Take 15 Minutes to Make an Emergency Plan!
Do the blaring sirens of fire trucks and ambulances give you the willies? If youre like most people, that answer is a resounding yes. Nobody likes to think of emergencies, but they creep into all of our lives. Just watch the news and youll see coverage of homes torn apart by tornadoes, towns destroyed by hurricanes, and trees felled by lightning storms. And thats just the natural disasters. Anyone who lived through the harrowing images of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC knows that emergencies strike when you are least expecting them.
Keep Your Family Healthy: Organize Doctor’s Visits
When was your last checkup? If its been 18 months since you went to the doctor, stop putting it off! Its easy to let busy-ness be the excuse for falling behind on your routine healthcare visits. But its also a pretty lame excuse for not taking care of the most important thing you have: your health.
Are You A Bridesmaid? (It’s Okay to Say No to the Bride)
Visions of sugar plums still dancing in your head? The holidays are definitely the season of giving, but what you might not have realized that one of the things most given at this time of the year is proposals. One in four grooms proposes to his future wife over the holidays so if youre not getting engaged yourself, youre likely to get a phone call from one of your best pals with big news.
What are some easy ways for me to organize my errand running?
Running errands is something we do almost daily. Getting them organized will not only save you time, it will save you gas. The key is to group errands together that are in the same general location. So if you have to go to the Post Office, you can bring your dry cleaning since the dry cleaner is next to the Post Office, and you can bring your banking since the bank is across the street, and you can order that cake for your childs birthday since the bakery is on the way home!
Reboot Your Meal Planning
Unless youre a professional chef, were betting that one of the most stressful and frustrating parts of your week/day is meal planning. Finding a recipe, shopping for ingredients, chopping and prepping, not to mention the actual cooking part – it sounds exhausting before youve even started. Thats one of the reasons why so many time-starved people are starving for home-cooked meals. Its all just so time consuming.