Are you one of those people that is cut so short for time between kids, spouse, work and other demands that you don’t have time to take care of your own personal business such as bills, necessary correspondence or even having time to send a birthday card to a friend?
You might find it’s a matter of being organized instead of a lack of time. Many people have a basket they toss their mail into with the intent of going through it “later”. Later turns into days or even a week or so later and suddenly you have a pill of bills screaming to be paid, you hurt your best friend’s feelings by forgetting to send them a birthday card and you can’t find your water bill. The time you wasted looking for your bills and correspondence could have been spent actually handling things.
It’s just a matter of getting organized. You don’t need a huge desk, an old fashioned secretary desk will sit quietly in the corner of a room and not take up much space. The front of the desk will pull up and latch so you can leave items out on the desktop that you’re in the middle of and you don’t have to worry about prying eyes or toddler hands “helping” you or moving anything. When the lid is up and in the latched position, no one can see anything you’re working on.
Make a place for bills to be paid and bills that you have paid. Set up a calendar and buy greeting cards in advance and put the in a file folder to have handy so when you do find that you’ve overlooked the odd birthday, you can pop a card you already have on hand in the mail and make sure your well wishes are sent.
See? You aren’t really stressed and overwhelmed, it’s just a matter of getting organized – and it didn’t hurt a bit!
