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Survey #289—Full Response from C

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January 2, 2026

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Describe a day on which you were busy, but you still felt as if you didn’t accomplish what mattered most.Morning routine, online 1 hr language meeting, start laundry, check emails, WhatsApp / Signal messages, reply where needed,
continue on project for volunteer organization, see what's for lunch, hang laundry, check news, sort snail mail, pre prepare dinner, short nap, check messages, continue with volunteer work on line, cook dinner, some TV or YouTube, clean up, put things away, write messages where needed, maybe read, research, do online puzzles, night routine, sleep.
No uncluttering done. Haven't been out of the house all day.
What challenges keep you from getting things done?I love all the various volunteer jobs I have, they take time out of other things I wanted to take care of, but those things are so mundane.
Describe a project on which you struggled to start—or to finish.Get all my paper and Internet information so organized that whatever comes in new will be easily and quickly filed away to be found again if and when needed
What tools for managing your activities (calendar, task manager, etc.) are the most or least helpful to you?Most helpful is mobile calender w additional address infos followed by family paper calendar.
Least is same due to distractions, intentional or coincidental.
Please complete the following statement: “I never seem to have enough time for _____.”Exercise. going out to museums, theater, walks in the woods nearby.
Our guest for the January 13 webcast is Karen Baker, a productivity consultant and professional organizer. What question would you like us to ask Karen during the live webcast?What kind of information should we, must we have ready at a moment's notice and how should we organize it.
(I think I am never really prepared. I've seen my mother also struggling with that)
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