Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Find more Time Update

When I posted about Finding More Time and asked for suggestions - you all had great ones!! And I loved them.  I am trying to incorporate them all.....  My middle son - the brain child... said don't forget all the goodies on your phone!

So Cynthia  at Quilting is More Fun than Housework  said she keeps a white board list by her machine to keep track of what supplies she needs to order. SO!! I made a list on my phone! With a reminder. Since my Long Arm is downstairs, and my computer is upstairs - I thought this would be a portable list!!

Vicki  said to think about your purchases and where you are going to put them.... Not to bad!! I made sure I had space for chocolate!!

Terri said to put things back where they belong. Okay - this is a hard one... My family is really good at just leaving things where they are.. But we are trying.

I went into my quilt studio and spent a whole hour just organizing. I do a great job and then all of a sudden A LOT of stuff ends up in my car and I just put it into my *mudroom/entry* of my studio.  So.... I took the time and put everything away and sorted.

Kate  Suggested making at least 15minutes a day and just do what you want, or tackle something 15 minutes at a time.
They are growing so fast!!

I took 15 minutes and re organized my sewing table. Oh My Gosh!!! That was so helpful. I put my projects in order, and then..... on my phone -- I made a list. You can set reminders on my phone, so for each project I set a reminder as to when I wanted to focus on that project. So far so good.  My secret project for our guild challenge - is a lot farther along then it would be if my phone didn't beep.

I made progress on my scrappy log Blocks, AND!!! I am getting some of those scraps tamed!!

So thanks for your suggestions, and thank you to my son for showing me the Lists on my phone!


3 comments:

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

Great job getting organized! Soon, some things will just become habit. I need to get my sewing room cleaned up too. I have not been very productive in there lately.

Kate said...

Keeping organized always seems to be a work in progress. Sounds like you've made good progress.

Lisa C said...

Setting timers is such a great help for me. Doing something for 15 minutes seems like such a small thing but if you're focused, then a lot can get accomplished. One thing I do is I get gas every Sunday. A tank usually lasts me a week. I just enjoy starting a busy week knowing I won't have to stop on a day that has less "time" than a Sunday.