Comments on: An Organized Life and Home

By: Do Today’s Work Today « Modern Retro Woman

Do Today’s Work Today « Modern Retro Woman — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:14:46 +0000

[...] fallen out of The Box. And I can tell. The housekeeping aspect of my homemaking is seemingly effortless when I have a [...]

By: Planning is Management — Modern Retro Woman

Planning is Management — Modern Retro Woman — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:46:34 +0000

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By: Dr. Julie-Ann

Dr. Julie-Ann — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:52:07 +0000

Start with the 21 Essays (link is in the post). The essays will help you get started. Also, have you read the Sidetracked books? They also will help you get started. Baby-steps, baby-steps.

By: Nita

Nita — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:46:04 +0000

I have been wanting to start a card system, but with so much to do, I am at a loss as to where to start. It seems as though my focus is sorta out of focus. With such a big task ahead of me, where do I start????

By: Kathy Warnock

Kathy Warnock — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:34:23 +0000

I love index cards! So many uses. You could be right that they would be mostly transferable. It would be a matter of removing those I don’t need rather than making new ones.

“Throw it away today, need it tomorrow,” my mother always said.

By: Dr. Julie-Ann

Dr. Julie-Ann — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:00:32 +0000

I’ve moved four times since I first made that box! I bet if you looked at those cards, you’d be amazed at how transferable a lot of those cards are. For some reason, I still have the cards that don’t work for this house in my desk drawer.

Isn’t it funny what we hold onto? I can purge like nobody’s business but I can’t let go of those index cards.

By: Kathy Warnock

Kathy Warnock — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:49:29 +0000

I was introduced to the Sidetracked Home Executives in the early 1980s and loved the system. When I became a working mother I just couldn’t keep up with the system. (Yes, I know, I probably needed it then most of all.) I still run across the box and the cards. Unfortunately we’ve moved from that house.

By: Dr. Julie-Ann

Dr. Julie-Ann — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:51:45 +0000

Thanks, Robyn! I’m touched that you don’t even sew but you still listen to the podcast!

You should get back into The Box.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:26:02 +0000

Priceliess! I so enjoy your grandma’s sewing cabinet podcast and I don’t even sew anymore! But this one was priceless! I used to do the card system, maybe I should start again…