Family & Home Organization Resources

Setting Up a Monthly Calendar for the Family
If you think your family is busy read about the logistics nightmare that this family goes through. Trying to juggle football, baseball, church, PTA, soccer and dozens of smaller activities that keep a family afloat, there was only one thing to do: design and implement a monthly calendar to spread the workload out and keep everyone on time and on schedule without anyone suffering a nervous breakdown. There's more to setting up a family monthly calendar than just writing names and jobs next to dates and times. There are seven main problem areas that you need to juggle if you want your family calendar to run smoothly and to do the job it was designed to do. This site details all seven areas of concern and details what to do and what not to do to make even the busiest of homes run more smoothly. If you'd like help getting control of your daily household routine, stop by this site and take a look at the seven steps you need to consider in setting up a workable monthly family calendar.

Cut Paperwork in Half
Carol Halsey, founder of Business Organizing Solutions, is an author, speaker and organizational expert specializing in office-based organization for the past 15 years. This site contains information about her booklets for home and family organization. She helps clients, who are usually overwhelmed with work, accomplish more each work day. This is especially true today, with the sluggish economy since many of her clients are handling the responsibilities of two or more people due to company layoffs. She provides free consultations and offers a free newsletter with tips on how to use your time wisely, how to organize your time and paperwork, planning your day, identifying time-wasters and more.

S.H.E.'s Organized
S.H.E.'s Organized is one of the most comprehensive organizational sites on the web, incorporating the Sidetracked Home Executive household management system. Read the original 21 articles that helped lay the foundation for the S.H.E.'s organized household management system. First published in 1991, S.H.E.'s 21 Essays, which cover the heart and soul of the S.H.E. organizational system have been emailed to more than a quarter of a million people, and you can read all 21 Essays on this site. There's also a very informative Q&A section along with a forum board where you can exchange ideas and opinions and ask questions of the thousands of S.H.E. followers worldwide.

Organization Links
A directory of home organization links including tips from professional organizers, and more information about home office organization, time and schedule management, bill paying and budgeting, office organizing, accessories, eliminate chaos and clutter, baby preparation, relocation organization, personal organization, free organization tips, relaxing at home, manageable offices, downsizing, senior citizen organization, family transition organization, personal and business organizing, organizing tips and workshops.