ORGANIZING. Yep.

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So I’m spending the next few days organizing. My desk. My calendar. The kid’s calendar. My closet. My life.

Where some people do this in the Spring, I find Fall, with back to school in the air, my time to get myself ready for the next year. It’s the beginning of my version of the fiscal year.

One thing I’m doing is getting back to basics by relearning Omnifocus, my favorite tool for organizing life’s “to-do” lists.  It takes the GTD (Getting Things Done) theory of time management, all contextually based (tasks are organize by “context”, e.g. phone, computer, errands) and puts it into super-efficient software (and iPhone App!) that can also be crossed referenced. I’m about 60% proficient at using it and it still kicks the ass  of ANYTHING I’ve tried before, IMHO. Check out the basics of Omnifocus HERE and you too will become a convert.

One of my main challenges is seeing how I’m going to fit in my workouts, now that I don’t have a trainer or pilates appointment to make (or to someone coaching me). This may be “it’s 5am get-my-sorry-butt outta of bed to exercise,” which — for those who worship sleep –isn’t the easiest thing to digest as anything more than a once-in-a-while anomaly.

Again. This is my challenge.

So I ask my readers- how do you work in exercise, obligations, family into your schedule?