Organize IT Recap: Lose Weight, Time Budgets

May 2nd 2008 Recap 0 comments

Organize IT recap for 02nd May 2008.

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Cutting Back On How Much Stuff We Use

April 30th 2008 Financial 1 comment

On Monday I talked about how we can cut back on the amount of food that we waste. The simplest way to do that is to just not have as much on your plate. We often prepare more food than we can actually eat, and it got me thinking about other areas of life where the same situation applies. When I clean my teeth, do I really need to put that much toothpaste on my brush? A pea sized amount has turned out to be quite sufficient. When I wash my hands do I really need to use that much hand wash? I’ve found because it foams up so well it goes a long way.

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7 Ways You Can Stop Wasting Food And Help Save The Earth

April 28th 2008 Financial 15 comments

This month it emerged that in the UK, a staggering eight billion pounds worth of food goes to waste, which equates to 6.7 million tonnes or a third of our total purchases. Those are scary stats that are echoed in many other countries around the world. This effects us two ways. Firstly, with food prices rising dramatically at the moment, it’s a very good idea to start looking at whether we can be more efficient with what we eat, thus wasting less and saving money. Secondly, all that wasted food typically ends up on landfills thus producing the greenhouse gas methane, on top of all the damage the excess packaging and transporting causes. It’s with all this in mind that I’ve compiled an introductory list of habits you can develop in your life that will help you to stop wasting food so as to save money and be environmentally friendly.

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A Year Ago On Organize IT

April 27th 2008 Featured Content 0 comments

A year ago on Organize IT you were reading:

Spring Clean Your Life
“As we finally recover from the holiday season and begin to feel the benefits of the warmer weather, there is no better time to have a good look at your life and get everything in good shape.”

Deal With Interview Nerves
“Interviewers know interviews can be stressful, and if they have been trained at all properly, they will take measures to calm you and ease you into proceedings with casual conversation.”

How To Delegate
“Explain why you are giving the task to the persons involved, what they can get out of it and what their boundaries are. This way they are clear about what is expected of them as individuals/as a team.”

Organize IT Recap: Time Audits, Public Speaking

April 25th 2008 Recap 0 comments

Organize IT recap for 25th April 2008.

• Organize IT can now be found on Alltop under the lifehacks category. Thanks for including me guys! If you have problems with too many RSS feeds this site is a good way of distilling them down. One quick glance through the lifehacks page (or indeed under any category that interests you) and you can pick out top posts you like the sound of.
• Have you ever done a time audit? The idea used to sound appealing to me as it can provide useful information about how time gets spent. However I always felt it was a little too extreme for the average joe to both with (rather like planning out your day to the last minute). However, Genuine Curiosity has some interesting tips that may clarify what the whole process of auditing actually involves. Have you ever done a time audit? If so, how successful and useful was it?
• Tim Ferris, famous for the Four Hour Work Week, has some great advice about public speaking from Al Gore’s chief speech writer. If you have any doubt about your presentation consider what your point is and whether your speech explains why it matters.
• Scott has a very interesting idea of using a points system to measure productivity. While his examples revolves around being productive with blogging, the idea can be applied in many other areas. I’ve discussed rating yourself before, but this takes an alternative approach. I’m not sure what the scoring would be for day-to-day productivity, any suggestions?