Welcome to Part III of How to Organize Important Documents. You can read Part I here and Part II here. At the end of Part II, I said we would talk about how to manage your current financial records, and here it is. Organizing Current Financial Records What do you do with all the everyday…
Since you followed the instructions from my last post on organizing documents, you now you have several tidy stacks of papers. You may think that you are now organized, but this is really just the beginning. We need to make these stacks disappear. Tax Returns First, take care of your tax returns and associated…
Today’s post was inspired by my college-student son’s frantic search over the past three days for his W-2 forms. His tax returns have been complete for a couple of months and he is even getting a tax refund. But for whatever unfathomable reason, he elected to wait until this weekend to actually file. And then…
I don’t know where you are, but where I live it is full-on spring here. Spring is a motivating season for me. When the weather gets warm and things start growing again, I come out of my state of semi-hibernation and start feeling the urge to get things done. We plow up the garden and…
Finding creative solutions to kids’ room storage problems is a fabulous fit on Modern Molly Mormon. Why? Mormon women consistently seek solutions to problems and generally have plenty of kidstuff to store. In the back of your mind is the wonderful commandment which you don’t take lightly: “Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish…
Do you spend too much time on your email? Would you like to cut that time way back and not miss any important emails. You can! If you use gmail, today’s tutorial is just for you. Learn how to create filters that will automatically sort your incoming emails into the folders of your choosing, so…
Another year! It’s January 1st and we have a whole new, shiny blank calendar for us to fill with wonderful things. It’s that time of year when people begin thinking about goals and resolutions. I’m no exception. I like new. I like new weeks (I am actually one of those people who looks forward to…
I don’t know about your house, but school has started here and with three students leaving at three different times, and two working parents with their own schedules, my house gets pretty crazy in the mornings. Here are a few simple strategies for keeping the daily chaos to a minimum and getting everyone out the…
Time management isn’t really about managing time. Time doesn’t need managing. Time is the one constant in our lives. We each get 24 hours every day, seven days every week and 365 days each year, plus that extra Leap Day every four years. It never changes, it never varies. Tuesday is not longer than Wednesday…
It’s cold here. I mean, it’s REALLY cold. Ok, so it’s not Chicago and it’s not New York, but it’s still cold. I’m not a native Coloradan and though I’ve spent several years in a cold climate, this is the coldest weather I’ve had. Since I needed to be sure I was taking proper cold-weather care of myself and my family,…
