Seidler says

a person can change their style of living to obtain greater achievement,

more satisfaction, and reduce the amount of stress they experience.

Seidler, who

runs HandyGirl Professional Organizers in Burbank, Calif., offers these

six tips in getting things done:

Make a list

of all the activities you currently put off that you strongly want to

complete. Prioritize these and write a deadline date next to them. Mark

your calendar with these deadlines, and incorporate the "due"

tasks into your daily To-do list. Make the decision to do the task that

day.

Structure

your day to get small tasks done and out of the way quickly. Control your

activities using a routine agenda. You can be flexible, but be firm in

your commitment to carrying out your scheduled activities.

Set clear

goals of what you want to achieve. Make your action plans align with these

goals, and focus on one commitment at a time.

Get organized,

especially with finding ways to manage regular affairs such as bill paying,

handling mail, returning calls, and so on.

Make decisions

to keep yourself reasonably active on your goals. You can do this by identifying

the purpose for the activity and establishing a good estimate for accomplishing

them.

Identify your

procrastinating patterns and examine them. Imagine yourself going through

the steps to doing something, particularly the things you have put off.

This productive stimulation helps you bring about change.

Making a goal

to accomplish something is a promise to yourself to achieve it. It isn't

a good thing to break promises to others, so why break them with yourself?

If you intend to do something, make the decision to do it, then tell yourself

to do it.

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