Organize your life with Mead and OrganizHer
I am not an organized person. I really, really wish I were. It would make life so much easier. I envy people who have daily planners and actually manage to use them. I, however, always seem to have the best of intentions but little follow through.
I was blessed with the ability to remember. Growing up, I never really needed to plan ahead because I could somehow always remember what I needed to do without having it written down. But alas, I now have three children. And with the birth of each one, my ability to remember minute details seem to die just a little bit. Add to that the daily mayhem of keeping up with them and I now find myself many days struggling to remember whether or not I brushed my teeth that morning. So I am making a concerted effort to at least attempt to be more organized.
And Mead and OrganizHer have stepped up to help me out. I recevied in the mail a box filled with all manner of goodies to make sure I do not forget another birthday (my nephew’s is next week – he’ll be 10 and this will be the first time he’s ever received a card from me – that is, if I remember to put it in the mail) or school function. Or to pick up my child from school…
I have a large calendar that I’ve already filled in and hung on the wall. There is also a monthly calendar for the refridgerator in case I forget to look at the wall calendar (highly likely). I even got a weekly calendar that I plan to put on my nightstand so I can keep my work schedule in order thus hopefully eliminating the need to stay up until the wee hours of the night because I have a deadline that I forgot about.
The thing I love about these calendars is that they offer enough space for me to keep up with everyone in my family as well as plan out my meals ahead of time (another thing I never do) and even keep track of my expenses. And they’re super cute to look at! I think OrganizHer may actually be able to accomplish what no man (or woman) has accomplished before…keeping me on track.
The new OrganizHer line from Mead was designed to offer functional, flexible, fashionable – and affordable – organizational solutions for today’s modern household. There are more than a dozen new OrganizHer products that have just been released. All products feature a sleek decorative swirl design, and many are customizable with additional content available at Mead.com. From “spend” planning to meal planning, you can find a product that is sure to help you with the day to day challenge of managing your family.
5 Minutes for Mom is teaming up with Mead and OrganizHer to offer one lucky reader 5 brand new OrganizHer products plus a $25.00 gift certificate to Target. From monthly expense management to meal planning, Mead and OrganizHer want to be your own personal secretary – only you don’t have to pay them or offer benefits. You do, however, have to remember to write everything down.
To enter to win this fabulous organizational giveaway, simply leave us a comment telling us what you like to do to stay organized (or, what you wish you did to stay organized). We will pick one lucky winner randomly on Saturday, July 3rd.
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Many thanks to Mead and OrganizHer for sending me sample products for review and for supplying prizing for this giveaway.
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My bank gives out a calendar with lines in each space. I just write everything on the calendar
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The best way for me to stay organized is to put everything we need to do on our calendar. That’s the only way for me to keep track of the craziness lol!
To stay organized, I try to make sure everything has it’s “place.” I also try to put things away as soon as possible rather than let them sit and clutter up the place.
I have the monthly calendar on the side of the ssteel fridge, and use google calendar with alerts to my iphone for meeting /dr. a ppt. reminders.. but with kids who often get sick unexpectedly, things change. For this unexpected, day to day living stuff, I put on my kitchen counter a rectangular post it calendar strip for the week only and I use pencil. I leave this out in ” command central” and put the scheduled activities to start, then I erase, add as needed- as life changes etc. This keeps me from losing my sanity and going with the flow. I also have made a medicine chart on computer- when my kids have special meeds added to their daily meeds I print this out and post it for double checking! This new line of stuff looks super cool!
Everyday I try to get more organized, but with 5 kids it is quite a feat. I keep a calendar on the side of the fridge and Google calendar that sends me reminders on my Android but sometimes getting it entered on the computer or the phone is not always as quick either. I need something that is quick accessible and easy to do to keep appts, birthday reminders and other social events handy, with that I need room for me to write my to do list… and while we are at it someone to clean for me too! It is worth wishing for right !
I keep calendars and lists for EVERYTHING to stay organized.
I try to make sure everything has a “place” and try to put everything in its place right away. That doesn’t always happen though.
up untill two years ago i was a stay at home mom to my three children a job i truly lovedand miss. after my youngest child turned 6 months old my husbands small plumbing business wasn’t doing well so i proudly and bravley although still guiltfull made the decision to go back to work. up untill then i new everything about the day to day life of everyone in our home now with a full time job and still having three very busy growing children i tend to forget more often, I have tried calenders and planners in the past but can’t stick with them either mis placing them or running out of room to where i have to have a seperate one for differnt people in the house.
I could never find a planner that was large enough AND portable enough to manage a family of 5…so I MADE ONE
. My planner fold out and folds in for maximum space and mobility.
I shrink down my kids’ school and sports schedules by 50% on a scanner and then slip them in the clear view pocket in the front of my mom’s planner for easy viewing. The back of each fold out month has a generous to-do list and a notes section.The lead pages have all of the important contacts that a mom needs, such as schools, coaches, vet, chiropractor,dentist,ink cartridge # and even website user name and password reminders.
I can even fit it easily into my purse.
I have tried just about everything- notes, stickies, multiple paper calendars, PDAs, and dry erase boards. But now, I have a ridiculous amount of items entered on my iCal. It’s got an amazing feature to send me a test message whenever I tell it to, so my phone is beeping all day long as it sends me reminders to do just about everything! It works better than anything else I have tried.
I have a to-do list, a planner, and a home management notebook, but I still feel disorganized! I need something that it all that in ONE!
make lists and use a planner
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