Project "Household Binder" {Link Party!} All free printables mentioned within the post are now expired and available for sale! Please check out my Etsy Shop for a large selection of personalized printables to fit all of your household organizing needs! Thank you! It's been thirty-one days of Household Binder heaven! We created, we shared, we drained our printer cartridges, we were binder-makin' fools! Let's recap why the Jones abode is sure to run smoother as a result: 1. 2. Now instead of digging through individual mail stations, all current school related materials are located in one easy to find location. 3. I also took full advantage of having pockets in the binder divider tabs! And the other is a great place to slip those billing statements as they come in the mail and need to be paid: Now, twice a month when we pay our bills, we can go right to the Finance tab and log our expenses and send out our payments. 4. I also added a baseball card sleeve for any business cards we accumulate along the way! 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Introducing the Hipster PDA This article was originally posted during the first week of 43 Folders' existence, and, pound for pound, it remains one of the most popular page on the site. Please be sure to also visit related pages, browse our Hipster PDA topic area, plus, of course you can search on the Hipster PDA across our family of sites. Recently, I got sick of lugging my Palm V around, so I developed a vastly superior, greatly simplified device for capturing and sharing information. I call it “The Hipster PDA.” Beauty & Simplicity The Hipster PDA (Parietal Disgorgement Aid) is a fully extensible system for coordinating incoming and outgoing data for any aspect of your life and work. Building your first Hipster PDA get a bunch of 3"x5" file cards (here’s 500 for around 3 bucks)clip them together with a binder clipthere is no step 3 Settings & Preferences For you hotrods who like to tweak your equipment, I’ll note a few mods you might make to the basic configuration. “Getting Things Done” with your Hipster PDA
Office of Learning Resources - Proactive Time Management | University of Pennsylvania Proactive Time Management for Learning Online In this module, our learning specialists offer videos and interactive resources to support students in developing proactive time management strategies, specifically for online coursework and remote learning. Our partners in the Penn Online Learning Initiative were invaluable in supporting the development of this resource. We recommend starting with the self-guided Time Management Self-Assessment. Time Management Self-Assessment This self-assessment will help you think more deeply about your habits and what you can do to improve your time management skills, especially as you prepare for online coursework and remote learning. Proactive Time Management Videos and Resources Your Feedback After you have a chance to engage with this module, we would appreciate your feedback. Evaluation Form
2014 Daily Planner FAQ's I am SO very excited to introduce the 2014 Daily Planner Printables, now available in my Etsy shop! Last year's planner rocked my world, but this year, I adore it even more. Here are some of the things you can find within the 2014 version: Colorful Intro Page! The front page of the planner printable kit is a vibrant welcome page introducing the happy pages behind it. Prefilled Dates The entire planner is pre-filled with dates from either August 2013 - Dec 2014 or Jan 2014 - Dec 2014, depending on which you select: Two Page Portrait Monthly Calendars Each month begins with a two page calendar spread. Two Page Daily Spread Each week comes dated, and spread across two colorful, portrait pages. This year you can snag the planner pages as an instant download file! And there are all sorts of extra options and add-on pages to select from as well. Select from a total of 15 colorful options here! Keep track of the important holidays, birthdays and anniversaries with a Special Dates printable.
My Own Getting Things Done System - Paddy Moogan I wanted to talk a little about the system I use for (trying) to get things done. I say trying because I’m aware that my system isn’t perfect. Well, actually, the system could be totally fine. The problem is probably me! I feel that this topic isn’t covered very often in relation to SEO, one of my previous similar posts went down quite well so I wanted to (finally) do a more tip focused follow up. I get distracted easily which probably doesn’t help me get things done no matter what system I use. I’m in control of my projects – they’re not in control of me. I wanted to share my system to try and help others and also to get feedback on this one. There are basically 3 stages to my system Get ClearGet CurrentGet Creative I run through this system every Friday afternoon, I actually block out the time in my calendar so no one can book meetings during this time. Get Clear This involves making sure you’re caught up on everything you need to be and that you are aware of the big picture. Get Current
Curiosity Is a Unique Marker of Academic Success Curiously (pun intended), curiosity is also virtually absent from the field of gifted-and-talented education. A recent survey of required identification methods across all states found that only three considered motivation a part of giftedness. IQ, on the other hand, is required by 45 states, while 39 require standardized tests of achievement. A recent feature story in Scientific American further punctuates this point. Misleadingly titled “How to Raise a Genius,” the article summarized the results of a 45-year study of children who at age 12 scored in the top 1 percent on the SATs and were subsequently tracked and then supported. At least 95 percent of the participants experienced some type of educational acceleration as a result of their identification, and most participated in enrichment programs such as Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Much to the researchers’ delight, the results confirmed their expectations. But is this really true?
How We Meal Plan For Our Clan After the recent stint on HGTV, I have been getting quite a few questions about my meal planning process. I actually did a post on it quite awhile ago here, however, it's since evolved a bit and I thought it was time for a little update. First, it is important to take a moment to chat about why I go through the process:To prepare for the week: We typically meal plan on Sunday and plan out what we are having for breakfast, lunch and dinner each week. Because we know what we are eating each morning and night, it means less stress, less money eating out and the ability to pull anything frozen out of the freezer the night before. When my husband gets home from work, there is none of that, "What is for dinner?" banter. I would reference this to quickly check it against our inventory {which is easy since I don't over purchase and everything is in clear containers}. Eventually, the list was engraved in my brain, but I always kept a copy on my meal planning clipboard, just in case.
Toodledo : A productivity tool to manage your tasks, to-dos, notes, outlines and lists Choosing Your Major from Afar – Total Advising | University of Virginia Still searching for the major you love? Don’t worry that you aren’t on Grounds – you can do a lot remotely! Please note that this guidance was written primarily for students from the College of Arts and Sciences, as they are less likely than students in other schools to have decided upon a major by their second year. However, much of the general advice will be helpful for any UVA student who is considering their options for majors. Although a handful of jobs require specific majors, most employers are open to hiring candidates with diverse degrees, backgrounds and skill sets. What subjects capture your attention? If you are unsure, you can take the PathwayU assessment to explore some of your interests, values, and strengths – then see which majors and career fields you are matched with. Using SIS, browse all undergraduate classes by subject. Remember: You can always complement any major with additional classes, research, and internships. Here are links for those offices:
Free printable laundry list of to do’s and to do itinerary form Get your weekly to-do’s Buttoned Up with these 2 free printable forms! Step 1. Your laundry list of to do’s Buttoned Up. Use this sheet to capture all of your to-do’s. Don’t worry about prioritizing or editing—the purpose of this sheet is to get them out of your head and onto a piece of paper so you don’t have to waste precious gray matter worrying whether you’ve forgotten one. Step 2. The trick to tackling a long laundry list of to-do’s with a minimum of stress: scheduling!
How to Really Find Your Passion Dweck, one of the paper’s authors, has previously studied different types of mind-sets as they relate to intelligence. People who have a growth mind-set about their own intelligence tend to be less afraid of failure, according to her research, because they believe smarts are cultivated, not inherent. Interests are related to, but distinct from, abilities, the study authors told me: You can be interested in something but not very good at it. “I’ve been playing guitar for 25 years, but I can’t say that my abilities have gotten that much better in the past 10 years,” O’Keefe said. Dweck told me that “find your passion” has a laudable history. The authors also had students learn about either fixed or growth theory and then exposed them to a new interest: Astronomy. This study was a preregistered replication, meaning the authors stated at the outset what their hypothesis and methods would be. K. Dweck told me that “find your passion” has a laudable history. K.
The Everything Planner – Updated for 2014 | genniferbursett Hello! It’s Laura O’Donnell on the blog today sharing my planner put together with Gennifer’s The Everything Planner digital kit. If you remember Gen’s post from last year she had the whole thing spiral bound. Here is the kit, updated for end of 2013 through January 2015. I sent all of the PDFs to Staples for printing and they came out great. Here is a look at the binder, then I’ll open it up and show the insides The binder, tabs, and pockets are all from the Martha Stewart/Avery collection sold at Staples. I put the monthly sheets in first. Then the weekly sheets. Then I thought a notebook section would be helpful with some plain lined paper, tabs, and stickers. This is where I put all of the Organize Me printables. This is the sheet for important contacts – neighbors, babysitters, doctors office, etc. A Party Planner. Weekly menus, shopping, and to do lists. School information. Gift Giving Record. Special Dates. Did you notice I didn’t print the Chore Charts? The Organize Me Printables $4
Excellent Books For College Bound Students To Read Before Starting School Back in 2014, I served on a committee tasked with developing a list of up to 125 titles of outstanding books for the college bound. Since the creation of that list—and knowing the myriad hours that went into finding great titles for it—I’ve kept notes on things I’ve read after that would fit the bill of being a great book for college bound students. The list below is meant to be a jumping off point. It’s meant to encourage life-long learning, interest in areas within and beyond one’s preferred major studies, and develop a love of reading for information, as well as for pleasure. They should spark conversation and provide a means of thinking about a variety of social and cultural realities and challenges through new or sharper lenses. I’ve organized these books for college bound students in the same style as the list above: by the Liberal Arts topics they might best fit under. Category ID: 476 Book Deals Newsletter Thank you for signing up! By signing up you agree to our terms of use