I'm trying to organise my working days a bit better (not hard to improve on my normal, as in general chaos reigns supreme in my life
) and am wondering how you all plan your work.
I use a paper diary at present for daily tasks (writing it up as I finish the night before) and adding appointments as they're made. I open a project file for each new job, with a unique project number and a worksheet with the client's info and job info on it and this goes in a clear plastic folder on the top tray of a tray system, with finished job files going into a ring binder. If the job's on that top tray then work is required, and I have a note of what exactly I need to do in my diary.
This system was based on the system I set up at my old work, where we were working on computers doing autocad graphics and production files for mass production. I'm not entirely sure it's working as I'd like for my dressmaking and softfurnishings business and would love to hear how everyone else works, particularly those of you who've been in business a long time and have found the perfect system.
Lois

I use a paper diary at present for daily tasks (writing it up as I finish the night before) and adding appointments as they're made. I open a project file for each new job, with a unique project number and a worksheet with the client's info and job info on it and this goes in a clear plastic folder on the top tray of a tray system, with finished job files going into a ring binder. If the job's on that top tray then work is required, and I have a note of what exactly I need to do in my diary.
This system was based on the system I set up at my old work, where we were working on computers doing autocad graphics and production files for mass production. I'm not entirely sure it's working as I'd like for my dressmaking and softfurnishings business and would love to hear how everyone else works, particularly those of you who've been in business a long time and have found the perfect system.
Lois
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