Organizational Tools

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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.

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.

Happy planning.  Happy organizing.

Following My Call…maybe

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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.

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.