Now that I’ve thoroughly explained that buying
organizational tools is NOT the way to organize your life (you can find that
post here). Let me tell you about the four organizational tools that are
essential to my daily life. I would suggest completing your decluttering for a
few weeks before you buy anything at all, to break you of the habit of
associating buying with being organized.
- My schedule book: In an age of iPhones and ubiquitous technology (which I’m normally all about), my schedule book is bound paper. It goes everywhere with me and tracks my finances, my chores, my events, my work outs, memories, my menu plan, and helps me plan ahead so I’m never operating in “red zone”.
- A laundry sorter: I got my laundry sorter here, at Target for 34.99, It keeps my
laundry pile from being overwhelming. It holds four loads of laundry and I
can sort as I go which helps make switching the laundry go quicker and
encourages me to look forward to it.
- Lunch bags and ice packs: In my opinion,
barring any major expensive hobby, the biggest leak of your finances is
most likely eating lunches out at work. You can read more on how much
money you waste by eating lunches out here.
- Financial Bag: This is an easy to carry
bag (I’ve used both flyladys’ “office in a bag”, found here, and more
recently Thirty One’s bag found here), that has checks, envelopes, stamps, and a copy of your
budget outlook. I can throw in bills from my inbox and take this anywhere
to balance my budget, pay bills (most are paid online, but having checks
handy helps to pay infrequent bills.) Having the ability to handle the
finances out of the house, gives me extra time at home to do the things I
really want to do.
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