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Using the Sidetracked Home Executives cardfile system for home organization? FInd resources for S.H.E., S.H.E. printables and book reviews.
Printable S.H.E. Worksheets
[amazon 0446377651 thumbnail]You've made a SHE card file to get organized at home? Bring your Sidetracked Home Executives organizing system to a new level with these printable S.H.E. worksheets for your household notebook.
They're designed to help you complete assignments given in the Sidetracked Sisters' books [amazon 0446377651 inline] and [amazon 0446513342 inline]. Learn to give up excuses, focus on your strengths and weaknesses, and clear your mind from nagging must-do items.
Ready to print more pages for your household notebook? The Organized Home forms library is a great place to begin building your household notebook. You'll find printable calendars, schedules, planner pages and checklists to add to your household notebook or home management binder.
S.H.E. Book Reviews
Interested in learning more about the Sidetracked Home Executives card file system?
Authors and Sidetracked Sisters Pam Young and Peggy Jones have published six books explaining how to use 3-by-5 file cards for home organization.
Two of the titles in the list below are out of print, while two others can only be purchased from the official S.H.E. Web site. Books in print may be ordered at a discount through Amazon.com. Look for out-of-print books through E-bay or online used booksellers:
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Jumpstart The Cardfile: Getting Back In The Box
It's been a super time together, as we've read these 21 essays! We've attacked everything from motivation to the last nooks and crannies on the back porch. How to end it? By giving you instructions on what to do when you fall out of the box!
If you're a S.H.E.™, Sidetracked is your first name, not your middle name. All of us, the CEO no exception, veer off the system from time to time--and being a S.H.E.™ guarantees that you lose your "O" just when you need it most! How do you get back on track when dust is inch-deep on the cardfile? More »
Growing Pains: Retool Your Cardfile
Long-term users will tell you: one of the beauties of Pam and Peggy's S.H.E. system is flexibility. Your trusty S.H.E.™ cardfile can keep your house clean and orderly, organize your business, steer your volunteer work on an even course, track your hobbies, and take the chaos out of Christmas. There's a place in the S.H.E.™ system for everything!
Just not all at once! The S.H.E.™ system doesn't "jist grow" like Topsy (or like my rocket scientist's feet: one shoe size every two months!). The S.H.E.™ system grows more like a snail--every so often, you need to shuck the old shell for a new one. The new shell will resemble the old one, but will be roomier, and have a few new chambers. Cardfiles, too, get more complex with age. More »
Hearing Voices: The Ordell Within
Have you listened to your inner voices lately?
No, the CEO has not gone off her rocker--although those of you who know my preference for the flinty comfort of Marcus Aurelius over the sappy, shapeless maunderings of pop psychology may well wonder! Despite my firm prejudice that the genre of "little instruction books" is fitting punishment for those with "little" lives, and that the "one-minute" mother leads only to a generation of "one-minute" children, I concede that, occasionally, popular thought does give rise to a useful idea or two.
One such concept: inner voices. What (and whose!) voice dominates your internal dialog on the issue of order? More »
Journal Cards: Daily Lives on 3-by-5s!
[amazon 0446513342 thumbnail] Although it's difficult to see it from behind the clutter of pizza boxes, mounds of laundry and piles of newspapers, getting organized is more than just housework. While Pam and Peggy got household organization off to a good start in "Sidetracked Home Executives", the sweet rewards of personal organization come with the personal growth concepts of The Happiness File
One of the best of these is the Daily Journal Card. No bound diaries with a little key for us! (Besides, my little sister could spring that thing with a bobby pin, every time!) Pam and Peggy suggest that S.H.E.™s keep a journal on, what else--a 3X5 card. More »
Routines Aren't Only For Dancers!
In our go-go, late-night, glamour-obsessed culture, you'll seldom hear anyone preach the virtues of a routine. So dull. So boring. Right up there with prunes, housedresses, Geritol and sensible shoes.
Well, don't you believe it! Far from being frumpy and dated, a properly crafted routine can free you from the tyranny of constant decision-ducking, addiction to time-wasters, and what Pam and Peggy describe as the "IGAD" syndrome: "Get ready to cook dinner? I've Got All Day. [time passes] IGAD! There's nothing for dinner!" More »
On A Clear Day: The Clearing Exercise
[amazon 0446513342 thumbnail][amazon 0446513342 inline], is packed with power concepts that can jumpstart your "little hen" S.H.E.™ cardfile system into a mighty tool for whole-life change. One such idea is "clearing". It's simple, quick and effective: so effective that a single clearing session has been known to keep DH's busy for months!
Clearing's goal is to look at your home, your surroundings--or yourself!--with new eyes. When you disconnect yourself from what you see, you become open to new ideas. As S.H.E.™'s know, sidetracked brains become immune to disorder and disarray. By clearing, you wipe the slate clean, and give yourself the power to change, to simplify, and to enjoy! More »
