Using Tech for Time Management
With all the new websites and gadgets out there to help keep people organized, here are a few of my favorites to help you manage your time and combine your calendars:
- Use a calendar/contact management system like Outlook that has a:
- Calendar
- To Do list
- Contact list
You can print these and carry them with you if you’re a “paper person” or sync with your PDA or phone if you’re a technorati.
- Try an Admin Assistant and Family Calendaring site like:
- www.jott.com : Assistant plan – $3.95/mo to convert voicemail to text; has iPhone & Outlook apps
- www.rememberthemilk.com – free but more complex to use
- www.cozi.com – my personal favorite. It has a grocery list feature, printable coupons, syncs with Outlook & iPhone, has reminders; cost is free. Use the color coding it provides to clearly label appointments for work, family, doctor’s visits, vacations & reminders.
- www.famundo.com
- Meal planning, Grocery shopping lists, Coupons
- Lowes Foods to go: www.lowestogo.com – purchase groceries online and someone at the store shops for you and you pick up in designated zone. Can repeat common shopping items.
- Meal planning sites with grocery lists:
- The USDA has a wonderful resource with shopping & food safety tips, planned meals, and shopping lists.
- www.bigoven.com – $29.95/mo for recipe software or searchable database, calculate nutritional values, has calendar for meal planning
- www.mealsmatter.org – cost is free
- www.sparkpeople.com – great for dieting & fitness meal planning!
- Coupon sites
- Mail management
Stop junk mail with one of these free or almost free websites: - Password management
- Use an electronic password organizer that you can print and carry in your binder, or sync to your PDA or phone. The Little Virgo Electronic Password Organizer is $14.95 and my website gives tips on creating secure passwords: http://www.littlevirgo.com/clutter-control/password-organizers/
- Internet Password Organizer is a paper notebook and costs $19.95 http://www.internetpasswordorganizer.com/Where%20To%20Buy.html
- Sending Cards & Packages:
- www.sendoutcards.com – for the price of a stamp, you can import your contact list from Outlook, schedule cards, pick card templates and write messages (even in your own handwriting!) and they will be mailed for you. Saves money by not having to purchase stationary or cards anymore!
- If you send a lot of packages, save yourself a trip to the post office by scheduling a free pickup online:
- www.ups.com
- www.usps.com – can schedule up to 3 months out
- Track family medical records
- www.healthvault.com – cost is free and you can track the whole family in one account
- www.google.com/health – track one user per email address
Posted in Home Organization, Paper Management, Personal Growth, Technology Organization, Time Management by Kara Russelo / March 31st, 2009 / 11 Comments »
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