Take Shelter! As I record this coffee chat, our office is under a tornado watch! How timely? If anyone in our community finds themselves dealing with a natural disaster or unexpected event, I have created a space for us to come together and give or get support! The community was able to help victims of Hurricane Helene and now I want for all of us to be able to help or get help in those circumstances. But not all hard seasons of life are because of a natural disaster. So I am calling this a relief group. I want you to be able to raise your hand and be vulnerable to say “I need some help!” It’s the Organize 365® Relief Group.

I also know the value of having medical information accessible on paper in the event you need to evacuate quickly or go take care of a loved one. In episode 651 - Productive Disaster Preparation and Relief, I went over an Emergency Go Bag and a packed overnight bag/suitcase plus additional ways to just be prepared for unexpected events. In that Emergency Bag, I want you to have your medical information so I am giving away the first half of the Medical Binder. This is a way I feel I can help. Go to www.organize365.com/relief and download your free copy.

You will also get access to our community where you can connect with others who have gone through what you are going through. It’s not through social media so you aren’t in the public fish bowl where someone may see a post you don’t want them to see, there aren’t ads, cookies, or bots spying on you either. And you can ask for items you may need. The way I see it, we all have enough stuff. If someone needs something you have in storage, you can simply ship it to them. You may not really want to throw that thing away, you’d rather donate it. And nothing feels better than giving to someone in need, knowing you helped in some way.

Upcoming Episodes that will give you additional ways to be prepare:

652 - Organizing Your Role as a Power of Health Care

654 - Organizing Your Role as a Power of Attorney

655 - Organizing Your Role as the Executor of an Estate

EPISODE RESOURCES:

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While the world seems calm, in terms of natural disasters, I wanted to offer three levels of ways to be prepared. Natural disasters are unexpected events and I want you to be prepared for anything that may come your way. I used two filters to concoct these courses of action to be prepared; “What would be harder to do once the disaster has happened?” And “How can I invest in being more self-sufficient and less dependent?” Preparedness is not a necessity but a way for you to be part of the solution.

Level One - Go Bag!

You get news that you need to go see someone in the hospital or you need to evacuate, what do you take with you? I encourage everyone to have a Go Bag and fill it with items that would make you more comfortable. Think, if you were going to travel on an airplane, what would you want? I provided so many options of how to be prepared that this will become a reliable episode to share with anyone facing an unexpected event but hopefully everyone hears it before they are desperate for the information!

Level Two - Packed Suit Case

I understand this may seem a little next level for planning but when we get caught off guard and called away from home, our brains are scattered and it would be easy to forget things. I advise you to slowly build this packed suitcase. Maybe during Black Friday you pick up an extra curling iron so you don’t have to worry about forgetting to pack the one you use daily. Half of my suitcase is always ready with my toothbrush, brush, sound machine, curling iron, and so forth. In the event I needed to drop everything and go or simply to travel, I’d throw in some jammies and a few outfits, and out the door I’d fly. If you have fires creeping close to your house I want you to be prepared to be able to do the same!

Level Three - Information Management

When I used to organize people’s homes and paper, I would use their filing cabinets until one time I was forced to tell a client to leave them behind. That paperwork is so valuable and I never wanted to tell someone that again. That’s why Organize 365® switched to binders, paper needs to be portable. When fires are near your home and you need to get away quickly, there’s no need to worry, grab them and go! When I was settling my father’s estate, I never found myself near the filing cabinets that had all the information, when I was being asked for it. You need easy access and it’s not always due to a natural disaster or an emergency.

Prepare, Support, Cycle Preparedness

I asked the question: “Can a natural disaster be a Golden Window?” Sounded crazy as I said it but I thought of a few ways it could be viewed that way. I shared ways of how to be prepared with food, water, and power, in the event of a natural disaster. In the Organize 365® community there is a way to find support and give support. I never want people to be forgotten after these tragedies so we have the “Forget Me Not” Basket in Carolina Blue in effort to honor past events and future events. It’s also where you can go to download the mini medical binder to have in these go bags and suit cases. These natural disasters happen and we watch on tv helplessly. We now have a way to help anyone from 1 person to thousands going through the same thing in the community after the camera have gone home and the news coverage has stopped. And lastly, stay prepared by including updating these items each home planning day. I don’t want people to be caught off guard and unprepared so I wanted to share how you to can be in a constant state of preparedness too.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• The Sunday Basket®

• The Paper Solution®

• The Productive Home Solution

• Organize 365 Relief Group

• Ep. 610 - Productive People's Mindset - Living a Prepared Life

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How exciting Planning Day for Teachers, not to be confused with Teacher Camp. Teacher Planning Day will be July 9th. You will get a workbook and we will really dial in your routines. We’ll be talking about when you first get to school, what do you want your routine to be for when you get a break, and what do you do right before you leave for the day? And as important as those routines are, we’ll be talking about your personal routines too. That will be a total of 6 routines. This will be the first time that Organize 365® holds a planning day for teachers to help you get systems and habits in place that will support you throughout the year.

We’ll discuss theme days, like you always do grading on a Tuesdays or weed through your email on Wednesdays. We’ll be going over the slash pockets to set goals in place for the year. And we’ll do all of that by going through the workbook. What will you goals be for you and personal development? I’ll show you how take a look at the time you have and show you how to fill out the time pie pages. You might choose to spend your time more strategically to get better results.. We’ll plug in all the annual activities so at a glance you can see upcoming months and plan for those activities. And right now all planning days are 20% off so what are you waiting for? Are you ready for your smoothest school year yet?

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Teacher Workbox

• Teacher Planning Day

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