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SEVEN STEPS TO GETTING O R G A N I Z E D How does my friend Tania K. do it? She keeps her house neat as a pin, always looks elegant, is successful at her job, is well-read, active in her community, and is raising a bunch of bright, well-adjusted kids. How does she manage to do it all and still maintain her sanity and good humor with apparent ease? I posed this question to Tania one day over lunch, and decided to take notes on her remarks. Here are some of her words of wisdom: 1. Establish goals and priorities for your life in gene ral and for each day in particular. Sort our your tasks for each day into three categories: A — those things which absolutely must be done that day or those which relate to your long-term goals В — those things which should be done that day C — things that can wait until tomorrow. Be sure to accomplish all or most of the items on your "A " list each day. If you tend to work on your "B " and "C " projects but put off doing the "A" items, you may be procrastinating or avoiding your responsibilities. 2. Keep all notes in a small, portable notebook. Carry it with you. Write down all important everyday details as they come up: a new phone number, appointment time, vacuum cleaner price, book title, etc. This is a more practical alternative to jotting down these notes on separate pieces of paper, which get lost or misplaced and often necessitate a frustrating and time-consuming search. (If you happen to have the time, you can trans fer some of the information — such as phone numbers — to a permanent file at your leisure). 3. Put every moment of the day to use. Don't stare at the wall while waiting for your doctor's appointment: write that thank-you note you've public pressure and union lobbying, was a sweeping new industrial code enacted by the New York State Legislature. Dramatic tragedies like the Triangle Fire have al ways riveted public attention on working conditions and have galvanized wide-spread support for reform. Be cause the loss of human life is so obvious in cases of major-scale accidents, fires and other industrial disasters, issues of occupational safety take on a high public visibility. Yet, inhuman conditions which adversely affect workers’ health and welfare have often remained unno ticed. People have labored in horrifying environments, especially after industrialization changed the way society produced the goods and services it needed. Even today, this kind of tragedy occurs on a daily, con tinual basis, gradually wearing down human health and ultimately leading to enormous loss of life over the long term. How great, indeed, has been the human toll for our been postponing writing, or make out your weekly grocery list. Sew while watching TV, read while commuting. 4. Delegate responsibilities. Train your children to wash up after dinner, and to tidy up their rooms. Ask an elderly aunt to hem your skirts for you, and take her out to lunch in return. If you really hate to do certain jobs, why not exchange services with a friend? (You uphol ster her furniture, she paints your apartment). 5. Know your biorhythms, and adjust to them. Your psychological and physical ups and downs are a very individual matter. Discover the time of day you function best and devote that time to the important "A " tasks in your life. If it turns out you're a night owl and can write best after midnight, you're better off spending thirty minutes writing an essay at night than agonizing over it fruitlessly all afternoon. 6. Don't be a perfectionist. Sometimes a compulsion to perfectionism is an excuse for laziness or procrastination, as in "I can't accept this position in the organization because I could never be as good a president as so-and-so", or "I can't finish up this project quickly, because it requires a more thorough analysis", or "I couldn't possibly invite my friends over until the house is spic-and-span..." 7 Break up your goals into small, manageable tasks. Each day, perform one small task geared to each goal. Eventually, you will find your goal has been reached, almost unnoticeably and quite painlessly. For example, if the thought of trying to clean up your attic intimidates you, try it little by little. Start with the steps the first day, then clear one or two square yards each day, working no longer than thirty minutes per day. consumer society? Why are specialists in occupational safety and health calling the American worker an endangered species? What are the facts about the bitter wages employees collect as an unwanted side-effect of having to work, of wanting to do so? Next month's ’’News and Views” will be devoted to an historical overview of women’s role in the work force. Contrary to popular belief, women — not men — were the first factory and mill workers employed in the deve loping textile and food industries. The circumstances under which they were forced to work may seem un believable to us today. What working conditions were and why they changed will be our topic for part 2 of this article. In the third section of this particular series, current health and safety issues — as they relate to female employees — will be discussed. What do you know about hazards and dangers you might encounter in your line of work? What can you do to protect yourself? Hopefully, this column will provide at least an introduc tion to these subjects. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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