to spare? Use it to reduce your clutter, rearrange your space or get a quick to-do done. Here are 10 organizing tasks you can do in two minutes.
61 Time Saving Tips: Keeping you, your co-workers, and your family on-time
The average person spends less than 7 hours of their day productively. The remaining time is typically wasted leaving us overwhelmed and stressed. So how do you squeeze an extra hour here and there? How do you achieve more in less time? Here are 61 time saving tips to help you get the most out of your day.
Quick Tip
Many little tasks and chores have to be done in a home, from replacing a light bulb to fixing a squeaky door. Individually they may seem like they take small amounts of time. But when a few tasks pile up now it takes a lot of time.
Try planning one night or weekend day a month to deal with these tasks. By designating one specific time, you’ll have the tools out and complete a few tasks at the same time, plus it won’t feel like you’re constantly doing a repair or reminding a partner about a repair every week.
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Digital Voice Recorders as discussed in the show.
See examples: As Seen on TV Guys and Dr. Leonard's Healthcare
6 Time-Saving Tips from Jamie's Book:
1,000 Best Quick and Easy Time-Saving Strategies |
1. Create caddies for commonly done projects. Like a bill paying caddy that has stamps and return address labels. A cleaning caddy with multipurpose cleaner and rags. A sandwich caddy that has all the items needed to make a sandwich so you do not have to search the refrigerator.
2. Take work with you when you know you there is a good chance you’ll have a wait. While in the car waiting to pick up a child from sports practice or waiting to go into your appointment or meeting, you can balance you checkbook, write thank-you notes, catch up on your pile of reading material, or even return phone calls. To ensure you have what you need to do the task, pack your in and out tote bag in advance. Insiders tip: Pack a clipboard so you are sure to have a hard writing surface.
3. Create a leaving station near the door you use most often then at night place the items you’ll need for the next day, like purse, keys, and briefcase. You can even choose your clothes and set the table for breakfast.
4. Group your errands together that way when you leave the house you get more accomplished in one trip. Plan to start with the errand farthest from the house and then work closer until you end up back home. Before you leave, be sure to double-check that you have everything you need.
5. Create a checklist for groceries arranged in the order of your grocery store aisles. Type the list and make 52 copies. Place one on the refrigerator a week to check off what you need instead of writing out the list.
6. Choose your volunteer activities before the choose you! If you are like most people, you want to be helpful. When asked to pitch in and volunteer, without thinking, do you find yourself blurting out “Sure, no problem,” only to feel stressed out and overbooked? If you can take a few months off from volunteering, you can use that time to take care of your home first, and then with everything in order you’ll have more time to volunteer and not feel crazed or guilty because you’ve put others ahead of your own family. Insider tip: Practice saying no with phases such as, “Normally I’d love to, but right now I’ve taken on more than I can handle.” Give yourself permission to reconsider a current commitment, volunteer for only one project at a time, or offer to split the role so two people can do half the amount of work.
Quick Tip
Carry a few return address labels in your wallet. Whenever you need to give someone your address you can stick a label on the form and save yourself the time.
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