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EVERIES REMINDER 16, DAILY PAPERWORK 2

30/8/2015

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I hope you have found it easy to do Dawn Planning each morning, and that it has helped you achieve a bit more on your own plans.
Here’s the 2nd part of Daily Paperwork:


Dusk Check-in 

Set a timer for 30 minutes and take these actions after work or before dinner each day to make the evening more relaxing:
  • Collect the mail & turn out your pockets, wallet, etc. for any loose papers.
    • Enter the day’s receipts & deal with other papers as called for.
      • 'Deal with' means answer or action & file or shred/recycle as appropriate.
  • Listen to your phone messages & read new texts &/or emails.
    • Immediately action or respond to as many as you can.
    • Diarise the others for later response or action as needed.
      • Yes, diarise. Flagging or making mental notes are okay if your inbox is routinely decluttered, but otherwise these messages just add to the pile.
    • Tick off today’s completed Dawn Planning steps.
    • Can any incomplete steps be done after dinner?

 Make ‘Do or Diarise!’ your motto.
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EVERIES REMINDER 15, DAILY PAPERWORK

26/8/2015

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Getting down to business now, let’s look at routine paperwork. Track your activities 3 times daily, starting with...

Dawn Planning

Diarise all of the day’s planned activities according to your Weekly Plan – which came from your Monthly Plan, which in turn came from your Quarterly Plan, remember? You are sticking to those, right?

Add any necessary actions called for from:
  • phone messages
  • emails
  • snail mail
  • fridge notes, etc.
Be realistic about this diarising. It’s not a to-do list (which we’ll cover later). Be honest with yourself – and others -- about how long tasks could take, or whether you are even likely to get to them. Input your own plans first, fitted between true obligations. Sprinkle in fun stuff for incentive & regeneration. Move activities around to the best day-and-time slots to give yourself a good chance of accomplishing what you set out to do. Then do what you've written.

You’ll be amazed how much you can fit into a day if you strike a good balance of pressure and pleasure :-)

Groove in Dawn Planning every day so you’re ready for the 2nd piece of Daily Paperwork coming up in the next post.

If mornings are frantic,
get into the habit of doing Dawn Planning the night before.

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EVERIES REMINDER 14, WARDROBE UPGRADE  

22/8/2015

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As mentioned in Reminder 13, winter is drawing to a close here in the South-West. August marks a particular change which locals have become well aware of. For example, last weekend it was like early spring -- beautiful and warm. Next thing? Heavy rains and bitterly cold winds. We’re sort of used to August being fickle like that.

In fact, noticeable shifts like this usually happen before the 3 months are up. This has long been recognised by the original inhabitants of the South-West of this state, who have identified six seasons. I’ve summarised these in the table below.

The Six Seasons of South-Western Australia
Six-Season Table

The descriptions at http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/nyoongar/ are much better. Please take the time to look at this site for the official information on Indigenous Weather Knowledge.

One of the great ways you can use this information is to keep your wardrobe weather-ready. Get tips from my wardrobe upgrade download (upgrade download?) on my DIY page.

If you’re on a tight budget, just smarten up accessories or staples.
Remember to discard/recycle any superseded items.

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Everies Reminder 13, Personal Tidy-up

19/8/2015

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Talking about self-care plans (as I briefly did in Reminder 12), how’s your appearance bearing up as winter draws to a close?

Personal Tidy-up 
  • Give hair, skin & nails a bit of TLC. (That’s Tender Loving Care, in case you had forgotten.)
  • Do the same for personal items that have been getting battered about in the wind and rain: coats, bags, shoes, gloves, scarves, etc.

By the way, whenever I mention weather, I'm talking about what's current in the six seasons of Australia's south-west. Six?? Yep -- more about that next time...

In your Quarterly Plan, you  may have set particular goals for health and/or gorgeousness. 
If so, now’s the time to catch up on those steps, too.
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everies reminder 12, family regroup

15/8/2015

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Now you’ve set the home up with a few security measures, housekeeping routines and essential supplies, let’s consider the people who live with you, or are close in your life.

Family Regroup 

Plan and shop for a special family meal designed to maintain (or restore) family harmony – see The Guide on my DIY page. 

This might be awkward at first, or even difficult if clutter of various kinds has taken over the household. Ignore any problems that this exercise may literally bring to the table, and just follow the guide every 8 days or so. Things should gradually improve.

‘Special’ in this case needn't mean a 3-course gourmet affair. The real requirement is that it be food everyone looks forward to!

PS: Is your First-Aid Kit fully stocked? Not to alarm you or anything... 
Pop that on your shopping list, too. :-)

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Everies reminder 11, mopping & shopping

8/8/2015

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Mopping
Add mopping to your Weekly Cleaning 2 routine, after vacuuming the floors – but only if you've been doing the edges & fiddly bits from Weekly Cleaning 1. Dust bunnies do not like water. Vacuum or sweep them up first.

Shopping

Break your shopping trips up in ways that help you eat well and save money. For example, if it’s convenient (too convenient?) to get to the shops, try this:
 
Sunday -- Buy fresh food from the butcher and greengrocer.
Thursday -- Top up 
food staples and household supplies.
Every few Saturdays -- Do other planned shopping.


Naturally, you should always take a list, and stick to it.
If an impulse-buy tempts you, write it on the list for next trip of that type.
You’ll put the item to better use if its appeal holds that long :-)
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Everies Reminder 10, Declutter Food Stocks

5/8/2015

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Decluttering your food stocks is a surprisingly uplifting chore for every six weeks or so. 
Discard: 
  • Stale food – check use-by dates and general freshness according to your own judgement.
  • Foodstuffs you know you shouldn't eat. I'm not about to give you diet advice, but if I can recommend only 1 food education book, it’s Instinctive Nutrition, by Severen L. Schaeffer, Celestial Arts 1995. It’s a great basis for any other food knowledge you take in.

Reorganise:
  1. Bring back-of-the-shelf items forward, so everything else gets consumed before its use-by date.
  2. Replenish stocks with fresh, best-quality-you-can-afford items. To me, that means organic – but again, use what you know.

Beware:
  • Keep all food covered tightly to avoid cross-contamination and pest infestations.
  • Please don’t rush out and buy new, plastic containers – a subject for another post, perhaps. Use glass jars or tins, or whatever you have for now, but try to keep food out of direct contact with plastics...
Happy eating!
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