Tickle Me Elmo? No - Tickle Your Memory With A Tickler File

By Author: Jesse Whitehead
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If you are an unorganized person who forgets important dates and events, you have probably already discovered the need for

using a personal calendar. You may also find a daily To-do list useful for getting things done. In addition to these methods, there is another organizing system you might find very useful for remembering things you need to do. It's called a tickler file system, and is especially good for things with due dates, deadlines, and expirations.

A tickler file is a system designed to provide a reminder about things that need to be done at a specific future date. In other words, this system is designed to "tickle" your memory. A tickler file contains a set of file folders labeled by dates. Dates are usually for a certain period of time, such as by month or by week, or even by day. Time-sensitive documents are filed in the folders corresponding to the dated time period for which action needs to be taken.

Create a tickler file for things that must be mailed regularly, such as bills you need to pay, subscriptions to renew, tax payments, and other paperwork that has deadlines or due dates.

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... good use for a tickler file is for greeting cards. There are many events throughout the year for which greeting cards need to be sent out, among which are birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, graduations, consolations etc. With a tickler file you won't ever miss sending out a greeting card again.

Buy some extra greeting cards for various occasions that you anticipate for the upcoming year, and then file the cards in the appropriate monthly folder in your tickler file. Each month, check your file for upcoming birthdays and anniversaries, retrieve and fill out the cards you have filed, and mail them right before the date of the event.

Make sure to purchase some blank occasion cards for unanticipated or one-time events such as births, weddings, deaths, and so forth and file them in appropriately labeled folders. Having extra cards on hand have on will save you having to make a special trip to the store to buy a card at the last minute.

As you can see, making use of a tickler file can help you remember when you need to take action on time-sensitive events. As

long as you use this system regularly, you will be much less likely to forget the important things that you need to do, and you will do them in a timely manner.
Jesse Whitehead lives in the Central Valley of California where he enjoys writing articles on a variety of different subjects. His latest interest is in Wolf Watch Winders. Come visit his latest website at AutomaticWatchWinders.org which provides more information about Wolf, Orbita, and other automatic watch winders.