Does anyone else get overwhelmed with all the paper

• Does anyone else get overwhelmed with all the paper - overloaded
  • not at all - Snow Bunny
  • Only by the mounds of junk mail every day...cc apps, advertising circulars, etc. nm - R
    • I carry my mail in, sort it immediately, and put the junk in the trash. - No need for it to pile up. Toss it!
      • Oh, I do exactly the same as you, but I hate all the wasted paper. nm - R
      • At my apartment complex, our post boxes are - Busy MT'ing
        • I have to shred everything. We have a nosy neighbor - paranoid
          • OH MY GOODNESS. I would most definitely shred everything. - Busy MT'ing
  • Clutter - mess - Patti
  • sounds familiar - cowgirl
  • me too, used to be very organized, but not lately - sm - XXX
    • Yeah, me, too! I've been working too much. - overloaded

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There are too many emails, documents, and files.  I can't find what I need when I need it due to the sheer volume of it all.  I can't remember any of it either because there are hundreds of pages of it and it's not organized the way I would do things.  It's all so different than anywhere else I've worked.  It's as if I'm unlearning 10 years of grammar and style training.  The dictation sounds like psh, spht, sp, snarf, spt because the sound quality blows.  It's taking hours longer than the schedule I agreed to.  I don't even have time to deal with my personal and family responsibilities!  I'm exhausted and stressed out.  I don't want to quit, but I don't want to deal with all of this.

know how I'll get through.   I've even had a couple of days where I called DH at work and told him to call me every hour, just to make sure I didn't do something stupid.   As hard as it is I would try to figure out what the #1 crisis was and what did I/we need to do to try to fix it.   With me most issues are financial.   We've never had a late bill or missed a meal, but have had to juggle things.  I stress way too easily about finances, mainly because I handle them and DH likes to spend $$, especially at the grocery store.  He grew up going hungry so he needs to be able to buy whatever he wants at the grocery store - he does the shopping usually.

I found that if you are married you absolutely need/have to have the cooperation of your spouse and even if times are tough but you are on the same page you'll get through whatever it is. 

I find a good night of sleep often makes things not seem so helpless.  I'm a Christian, but I am a quiet/private one and dislike going to church.  I do find that I pray a lot and while I've never "heard" God's voice like I hear people talking about, He has always provided and told me to have faith because He said he would provide and He has.   When we've gotten in tight money situations an unexpected check will show up, a refund from something, a bonus from work, etc.   I've learned to not stress so much over money, just take a deep breath and have faith.

Some of our problems are of our own making and we just have to dig ourselves out of them and hopefully learn from our mistakes.  Other times we have absolutely no control and we have to realize that and fix what can be fixed and just let go of what we can't.   As bad as our situations may be there are always those in much worse situations.   There are some that can handle everything with grace and there are others who just won't/can't handle things.   I'm somewhere in the middle, but often wonder what is it that makes the person who handles things with grace like that.

Try to go outside for 15 minutes every day and walk, if doing nothing more than walking around the yard.   Doctors tell postpartum moms to do this to avoid depression and it really helps, especially if the day is sunny.    Try to count your blessings instead of your problems.

Sometimes we are not open to listening to God or we only come to Him when we need/want something.   We also want what we want. 

I was drowning in debt a couple of years ago.  I finally bought a book by Dave Ramsey about getting out of debt and I must say, this man is a genius!  He also does a radio program daily where he takes calls and gives advice.  I now do a budget on paper where EVERY penny is accounted for.  It is amazing how much of a difference this has made in my life.  No, I don't reuse foil or sandwich bags ... LOL!  I have paid off my credit card debt and installment debt.  At this point, I'm working on the mortgage. I highly recommend the plan Dave Ramsey pushes for "financial peace" as he refers to it.

paint your house a funky color. I'm thinking I missed a huge sale at Home Depot on paint because my neighbors are going crazy with the colors. Yes, I understand home depot and Lowe's screws up paint and you can get the mixed up colors very cheap but geez. My neighborhood is going crazy with weird paint colors on their houses. Two months ago someone painted their house bright green with bright pink trim, then came the peach house with green trim, bright yellow house followed by bright blue house with the leftover yellow trim. New house being built across the street is all burnt orange including the fence. They even painted the driveway burnt orange and not UT vols orange. Now my neighbor is painting hers bright green. It's not a bad neighborhood here in Central Florida and the houses here run from 150s to 300s but these colors are horrendous. I think if I put my house up for sale I won't get an offer because the peach house, green and pink house, and orange house are all on the dead end street I'm on.

Like I said below I buy my sticky paper through a place that prints up forms.  You will need to do some calling to see.  It is a little expensive but I provide that in my price.  Just do not buy the boxed stuff from Viking or Office Depot or Office Max as they do not not have the perforations on the sides so that when they peel the note it is smaller than the paper and fits on a piece of paper.   E-mail me if you have any questions.   But if you are in the Seattle area, there are a lot of paper places up there.  If you are doing overflow then the main MT should be able to tell you where to get the paper.  Also they might provide it as some accounts do.  Everyone is different.  But CONGRATS -- the first step is the hardest.  Knew you could do it.  Be sure to ask for lots of examples when you start.  Keep me informed.  Any questions you can e-mail me.   Patti  typing without glasses hope don't have many typos.

I use an 8 1/2 x 11 label size paper that has about 1/8" inch that peels back on each side so that it is smaller than the paper you place it on.  The clinics use it to put the chart notes in the charts.  I get it at a form place that makes it.  Avery makes 8 1/2 x 11 labels but you have to cut down the sides before you peel back the sheet to place it on the paper and it doesn't have great peel backs either.  Call local form places and sometimes they will have perforations 1" or so but I don't like that as you waste a lot when you have to begin another chart note and you have to be sure it is below one of the perforations.   Have been using this for 15 years now.  Did go with some national companies but the shipping got to be too much.  Again, call local paper and form places in your area and see if theymake it.  E-mail me wiht specific questions.

Patti

Hi, I have always used plain computer paper for my reports but have a new doctor who prefers me to use the "sticky" paper.  I was wondering if I should charge for the paper, since it is an added cost, and also if anyone knows where to purchase this paper.  Thanks.

I think 15 is good.  When you are away from your desk and delivering, you are essentially not generating income, so.  Plus don't forget the INK, it is costly.  Better include a notation of extra costs for:

Hunt up reports and reprints (that can really be abused)

If they want a faxed copy stat

if they cannot locate a report and you need to research (TIME) and reprint & INK & PAPER and deliver.  No this is not piddly things, it is time, lost income, cost of supplies.  

 Just like if a patient came back and ask for a quicky relook, they forgot something, after they just left, this is reset up of exam room, find the chart, chart notation, staff time, physician time and they want it for the same price.  See what I mean.

If they want a stat report (you are stopping what you are working on to do their STAT report.  Indicate the quicker Turn Around Time charges in writing so they don't forget .....(other than the agreed to time)

either way I look at it, the problem is, there is nothing to rent here. If my #1 lender falls through and I have to go with #2, it may be possible the seller MAY let me rent for a year, maybe even rent to own. If lender #1 fails, I will be asking. All they can say is no. Originally seller purchased home to rent it and changed their mind, it has been for sale for 2 years, sold twice but financing fell through for other parties.

I'm am going to try for 50/50 with the father of the children as I will need him nights, and he will need me days so we don't have to pay daycare. I will be covering insurance for the kids so yes I will need him to pay some extra to me.

because someone spilled Kool Aid and didn't bother to wipe it up.

Red Kool Aid.

available in your area. You have to be an early riser and work 7 days a week though.  I used to get up at 6:00 to walk.  Now I get up at 5:00, walk for one hour every morning with only 65 newspapers, and I make an extra $70 to $80 a week for 7 hours a week.

My sister does 250 papers by car (roadside tubes) and she makes $1000 a month. It takes her 3 hours a day though and she has a full time job, so I think that's a bit much.

Seriously though, papers don't hire kids anymore to deliver because kids just can't or don't want to do it.  Besides, who wants their 13-year-old out walking the streets at 5:00 a.m. ?.

No boss, good exercise, good money. 

outsourcing (their wording) work to India.  The contractors in India are now outsourcing the work to other places in India.  They figure if  we (the US) can outsource American work to India, why can't they outsource the work also.   Your medical info is going to be as private as if you took out a billboard and posted it there.