Archives for the 'Financial' Category
Organize IT Recap: Investing, Writing Binding Contracts [Organize IT]
Organize IT recap for 23rd May 2008.
I’ve just found out Organize IT had been accepted into the 9rules Network This is great news as I will now be sharing company with other top productivity blogs like Evomend, Unclutterer and Dumb Little Man.
Investing and procrastination shouldn’t really go together, right? Well Newsweek has… news for you. [...]
3 Big Reasons Companies Don’t Deserve Your Loyalty [Organize IT]
Customer service is an increasingly big issue for people nowadays, with many companies getting shot down for not being able to provide even the basics. The focus is so much on money, profit and keeping shareholders happy. With such vast company structures, the people who run things are so far removed from their customers [...]
Cutting Back On How Much Stuff We Use [Organize IT]
On Monday I talked about how we can cut back on the amount of food that we waste. The simplest way to do that is to just not have as much on your plate. We often prepare more food than we can actually eat, and it got me thinking about other areas of life where [...]
7 Ways You Can Stop Wasting Food And Help Save The Earth [Organize IT]
This month it emerged that in the UK, a staggering eight billion pounds worth of food goes to waste, which equates to 6.7 million tonnes or a third of our total purchases. Those are scary stats that are echoed in many other countries around the world. This effects us two ways. Firstly, with food prices [...]
Be A Smart Shopper During The Sales [Organize IT]
It’s the new year so that can mean only one thing… sales! With so many companies eager to sell off their Christmas stock (or in the UK at least, recoup lost revenue from the quiet holiday season) there are plenty of bargains on offer. Or is there? It can be a great time to stock [...]
Organize IT Recap 20th Oct 2007 [Organize IT]
Organize IT recap for 20th October 2007
Who knew the humble index card had so many uses? Web Worker Daily has 24 suggestions for how you can use it. Do you have any other suggestions on how to use them?
A lot of people have long term goals of being financially secure, but what does that really [...]
10 Tips For College & University Students [Organize IT]
Seeing as it’s that time of year again when people start or return to university/college I thought I would share my ten comprehensive tips to get the most from your experience, whether it involves fun, work or finances.
Get organized
As a student you will no doubt have so much paperwork and information coming into you, that it is [...]
Organize IT Recap 12th Aug 2007 [Organize IT]
Organize IT recap for 12th August 2007
This is a neat little tip to squeeze every last drop of detergent from a bottle. However I seem to have collected about five bottles which are taking up lots of space under the sink, so I don’t really have to worry about running out
9 reasons why [...]
Determining Value For Money [Organize IT]
My primary way of determining value for money, especially when it comes to media like DVDs and music CDs is hours of entertainment vs cost. For example new film DVDs in the UK tend to cost around £16.00 and they tend to last around 2 hours. If you just watch the film once that works [...]
Ask The Readers: Does Working More Hours Cost You More Money? [Organize IT]
I read an interesting point in a book called Dejunk Your Life by Helen Foster which makes an interesting point about how working full time can be expensive. In theory doing more hours means more money. However, working all these hours means you have to give more consideration to such things as travel, food and especially [...]