TIP:

Sometimes you've just got to go old school.  I was reading another blog post today about how even with all the technology around us, it is hard to get organized and stay on task...perhaps that article should have said "because of it"???  If you're like most of us, you have at your fingertips a computer with all sorts of software to help you stay organized, a PDA or smartphone, calendars, etc...but what good are they if you don't use them to stay on task? 

I know that on my computer I have numerous programs that I can and do create To-Do lists with...I work well with them for a few days and then I figure it's just faster to get on with the work rather than keeping those programs updated...soon I have forgotten some important task that I had intended to accomplish.  I now have my new iPhone as well...certainly can download numerous apps for To-Do lists on that as well.  But I haven't.  Because I know.  Sometimes you've just got to go old school.

If I write my To-Do list down on a piece of paper, I get the satisfaction of crossing items off of it!  I see it there staring me in the face as I am "twittering" away my time on Facebook ;-)  Guilt is a powerful motivator.  I can add to it and change it without having to click out of the program that I am working in when another item that I should add to it pops into my head...and most of all...for some darned reason...I actually use it!!! 

So whether it's simply on a legal pad, a special notebook, an actual To-Do list form in your Dayrunner, etc...find something that you will enjoy keeping your To-Do list on...and To-Do it!!!  And then your To-Do list can become your Ta-Da list!!!  Create your list for the next day at the end of your work day, and then go over it first thing in the morning when you start working...add to it or change it as needed.

FAMOUS QUOTE:  "Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge."
~Winston Churchill

TIPSY:

Karl Strauss Amber Lager

 This is a really great lager...that just says "fall" to me.  Now is the perfect time to enjoy one.  It's a tad sweet (caramel)...but not sugary...if that makes any sense at all!  This beer was the 2009 LA County Fair Gold Medal Winer.  Read about it here.

1. Chill
2. Pop the top
3. Enjoy
4. 'Nuff said.
   

OK - please post comments and tell me what types of "Tips" you would like to see covered here in the future!!!  (You can post other comments too of course...like after you try the Karl Strauss Amber Lager!)