I need to try and get organized again and am looking for something that I could possibly use online or a great tool that other moms have used to keep track of everything (school stuff, work, dr appts, playdates, bills to be paid, errands to run, parties to attend.... ya know that stuff). I'm a full time mama, full time wife, keep track of everything for our home, our rental properties, my husbands buisness and other random stuffs... I just need to try and keep it all together somehow! Any suggestions would be awesome! Thank you so much = )
i use google calendars in my gmail account. works wonders to keep me on top of things, (although i'm still a scatterbrain most of the time :) i not only put appointments, but i schedule my vacuuming, laundry, groceries, and things like that too so i know when it's time to do it and don't have to worry about fitting it in.
If you have access to a computer and a smart phone, I would sign up for a gmail address (you don't actually have to use it) and start using google calendar. That's what I did in June when I got my first smart phone, and it has been great. I got an app called Calengoo, because it was highly rated and because it works with google calendar.
Now, wherever I am, I can check Calengoo on my phone, or Google Calendar on a computer, and can see everything I need to do. On Google Calendar, I can color code things (the colors don't work on Calengoo, but maybe I just haven't figured that part out). Red is for me, blue for one kid, yellow for the other, etc.
Also, on both I can use the tasks feature, which is great. I have a list called "shopping" and I put things I need to buy on that (I do errands every Saturday morning). I have one list called "to do", and another one called "house" (things that need to be done around the house. I will probably keep adding lists. You could have task lists like school stuff, work, rental properties, etc.
There is another app called Evernote (that you can use online and on a smart phone) that is great for note-taking. I use that for other lists and notes I want to take on things for work, etc. You organize your lists in notebooks by topic. It can do lots of stuff I haven't tried yet; people rave about how great Evernote is.
Last suggestion is keep a file for every day of the month. If I'm going to need something on the 11th, it goes in the 11 file, and there it is, the day I need it. You could check out Getting Things Done (a great book about organization) to learn more about that.
I'm sure there's an app for that.
(I personally like color-coding) - either with emails or with actual physical folders or bins.
Cozi.com
They also have an Android and iPhone app.
Great tool for calendars and making lists!
