Given the scope of the projects under my wing these days, I'm working hard to better organize my world. I like computers, but I like pen and paper too. Between my cell phone with its calendar system, and my computer with Outlook on it, I'm mostly covered. But I need a way to better organize thoughts and papers, such as receipts. About five years ago, I bought a binder from Target that had it all: diverse pockets of all kinds, an integrated accordion file system, and three-ring binder. I liked it so much that I bought several as spares. And I created the page format in Excel below to better organize each day:  I used it for a while, and then stopped. Organization is not my natural way. I'm a creative, chaotic guy. But to be the effective person I want to be, I need to teach myself organization. So I'm reasserting this method in my life. I've recreated the Excel scheduling format. (You can download it here, if you like. In the first row, if you set your birthday in the formula and then the current day, the other 100+ pages will automatically fill in. I then print it out to three-ring paper to put in the binder.) It's always about the journey. Sometimes, you have to do the things you don't want to do to be the person you want to be. | 
