Now that we all have about 50 different online accounts, with a variety of email accounts and password variations, it’s getting harder to remember every log in. Spending time entering password guesses to access your account is frustrating. Waiting for an email to reset your password is ever more frustrating. Help yourself out and record your online account information on this organized form! It will keep everything together and easily accessible. You can even store your favorite websites and add notes to reference.
Get organized now with our Online Accounts and Favorite Websites form!
And for more Innovatively Organized checklists, visit our page of Organizing Checklists!
Get organized now with our Online Accounts and Favorite Websites form!
And for more Innovatively Organized checklists, visit our page of Organizing Checklists!
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Being well-rested and energized is a key component to good time management during the day. In order to remain productive and efficient while working, you can’t be drowsy or nodding off at your desk! Sleepyti.me is a webapp that considers sleep cycles to calculate when you should fall asleep or set your alarm for the next morning.
Abilities:
• Lists best times for you to fall asleep based on when you want to wake up
• Makes sure you don’t interrupt sleep cycles
Great for:
• Feeling better rested and refreshed
• Improving time management
Cost: Free
And here’s an interesting article on tricks to set your alarm so you wake up more peacefully!
Being well-rested and energized is a key component to good time management during the day. In order to remain productive and efficient while working, you can’t be drowsy or nodding off at your desk! Sleepyti.me is a webapp that considers sleep cycles to calculate when you should fall asleep or set your alarm for the next morning.
Abilities:
• Lists best times for you to fall asleep based on when you want to wake up
• Makes sure you don’t interrupt sleep cycles
Great for:
• Feeling better rested and refreshed
• Improving time management
Cost: Free
And here’s an interesting article on tricks to set your alarm so you wake up more peacefully!
http://sleepyti.me/
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We all know “time is money,” so it’s about time you finally start ruling the clock. No more racing around to get everything done in the day; you can master your time with better time management. This article, “10 Time Management Tips That Work” is full of great tips! For busy professionals and entrepreneurs, these tips will help you make better use of your time.
One tip they explain is to schedule time for interruptions, since people will always come to ask a question. We suggest you also factor in commute time if you're traveling to a meeting or appointment. They also suggest taking 30 minutes every day to plan your schedule; we actually recommend you spend this time first thing in the morning or right before you go to bed, to make sure everything is ready to go. Another great tip they share is to block out distractions like Facebook while you’re trying to work. In fact, we think you should turn off your email notifications while trying to work- every time a little box shows a new email at the bottom of your screen, you lose focus and are tempted to respond. Read the article for more great time management tips!
One tip they explain is to schedule time for interruptions, since people will always come to ask a question. We suggest you also factor in commute time if you're traveling to a meeting or appointment. They also suggest taking 30 minutes every day to plan your schedule; we actually recommend you spend this time first thing in the morning or right before you go to bed, to make sure everything is ready to go. Another great tip they share is to block out distractions like Facebook while you’re trying to work. In fact, we think you should turn off your email notifications while trying to work- every time a little box shows a new email at the bottom of your screen, you lose focus and are tempted to respond. Read the article for more great time management tips!
What are your thoughts? Which of these tips have you had great success with?
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Service: Residential Organizing
Challenge:
The office in this client’s home was the only room she unpacked after the move and she didn’t know how to plan her space to make it functional. She bought all these great organizing products but didn’t know how to make them work for her.
Solution:
We sorted through and categorized all the piles of paper on the countertop, chair, floor and in the boxes. Once we knew exactly what we had, we designed a map of her existing space to reflect the appropriate storage needed for each category. This map was how we determined where each category should go on her existing shelving system.
Result:
The result is a much more functional office. Because everything is labeled and categorized, our client can now easily find all her office supplies, files, craft supplies and books. Our client exclaimed, “I am so excited to come into this space now, whereas before I just shut the door. I am excited to show it off!”
View more Before and After photos on our Facebook Fan Page!
Challenge:
The office in this client’s home was the only room she unpacked after the move and she didn’t know how to plan her space to make it functional. She bought all these great organizing products but didn’t know how to make them work for her.
Solution:
We sorted through and categorized all the piles of paper on the countertop, chair, floor and in the boxes. Once we knew exactly what we had, we designed a map of her existing space to reflect the appropriate storage needed for each category. This map was how we determined where each category should go on her existing shelving system.
Result:
The result is a much more functional office. Because everything is labeled and categorized, our client can now easily find all her office supplies, files, craft supplies and books. Our client exclaimed, “I am so excited to come into this space now, whereas before I just shut the door. I am excited to show it off!”
View more Before and After photos on our Facebook Fan Page!
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Elizabeth Bowman, President of Innovatively Organized, was recently featured on the King 5 News segment “Let Jesse Buy It.” Bowman helped Seattleite Lindsey Minerva test-drive the Wonderfile, a product that promises to turn “any space into an organized workspace.” Minerva was looking for a product or system for organizing all of her craft supplies – a huge box of papers, ribbons, glitters, fabrics, and glue guns. Minerva and Bowman try to use the Wonderfile to contain and organize all of these crafts. Watch the video to see if the Wonderfile passed the test!
What are your thoughts? What products do you use to organize your crafts?
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When you print a webpage, your document usually includes half of the actual text itself and half huge ads and banners. Not only does this waste paper and ink resources, but you end up wasting time trying to read the document around so much clutter! PrintFriendly converts any webpage into a readable document. No more frustrating banners, but a distilled, clean text-only document!
Abilities:
• Distilled webpages down to just text
• Save document as a PDF
• Print documents
Great for:
• Saving paper and ink
• Spending less time navigating a document
• More clean, organized and professional documents
Cost: Free
When you print a webpage, your document usually includes half of the actual text itself and half huge ads and banners. Not only does this waste paper and ink resources, but you end up wasting time trying to read the document around so much clutter! PrintFriendly converts any webpage into a readable document. No more frustrating banners, but a distilled, clean text-only document!
Abilities:
• Distilled webpages down to just text
• Save document as a PDF
• Print documents
Great for:
• Saving paper and ink
• Spending less time navigating a document
• More clean, organized and professional documents
Cost: Free
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They are called "shortcuts" for a reason. It is a shorter route than the one usually taken. Bottom line: keyboard shortcuts save you time. Since we love saving people time, we have compiled a list of 55 common keyboard shortcuts.
For those of you who already use keyboard shortcuts, review our list and try to find a couple shortcuts to add to your repertoire. If you do not use keyboard shortcuts, start by learning one shortcut per day. It takes practice, but once it becomes second nature you will saving time in no time!
For those of you who already use keyboard shortcuts, review our list and try to find a couple shortcuts to add to your repertoire. If you do not use keyboard shortcuts, start by learning one shortcut per day. It takes practice, but once it becomes second nature you will saving time in no time!
Get organized now with our Keyboard Shortcuts Checklist!
And for more Innovatively Organized checklists, visit our page of Organizing Checklists!
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We are excited to announce the messiest desk in Seattle has been transformed into what might just be the most organized desk in Seattle! In one week we helped Donna convert her desk into a functional, organized work space! She is particularly excited about her new photo board with yellow accents, the accessible bins, and easy-to-read labels. Here’s a quick run down of what we did:
1) Sorted items one-by-one with Donna’s input.
2) Recycled, donated, relocated and tossed numerous items.
3) Organized Donna’s belongings into existing shelves and clear plastic bins so she can easily see what each contains.
4) Labeled containers and shelves so Donna and her co-workers can easily find things.
Working with Donna was a pleasure and she is thrilled to start using her newly organized space. A huge thank you again to our Messiest Desk Contest partners: Leo Santiago, Getting Organized Magazine, Storables, tiniCling, F.C. Document Destruction, and InterConnection. And thank you to everyone who voted and helped us find Donna’s desk so we could help reduce the stress and clutter in her life.
To view the before, during, and after photos, check out our Facebook album!
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How many times a week do you wander through parking lots trying to find your car? For some especially large lots, like the mall or Costco parking, losing your car can mean walking around (with heavy shopping bags!) for ten or fifteen minutes. This app will remember where you park and help you find your car with ease!
Abilities:
• Arrow points in the direction of your car
• Parking meter reminder
• Track an unlimited number of slots
• Hands-free map automatically zooms and pans
Great for:
• Saving time and energy when done shopping
• When you are especially busy/distracted, and tend to forget things more easily
• Parking over extended periods of time, like at the airport
Cost: $0.99
How many times a week do you wander through parking lots trying to find your car? For some especially large lots, like the mall or Costco parking, losing your car can mean walking around (with heavy shopping bags!) for ten or fifteen minutes. This app will remember where you park and help you find your car with ease!
Abilities:
• Arrow points in the direction of your car
• Parking meter reminder
• Track an unlimited number of slots
• Hands-free map automatically zooms and pans
Great for:
• Saving time and energy when done shopping
• When you are especially busy/distracted, and tend to forget things more easily
• Parking over extended periods of time, like at the airport
Cost: $0.99
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Today we got to start the really fun part of the process where everything comes together! As much as possible, we tried to reuse containers that Donna already had in her office to stay “green.” (Sidenote: For more tips on green organizing, download our webinar.) .
After we sorted and categorized everything, we took measurements so we could purchase the perfect bins and containers. Thanks to our partner, Storables, we were able to purchase some wonderful organizing products to fit Donna’s space. We were even able to find products in her favorite color – yellow.
Before we knew it, our job was complete! Stay tuned for the after photos and view more photos of the process on Facebook
After we sorted and categorized everything, we took measurements so we could purchase the perfect bins and containers. Thanks to our partner, Storables, we were able to purchase some wonderful organizing products to fit Donna’s space. We were even able to find products in her favorite color – yellow.
Before we knew it, our job was complete! Stay tuned for the after photos and view more photos of the process on Facebook
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