Organize Your Move With A Moving Checklist

Written by Lee Dobbins


Moving is a chaotic and stressful time. There’s so many things to arrange, having utilities switched, signing uprepparttar kids for a new school, schedulingrepparttar 110157 movers, packingrepparttar 110158 house. With allrepparttar 110159 other things you do it’s not easy to findrepparttar 110160 time to get everything done!

Using a checklist of tasks, can help keep you organized and make sure you don’t leave out an important moving task. I suggest that you startrepparttar 110161 list well in advance – a month or more beforerepparttar 110162 move. Just jot a few things down and then leaverepparttar 110163 list onrepparttar 110164 kitchen counter or fridge where everyone can see it. As you think of new things to add, write them down right away or it might be too late when you think of them again!

Asrepparttar 110165 time forrepparttar 110166 move grows closer, you may want to transferrepparttar 110167 list to a calendar format. Some ofrepparttar 110168 items like notifyingrepparttar 110169 phone company, will be things you can do in advance so you can assign those a date and then each day checkrepparttar 110170 calendar to see what tasks need to be done. Cross off those that you have accomplished and you can easily see what is left to do. This method also works well if you are delegating some ofrepparttar 110171 items onrepparttar 110172 list – you can addrepparttar 110173 name ofrepparttar 110174 person responsible next torepparttar 110175 task and this will avoid any last minute “but I though you were going to do that….” problems.

Whenrepparttar 110176 day ofrepparttar 110177 move comes, you’ll probably still have plenty left on your to do list so make sure that it’srepparttar 110178 last thing you pack up on your way out andrepparttar 110179 first thing you unpack at your new home. You’ll probably need to add tasks that are specific to your situation, but some common items on your to do list might include:

Raise Awesome Kids! This 4-Point Plan Gets Results

Written by Jean Tracy


Are your children truthful, kind, and helpful? If so, read no further. If not, please listen to Colby and his mom. “All my friends cheat,” announced 11-year-old Colby. “What?” exclaimed his mother? “You don’t cheat do you?” “Sometimes,” answered Colby. “But I never get caught.” “It’s not all right to cheat, young man,” scolded his mother. “How many times have I told you cheating is wrong? What isrepparttar matter with you?”

Whether it’s lying, stealing, cheating or some other problem behavior, do you find yourself giving lectures on being honest while your child rolls his eyes?

I remember counseling one father who loved his daughter so much that he would give her two-hour lectures. She not only rolled her eyes, but tapped her fingers too. He would yell, “Are you listening to me?”

“Uh-huh,” she’d answer.

Parents, there is an easier way. It doesn’t have to take two hours either. Consider usingrepparttar 110156 4-POINT PLAN:

Probe Listen Appreciate No Criticizing

Instead of worrying, whining, or wearing yourself out with lengthy lectures, make your goal one of understanding what and how your child thinks. By knowing what your child thinks, you can better influence how he or she thinks. This simple PLAN will help you communicate more effectively.

Let’s go back to Colby. Instead of lecturing –

PROBE Ask nonjudgmental questions. Get as much information as you can in order to understand how and what your child thinks. Guide your child with questions like:

How do you feel when a cheater gets better grades than you get? How do you think honest kids feel about cheaters? How much would your class learn if everyone cheated? What advice would you give to cheaters?

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