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Topic Evaluate the goals that were set in January Social Spiritual Physical Mental Financial Back in January, we did a podcast on the Groundhog Day Goal method, which was suggested by David Seah, where you regularly review the goals that were set in January. The dates to do that would be January 1, February 2, … Continue reading 036: Personal: Mid-Year Review The post 036: Personal: Mid-Year Review appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Be consistent Be deliberate Label items Be consistent Consistently put things where they belong, like always putting your keys in the same place. Consistently do things the same time each week, like when you sit down to plan out your week. Consistently do things at the same time each day, like exercising. Consistency creates … Continue reading 035: Bonus: Organization Basics The post 035: Bonus: Organization Basics appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Why have an emergency fund? How much? How to get there Why have an emergency fund? It’s a sefety net for those unexpected events in life that we don’t have money already budgeted for. It’s an account set aside from your regular budget to cover big expenses that you weren’t planning on paying. Mitchells … Continue reading 034: Finances: Emergency Funds The post 034: Finances: Emergency Funds appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Different centers kids can focus their life on Formal ways to teach principles Informal ways to teach kids principles How important good examples are Different Centers Sean Covey wrote a book titled Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers. He talked about the different centers that kids (as well as adults) focus on which determine … Continue reading 033: Kids: Teaching Principles The post 033: Kids: Teaching Principles appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Why you want a clean car How to start How to maintain a clean car Why: It’s nice not to have to shuffle papers or sippy cups out of the way if you need to transport other people on short notice. It feels good to be in a clean car. It helps if you’re … Continue reading 032: Home: Cars The post 032: Home: Cars appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Budgets Long term savings Borrowing is a trap Give generously Budgets Sit down with your child one on one and help them create a budget fit for them. The teenager should be the one setting the numbers in their own budget, with guidance from their parent. At this age, a teenager’s budget is very … Continue reading 031: Kids: Teen Finances The post 031: Kids: Teen Finances appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Importance of sharpening the saw Obstacles that keep us from taking time for ourselves Evaluate what to do to recharge Fitting it in your schedule Intro Before any airline takes off, the stewardess goes over some safety instructions with all the passengers telling them what to do in case of an emergency. One instruction … Continue reading 030: Personal: Recharging The post 030: Personal: Recharging appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Background & signs of hoarders Ways to help a child that is a hoarder Ways to live with an adult hoarder (Dragon’s are, by far, some of the most notable hoarders). How Mitchells picked this topic Some listeners asked how to keep an organized home when a family member is a hoarder. Dave and … Continue reading 029: Kids: Hoarders The post 029: Kids: Hoarders appeared first on Organized Family.

Why organize the garage? Creating Zones Maintaining an organized garage Why Organize the Garage It helps to find tools and supplies quickly. It helps to allow room for important and expensive items like cars. A garage is so big that it’s easy for it to become a store-all for everything. Prioritize to decide what you … Continue reading 028: Home: Garage The post 028: Home: Garage appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics How Mitchells started Different Budgeting Personalities Dave Ramsey Monthly Budget Meeting Rules Extra Tips How Mitchells Started Mitchells took a Dave Ramsey class several years ago called “Financial Peace University” sponsored by Zion’s Bank in their community. As part of that course, participants had a homework assignment to set a realistic budget where every … Continue reading 027: Finances: Monthly Budget Meetings The post 027: Finances: Monthly Budget Meetings appeared first on Organized Family.

This week contains an assortment of tips and tricks to keep yourself more organized. Inbox Bills and other paper items that need taken care of go into an inbox, which for the Mitchells is a set of mini plastic stacking shelves just the width of a 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper on their … Continue reading 026: Personal: Tips and Tricks for More Organizing The post 026: Personal: Tips and Tricks for More Organizing appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Why kids need individual quality time Ideas on how to provide that time Why Dave read an article awhile ago saying that 93% of the time the author had with his parents was over by the time he left high school. Parents need to make quality one-on-one time with of their kids while they … Continue reading 025: Kids: Quality Time The post 025: Kids: Quality Time appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics What is a microzone? Best locations Easy systems Keep life in perspective What is a microzone? Last month we talked about zones which are a general area assigned to similar items. Microzones are the smaller organized areas within a given zone. Best locations Items you use the most should be located at the easiest … Continue reading 024: Home: Micro-zones The post 024: Home: Micro-zones appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics What is batch processing? When is it useful? How it helps What is batch processing? When you have several tasks to do, you lump them all together and take care of them all at the same time. When is it useful? An example might be when you have bills to pay or receipts to … Continue reading 023: Finance: Batch Processing The post 023: Finance: Batch Processing appeared first on Organized Family.

All too often there is more to do than we feel we have time. More often than not in these circumstances, we frantically try and do it all. We’ll write down all the things we need to accomplish on a list and gradually work our way down. For most small tasks, this works fine, but … Continue reading 022: Personal: The Pomodoro Technique The post 022: Personal: The Pomodoro Technique appeared first on Organized Family.

We’ve also added another tool to the organized family toolbox. In a freak accident a number of years ago, we lost the file we used to create the chore chart we currently use. We’ve recreated that chore chart and uploaded it in a number of different formats to the website. You can find it in … Continue reading 021: Kids: Chores The post 021: Kids: Chores appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics What is a zone? How to set up zones? The benefits of a zone What is a zone? An area of your home with specific items of similar characteristics. How to set up a zone When starting to organize a room or garage for the first time, you could sketch a map of the … Continue reading 020: Home: Zones The post 020: Home: Zones appeared first on Organized Family.

Talking about money is not dirty. Have you ever been asked by your kids if you are rich or poor? Talking to your children about money matters facing the family can sometimes be challenging. In some cases, you don’t want to share too much in case they accidentally share it with the neighborhood. But keeping … Continue reading 019: Kids: Teaching Children About Money The post 019: Kids: Teaching Children About Money appeared first on Organized Family.

Topics Tools Planning Process to follow up Tools Amy uses paper and pencil to lay out what she needs to accomplish. She uses a “Do-It-All Planner” put out by Orange Circle Studio. She likes it because she can see the whole week at one glance, get everything out of her brain and onto her book, … Continue reading 018: Personal: Accomplishing Goals The post 018: Personal: Accomplishing Goals appeared first on Organized Family.

In this episode we talk about chores around the house and as I reviewed this episode I was surprised at all the tips and tricks we share which can be used to motivate and help children (and parents) enjoy keeping up on the day to day chores which need to be done around the house. … Continue reading 017: Kids: Contributing Members The post 017: Kids: Contributing Members appeared first on Organized Family.