I found this blog by a columnist for the Boston globe on 10 tips for time management in a multi-tasking world that I thought some might find interesting especially in the VA line of work. It can be found here.

She mentions keeping a to do list and lists tasktoy.com as one way to do this electronically. Has anyone used this?

Kimberly

I read this article and she has some great tips here. My favourite is tip no 1. Don't leave emails in your inbox.

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Kylie Short
Tilda Virtual Services - Making virtual personal

Thanks for the article Kimberly Great tips!
I haven't heard of TaskToy - so went to find out what it is. The story behind it is pretty interesting, actually and reminds me of the reasons behind so many of the in-house applications my husband and I have developed (created out of need for a particular tool).

I feel like I'm pretty good at managing my time each day but am really intrigued by TaskToy so just may check it out.

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I have never used tasktoy before. I am going to check it out even though I love Toodledo.

Thanks for sharing this blog. I have been reading a lot about GTD (getting things done) and 43 folders and she seems to mention both here.

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Dawn Riley
A Virtual Assistant in Paradise
Our business is about making yours better

I am printing this and putting this in my planner. Great tips!

Thank you for such a great article - I really want to start my practice off right - meaning organized! This is a big help!

Laurie

Thanks Kimberly,

I really need to get more organised, at the start of the week I am great, but by the end of the week it is gone out the door.

Mind you I do keep my email inbox empty (most of the time).

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Vicky
www.c-vas.eu

Thanks for sharing. I've been using the Rules Wizard for a long time in Outlook so everything that doesn't need my immediate attention goes into folders. Much quicker to go through the newly received email then. I try to keep them down to less than 20 in the inbox at the end of every day and in fact, often get it down even lower than that.

Re 'to do lists' I used to use a To Do pad but found the pieces of paper could get lost amongst other papers. These days I use a large desk diary - in it goes all my appointments, my phone calls to make and my daily 'to do list'. I cross things off as they get done so at the end of each day I can feel I've achieved something. It's also great for checking back on what day something did occur and I don't have to worry about if the computer's crashed, power's gone off, it's still accessible.

Yes, I do use Outlook calendar for appointments - very useful for being in my face and reminding me stuff when I'm busy working but the paper diary is a great backup. Besides, I have to have somewhere to stick letters, invitations, etc - can't push them into my computer so the diary is used for that too.

Great info, I'll have to print this out for future reference.

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~~*Miss Jaye*~~

Thanks there are some pretty helpful tips here. I do a to-do list everyday, but still the to-do list ends up bigger than I can finish! I like the reminder of doing the most important things first, I think everybody forgets that once in awhile.