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| Time Saving Tips |
- Open your mail over the recycling bin.
- Put stamps and return address labels on envelopes as you open your mail.
- Cook enough to have leftovers for the next days lunch or dinner.
- Set the coffee pot before you go to bed.
- Schedule meetings for 45 minutes. Use the extra 15 minutes to complete meeting minutes, follow up notes & call individuals that need to know the outcome of that meeting.
- Prepare standing agenda for meetings you chair and create a meeting notes template.
- Delegate as much as possible, inform the individual you've delegated the work to as to how & when you want an update.
- Set sprinklers to water at 2:00 AM
- Have everything ready in the morning, including lunches packed, purse and work bag by the door.
- Program multiple voicemails for your office. Standard message, out of the office for a day or two and a message for when you'll be out of the office for an extended time.
- Cook a whole pan of chicken on the weekend. Chop and freeze for salads, stir frys, salad toppings, etc..
- Use a grocery/wholesale club list and circle things you need to buy as you throw out the container of the used up item.
- Keep a single folder of coupons for places you regularly shop at.
- Crock-Pot dinners!
- Leave for work earlier to avoid traffic.
- Set up automatic bill payment for bills.
- Freeze meat in marinade for quick meals later. Add an "eat by date" or "toss date" on the bag.
- Soak a used dryer sheet in really dirty pans overnight. The "gunk" melts away easily.
- Clean a room a night, rather than all of them on the weekend.
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