The importance of systems according to Frankie Heck

BySarah Parsons Last Updated onJanuary 6, 2016

I wanted to share precisely why I love systems and tools and organizing: to eliminate Frankie Heck moments. (Side note: If you don’t watch The Middle, you should.)

The Christmas 2015 episode of the middle featured a clip where Frankie lost all of the family photos. Sue accidentally deleted all the photos from the family computer, and Frankie lost the box with old printed photos. I can’t find it online anymore, but her rant was epic:

Other people have a system, and I don’t have a system and now it’s gone….

We live a “remind me later life”…what is wrong with me?!”

I’ve been there. I think most of us have at some point in life – despite our best intentions, lack of planning, organization and a system have led to the loss of something important. Don’t let that happen to you.

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What are you saving time for?

BySarah Parsons October 31, 2015March 30, 2018

Now that we’ve spent a month looking at various ways and tools to save time, I’d love to take a step back and think about the why we’re saving time and what we’re saving that time for. If your time is more streamlined, focused and efficient, what will you do with that extra time? While you…

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That nagging task you’ve been putting off? Do it today.

BySarah Parsons October 6, 2015July 13, 2018

I put off making the call for months. This is entirely too common a habit of mine, particularly when it comes to phone calls. Can you relate? A year and a half ago, my dental insurance changed and my current dentist was out of network. I cancelled my appointment on the theory that I could…

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One simple way to disrupt bad habits and increase intentionality

BySarah Parsons August 13, 2016February 18, 2018

Recently, a colleague was going to Airdrop a file to me. As we both stood there, she opened her phone…and immediately opened Instagram. Her muscle memory was so programmed to go straight to Instagram that even though she intended to open her photos, she didn’t. What habits do you do without thinking that lead to…

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10 useful things you can do in the next 5 minutes

BySarah Parsons October 23, 2017July 13, 2018

One of these days is none of these days. – Mark Twain How often do you have small pockets of time that seem to disappear on you? What if you had a list of easy AND useful things you could do in 5 minutes per day (or less!)? Lucky you, it’s right here! After all,…

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How to Catch up on Email: Quick and Easy Email Organization Tips

BySarah Parsons July 10, 2019May 14, 2021

Quickly catch up on email after vacation or any time away from the office with this easy organization tip. Even better, the same tactic can be applied Outlook, Gmail, and any other email service, so you can use it both for work and your personal email.

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Save time: automate your social media

BySarah Parsons October 7, 2015February 19, 2021

I have been known to hop on to Facebook to post or check one simple thing in a project-related group and come up for air 45 minutes later, without having done the one thing I logged on for. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one. While there is a time and place for keeping…

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