Today is garbage day in our city. As I was tying the top of the plastic sack together to take to the garbage can I was wishing I didn’t have to go down the hall to get another liner. As I pulled it out of the can I was happy to find several liners in the bottom for my use. I thought what a good time management tip:

•Keep plastic liners in the bottom of the wastepaper baskets to save time of having to run and get them every time you take out the trash. When I use the last one I will at that time replace more in the container.

When our city went to garbage cans that are at least four feet high I started to refer to it as ‘the beast’. They are big and black and that is what they remind me of. We had young children at home and from that time on they didn’t complain about taking out the trash as I would say, “Please take this to the beast” and there was no grumbling.

When I organize for women doing home organization projects sometimes we figure out that we just need to change our perspective about certain tasks. By just changing the word from ‘garbage can’ to ‘the beast’ a whole different attitude was born.

What tricks have you used that have worked to save you time or has gotten your children to do things willingly?