Comments on: 3 Keys to Change Part II: Effort http://balancejunkie.com/2009/12/08/3-keys-to-change-part-ii-effort/ In search of a better balance in money ... and in life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:47:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suzanne in Japan http://balancejunkie.com/2009/12/08/3-keys-to-change-part-ii-effort/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Suzanne in Japan Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:46:16 +0000 http://balancejunkie.com/?p=245#comment-299 I think I get more accomplished when I'm in 'flow' --bunching or batching work, or keeping at a project for as long as I can. I use the post-it note method, too. Interruptions cause me to lose a lot of ground, but making just a one or two-word "trigger word" will help me get back into it without a lot of searching for my place. I also like to do things when they're fresh. If I write a note on a marriage & family therapy session immediately, rather than the next day, my conceptualization of the problem is sharper and richer. And whatever I write is my roadmap for the next sessions--so it is doubly useful. I think that must be true with money management-- if you enter your expenditures or ideas in a notebook at the time, you would be far more likely to hit your financial goals. I personally like to use "mobilecheckbook" on my BlackBerry. It cost under $10 but makes it possible to enter receipts on the spot and I can view all my account balances (an unlimited number). I sound like a commercial, but it has improved my money management to be able to do this 'on the fly.' Oh, by the way, it also allows me to keep accounts in more than one currency (Yen and USD), which may be helpful to you. I think I get more accomplished when I’m in ‘flow’ –bunching or batching work, or keeping at a project for as long as I can. I use the post-it note method, too. Interruptions cause me to lose a lot of ground, but making just a one or two-word “trigger word” will help me get back into it without a lot of searching for my place. I also like to do things when they’re fresh. If I write a note on a marriage & family therapy session immediately, rather than the next day, my conceptualization of the problem is sharper and richer. And whatever I write is my roadmap for the next sessions–so it is doubly useful.

I think that must be true with money management– if you enter your expenditures or ideas in a notebook at the time, you would be far more likely to hit your financial goals. I personally like to use “mobilecheckbook” on my BlackBerry. It cost under $10 but makes it possible to enter receipts on the spot and I can view all my account balances (an unlimited number). I sound like a commercial, but it has improved my money management to be able to do this ‘on the fly.’ Oh, by the way, it also allows me to keep accounts in more than one currency (Yen and USD), which may be helpful to you.

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