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Atlanta area professional home organizer - Simply Organized serving Cobb, Cherokee, Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, and West Hall counties including: Alpharetta, Atlanta, Buckhead, Brookhaven, Canton, Chastain, Cumming, Dawsonville, Duluth, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Marietta, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Sugar Hill, Vinings, and Woodstock.
Atlanta area professional home organizer - Simply Organized serving Cobb, Cherokee, Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, and West Hall counties including: Alpharetta, Atlanta, Buckhead, Brookhaven, Canton, Chastain, Cumming, Dawsonville, Duluth, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Marietta, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Sugar Hill, Vinings, and Woodstock.
Atlanta area professional home organizer - Simply Organized serving Cobb, Cherokee, Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, and West Hall counties including: Alpharetta, Atlanta, Buckhead, Brookhaven, Canton, Chastain, Cumming, Dawsonville, Duluth, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Marietta, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Sugar Hill, Vinings, and Woodstock.
Atlanta area professional home organizer - Simply Organized serving Cobb, Cherokee, Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, and West Hall counties including: Alpharetta, Atlanta, Buckhead, Brookhaven, Canton, Chastain, Cumming, Dawsonville, Duluth, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Marietta, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Sugar Hill, Vinings, and Woodstock.

Time Management in 6 Simple Steps Part 2

Grocery List PadHello again and welcome to Part 2 continued from my last post: Time Management in 6 Simple Steps – Simply Organized

After helping clients with decluttering, organizing, packing, unpacking & project management over the last 15 years, I consider myself an efficiency expert. One of my favorite books from my childhood was Cheaper by the Dozen (very different from the movie). It was autobiographical and written by an efficiency expert who ran his household like a factory. Why waste hours doing something if you can get it done quicker & move on to things you really want to do right?!?

Excuse my digression but I want you to understand why I am so passionate about what can be considered a boring topic: time management. Time management can simplify your life, so you aren’t wasting your valuable time on mundane tasks like cooking, cleaning, driving or laundry. Let me help you see it as an EXCITING way to take back your precious time so you can spend it on fun, friends, family & creating priceless memories.

If you read my part 1 post, you saw I recently taught a course to a wonderful group of people who I can safely stereotype into the category of “ladies who help everyone except themselves”. Maybe you can relate to doing everything for everyone else everyday (or at least it feels that way). This is why the flight attendants tell you to PUT YOUR OWN OXYGEN MASK ON FIRST!!! It is not selfish it is literally lifesaving.

So…. take these helpful tips & tools and embrace them:

Grocery Shopping/ Meal Planning/ Cooking:

One of the most time consuming and stressful things in our lives is food. The planning, shopping, prepping, cooking, storing, eating and wasting overwhelms all of us. By planning ahead, you will save yourself multiple trips to the store which means you are saving loads of time plus gas money! You will also save yourself from the most dreaded question we hear every day: “What’s for Dinner?”

1.Plan a weekly menu – this should be 3-5 breakfasts, lunches and dinners per week. You can get a weeks’ worth of breakfasts out of a box of cereal or a dozen eggs plus fruit, milk and juice. Lunches can be as simple as sandwiches, pre prepared boxes or dinner left overs. Dinner is usually a bit more involved with cooking but again, there’s usually a couple of nights you can do left overs and maybe one night going out or ordering in dinner for the family.

2. After you have your menu for the week, make a list of all the ingredients you will need to complete the meal. For example, if you are making spaghetti, you will want to put pasta, sauce, spices, garlic, onion and maybe ground beef or turkey on your list. If you are serving it with a salad, make sure you get lettuce, tomatoes and salad dressing.

3. BATCH COOK – I recommend doubling or tripling your recipes. When you have time to cook, cook twice or three times as much, freeze the extra and label it well using tape and a marker. This way you will always have something ready to defrost/ reheat when you are short on time.

4. Let the family help: Your kids and spouse can help pack their own snacks and lunches for the next day. They can also help set the table and clean up after wards.

5. A great time saving tool is to use your crock pot. Assemble all of your items in your crock pot in the morning, set it on low and when you get home – WALAH! DINNER IS READY! or Use your InstaPot for even quicker results!

6. You don’t have time for shopping or cooking? No problem! There are so many ready to eat meals out there that are healthy & delicious:  Factor, Forkful, Modify Health & ingredients to cook: Hello Fresh, Home Chef, Tovala & more.

7. APPS: 

  • AnyList–organizes common items into categories & share
  • Mealime–recipe suggestions based on diet/ build menu
    weekly + tap to add all ingredients at once
  • Our Groceries –Super Simple! Family can edit + access in real
    time (on Apple watch too)
  • Bring! –For large groups & parties / share list with mulriple
    users/ potlucks etc.
  • Cozi-Lists plus color coded calendar * whole family organizer*

Part 3 will be more goal setting details

All of these tips and tools will save you time, money and energy! If you need help with your time or space, please call us at 404-825-2105 or e-mail heather@simplyorganizedyou.com

 

 

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