An Organized Appointment

An Organized Appointment

Do appointments and meetings seems like a big time waster to you? Here are a few ways to be more effective with your time.

• Mark in your planner the time you need to leave the house, not just the time of the appointment. Always account for traffic.
• Make appointments to meet with people early in the day.  Your wait is likely to be shorter.
• When making appointments, schedule an ending time, so you can move on with the rest of your day.
• Confirm appointments with a quick email. You will be less likely to waste time or find out that your client had forgotten the appointment altogether.
• Place a post-it note in your planner, under your scheduled appointment (in the time frame of the appointment). Write down the items you want to discuss and add items as you think of them. When the time arrives, you’ll have everything you need in your planner.
• Always have quick, simple tasks with you that can be completed while waiting for an appointment to begin – make a phone call, check your calendar, carry reading material. Of course, there is always Facebook!

Don’t let other peoples priorities take control of your time. If your planner is filled with activities for others, you may have lost control of your time. Take it back!

Do you struggle with getting and staying organized?

Are you afraid to start an organizing project just to be overwhelmed or lose motivation in the middle, to be left with even more chaos? You are not alone. That’s the fear of most people who don’t have time to allot to a big organizing project.

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