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School is out, and the July 4th holiday is almost here. Are you ready for the relaxing summer days ahead, or are you distracted by cluttered surfaces and endless to do lists? What if I told you that by doing two organizing activities a day, you'll be able to stay organized all summer long and enjoy the season?
Two A Day
As I mentioned above, the two organizing activities that I recommend doing in order to stay organized all summer long and longer are:
 1. Process incoming paper, for example, mail, notices from summer camp, work papers, and newspapers every day.
2. Perform a 10 minute clean up of horizontal surfaces like kitchen counters, tables, desks, and floors every day.
By doing these two activities daily your goal is to create systems for managing the daily build up of papers and items, and to form habits from these activities. As a result you will become organized, because being organized means that you have created systems that work for you, and you have habitual behavior that supports those systems. I encourage you to do these two daily activities all summer long and share your insights and feedback with me at
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Weekly activities to do in order to stay organized:
- Laundry - wash, dry, fold and put away at least two loads
- Clean out refridegerator - Remove outdated food and old leftovers, bring older food to the front to be used first, and take note of what needs to be added to the grocery list
- File papers - put paid bills, medical papers, receipts and bank papers in assigned files in order to prevent paper pile up
- School bags, work bags and pocketbooks - remove everything to make sure nothing is fogotten or missed, discard what you can to keep it functional
- Calendar - check appointments, clarify dates and prepare for the next week
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