Summer Shorts: Back to Fall Organizational Hacks

No matter how many years you’ve been out of school, Fall always feels like a fresh start. It’s such a great feeling until things get super busy and we wish we long for the days of Summer vacation! 

In this week’s Summer Shorts, Mimi is going to talk about her favorite thing -- how to get organized -- and give you some of her favorite hacks to keep the fresh fall feeling all year long! 

Use a calendar -- people are fans of to-do lists -- but lists can get long and unwieldy fast. Putting things on a calendar and even better assigning a day and TIME to do it gets you clear on what to do when and how long it will actually take to do it. 

I especially love Google calendar because you can access it on your phone, set up different calendars that you can share with others, color code it and easily move things around. 

You can also include notes and attachments in your calendar invite getting you super organized and Google calendar has a task function built right in so you can have a to-do list alongside of your calendar. 


Know what you can do and what you can’t --- don’t over-commit. This is the downfall of so many of us -- even if it feels like something you want to do -- give yourself 24 hours to think about it. Something that sounds like a great idea in the moment, may not feel so great in the morning! 


Use the power of routines -- make a grocery list on the same day every week, do laundry the same day -- this allows you to stay on top of things and systemize so things don’t get piled up. For example, I love a finance Friday --- pay your bills and balance your accounts. Doing this once a week makes it much less daunting and saves lots of time! 

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