“Real Simple” (a GREAT magazine) has an article on their Web site listing “20 Time Saving Tips and Tricks.” I’m always doing two things at once, so I like to think that everything I do is time-saving, but here’s one tip that I like to live by that I got from an amazing book,”Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things that Really Matter.”

Create a shopping list based on your main grocery store’s aisles. Here’s how it works: take a notebook to the grocery store and walk down every single aisle. As you go, make notes of the items you typically buy. When you get home you can type up your list, based on aisles. Print it out, hang it in your kitchen … and as you need items, check them off. By the time you get to the store you don’t have to waste time going down aisles you don’t have any items checked off on your list.

I can’t tell you how much time this list saves. While it takes a bit of time to create it, it’s amazing how much time it saves you in the store every time you go. My friends have been amazed at my list. I am too!

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