Welcome to the Organized 365 Podcast. My name is Lisa Woodruff and I'm a professional

organizer and blogger in Cincinnati, Ohio. I want to help you get your home

organized and help you organize life stages and unexpected events.

So sit back, relax, and let's get organized.

This is going to be the last post in the productivity series for a

while so this is productivity podcast number 10 and this is about how I plan my

year three times a year.

So I actually have a new year, three different times a year.

And I used to think that this was because I was a school teacher

and then I thought, well, maybe it's because I'm a mom

but the more I've talked to people who don't even have children and work nine to five in a corporate job

once I explain the system to them they're like oh yeah oh yeah, I do that too. I didn't realize I do that too.

So I actually plan my year three times every year.

And I'm going to explain to you what these three seasons are, how I go through planning, what are the biggest things that I usually have as home goals during that time, and how I transition in and out.

So as you know, I'm transition in and out.

So as you know, I'm very analytical. And I'm always trying to figure out how and why I do things,

because I'm a naturally organized productive person.

And now that my home has organized all of that natural

analytical organized productive person is like on steroids and I have this awesome

friend and she's always saying why do you do it that way?

She's always asking me how and why I do things and I just do them.

So having her as one of my really good friends helped me look at what I do and then break it down and

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