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Organizational Tools

20 Friday Jan 2017

Posted by Alex in blog, DIY, events, lists, planning

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Event planning, get organized, lists, organization, planning, to-do

I love lists.  I love planning things.  I love organizing things, putting them into corresponding groups.  To that effect, I’ve created a couple templates that I can use for these purposes, rather than constantly starting from scratch or just using a notepad.

HUGE DISCLAIMER: I made these myself.  I’m not a perfectionist.  If you’re a perfectionist or OCD about line spacing or things being centered…DON’T USE THESE-they will drive you crazy.

1). Work to-do list.  I love this one because it helps me prioritize things: there’s a “Top 3” section with the things I HAVE to get done, no matter how much I don’t want to do them.  Then there are the other must do items, which maybe I just should have named “to-do,” and them my “long term” column.  Here I put all the projects that I would LIKE to do, but I know they’re not a priority so they don’t have to overwhelm me by being in my general to-do list. Click here to download.

to-do-checklist

2). Event planning list.  This should absolutely NOT be used for wedding planning.  I have a five page excel document for that.  This is for..your kids birthday party, or Friendsgiving, or the staff ice cream social.  I haven’t had a chance to actually USE this one yet, so I’m not sure there is enough room for everything, but I’ll adjust if I realize it’s impractical.  I have used this layout to help me plan several events, just not this document per se, and I love it.  I usually use an 8.5×14 sheet for this, but it seemed more practical to format to 8.5×11 for easy printing.  Feedback is welcome :) Click here to download.

event-planning-template

Happy planning.  Happy organizing.

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Following My Call…maybe

22 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by Alex in business, choices, decisions, events, Nuestras Manos, planning

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business, business name, Event planning, events, ideas, what's in a name

A friend from college, who also went on to law school and became an attorney but hasn’t practiced in a while (phew), recently posted on Facebook that she has started her own event planning business.  I’ve felt, and people have told me, that this was my missed calling.  I do love planning events, I love keeping organizational spreadsheets, check lists, binders, etc.  So, I’m thinking of putting together a little website and see if anything will come of it.  I’m not quitting my day job, but would be nice to get a little extra money on the side doing something I enjoy (on top of The Merry Ministers).

I’m having trouble deciding what to do with the name, though.  I don’t want to combine it with The Merry Ministers since I feel they are really two separate things.  We also still have the Nuestras Manos website that we used when we had the camper business.  I could use that name and just revamp the site.  But I’m not sure if I want to stick with that name or not.  I absolutely fell in love with the name my friend picked for her business (“Mason Jar Wishes”), and I’m wondering if I should try to come up with something different, or use Nuestras Manos, which would still have a neat story behind it.  The official name would be something like Nuestras Manos Event Planning, or Nuestras Manos Events, or…you know..something like that.

whats-in-a-name

AHHHHH WHY IS LIFE SOOOO HAAAAAARD?!

Just kidding.  It’s not THAT big of a deal, but if you wanted to weigh in to help me make my decision, I would be very thankful.

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