How on earth do address books get so cluttered and messy is what I want to know.
Years ago I read an idea to use sticky labels in an address book and then when an address changed put another label over the old one and update the address. I did that once but that didn’t work for me.
Monday Focus is to take a look at your address book—whether it is electronic or the paper kind and see if it needs some clutter control. This is a focus I need. I bought myself new address fillers for my planner (I am still old fashioned, I like the paper kind) but I haven’t transferred the info yet.
I will focus this week on clutter control in my address book. (I would have put my hand over my heart when I said this but I couldn’t type at the same time). I will do the A’s and the B’s. That is just a little bite I can do.
Does your address book need clutter control—take a look and let us know. What system do you use? Paper or electronic? Is one “easier” than the other?
I did this not so long ago. I found 2 old Recipe card file boxes. Reorganised some of my recipes in one and decided to have addresses in the other. It is working for me but not for my husband who prefers a book! In my card file I can add business cards and email addresses and using an idea of Edna’s I have added on the back of the card some info like birthdays. It is still a work in progress – like a lot of things here!- and I will make it a focus this week. Thanks for that
I use office outlook for my contacts. The problem with this is it’s not organized! I have some names in there twice and incomplete info in others. So it’s a mess but an electronic mess which is easier to procrastinate on clearing clutter!
This also isn’t convenient when I’m on the road and need to access someones info.
This is a great topic. I look forward to what others are doing with their address book.
Forgot to say I do also have an address list in a database which I use for Christmas card labels.
It looks like this was a Focus we all needed.
I use a rolex type small in the drawer under the telephone. I have a small book in my purse that desperately needs work on. Thanks for the focus! (this week?????)
when we moved we had tons of little sheets of paper all tacked down on the fridge and in the key drop off space.. and i finally got mad and typed them all in onto our desktop… so now their all in one space and not cluttering up our fridge..added plus is they are all on the laptop so when we go on trips (like this past weekend) you have addressees for post cards hurrahs
oh i created my own database in Microsoft as i didn’t like the standard one that came with outlook
name street address, state/zip country and phone