Enhance Productivity and Focus – Clean Up That In-Box!

1.  Treat your email inbox like you would your regular mail box.   As soon as you open your email in-box, clear the clutter!  If you had to deal with paper mail, you would:

  • immediately toss the stuff you don’t need;
  • scan the stuff you probably don’t need and then get rid of that too; then
  • have a few things left that require a read or a response.  
  • These are the steps to take for email, too! 

2.  Immediately remove advertisements and daily newsletters you will not read or use today (don’t worry, they will come again tomorrow).

3.  Delete or change Subscriptions:

  • These days, most newsletters have an Un-Subscribe option;  Unsubscribe if you don’t need the information; or
  • Change your subscription options, like requesting all the correspondence from one source in a digest or bundled form.  I receive daily digests from 2 list-servs, instead of individual emails every time someone has a comment.  This really helps clear my in-box clutter!

4.  Sort your in-box in reverse chronological order, so that the newest emails are always listed first. 

5.  Use Folders for your opened mail, and Leave only active “To Do”s in your in-box:

  • Be specific in naming your folders.  I have a few folders dedicated to my presentations:  “Ideas” for classes I want to create, and “Correspondence” regarding classes I have already set up.  Very different information, so two separate folders.
  • Realize folders can be added and deleted, as events come and go. Create a “Holidays Logistics” or “Office Party” folder for all things holiday related, and then purge the whole folder in January.

6.  File items for retrieval:

  • Create folders for projects or people: for example, Newsletter Info To Share, Presentation Correspondence, Presentation Ideas, Travel Info, Expense Reports, or Shopping Ideas.
  • When you’re ready to tackle these projects, all the information is together. 

7.  Questions in the Subject line: My spouse and I may email many times in a day, and we use the Subject line as our email content (Subject Line: “Late meeting, home at 6 pm”, or “Class to teach at 7 pm”), similar to Instant Messaging (which I will not put on my laptop, in the interest of time management!).

8.  “No Need for Reply”.  An extremely organized friend uses this in her correspondence.  Often, we send an email for purely informational purposes, to keep folks “in the loop”, so to speak.  Adding this note at the beginning or end of your email tells your reader that they can respond, if necessary, but that they don’t need to, thus freeing their time and your in-box!

9.  If you currently have only one email address for personal and professional, and you find that it fills up quickly, consider a second free email address, like gmail, to use for newsletters and advertisements that you don’t want to look at every day.   

10.  Maintain your Clean In-box from day to day, and clean out the Folders a few times a year.

I hope you find these ideas useful, and that you are greeted with a clean and user-friendly email in-box the next time you sit down at your computer!  Peace.

Life’s Little Victories: the laundry was finished, the gerbils are safe.

This week’s Little Victories, on the Path of being a Good Parent and Family Member, Family Manager and Professional Organizer:

  1. For 37 minutes on Sunday morning, all the laundry was actually done and put away.
  2. Found the gerbils and got them back in their cage.
  3. Purged a bag of books from our bookshelves to turn in at the used book store for store credit.
  4. Removed and recycled 15 cardboard boxes from my garage and basement storage closet.
  5. Purged two bags of toys and a bag of clothes.  The charity picks the three bags up on Thursday. 
  6. Cleaned and re-arranged the basement play area – again –  with my sons’ help, to encourage responsibility for and maintenance of their toys.  Made mental note to request No Legos and No Nerf for Christmas.
  7. Started my own Christmas shopping at a mall on vacation last week. 
  8. Started a Christmas envelope for gift certificates and $5 bills (it’s a wonder how quickly they add up!).
  9. Started conversations about family holiday celebration details (who is hosting / coming / bringing what).
  10. Over-decorated, just for one week, for Halloween at my youngest son’s request.  Tacky? Yes. Worth his happiness?  Yes.
  11. Winterized the deck and garage, and pulled my tomato vines for the season.  Ate my last tomatoes on a very yummy salad.   
  12. Sat on the couch and watched a good movie with my hubby, start to finish.
  13. Seized teachable moments with the kids to talk about our faith, Algebra, problem solving, laundry, and accounts receivable and payable.
  14. Went to Evergreen Car Wash to remove road-trip remains and glitter (don’t ask), just in time for 3 strangers to stop me and ask me about my business (meaning they first checked out my car to see it if was clean and organized). Whew!
  15. Made a great lasagna that all 5 of us actually loved (trust me, this is noteworthy).  Added that recipe to our “Favorites” binder!  
  16. Booked 12 classes for 2011, and took good care of my clients.  Met with a friend to talk about how to incorporate organizing products into my business structure. 
  17. Asked for and received help with Cub Scout meetings (this is noteworthy, I’m not very good at asking for help!).
  18. Saved $22 off my $190 total grocery bill just with my coupons.  Spent 10 minutes each going through the ones I had and clipping this week’s, giving me a $60-an-hour return for my efforts.  Pretty good!
  19. Stopped by the store to price bedding and blinds for my sons’ room, but not purchase.  Will wait for the next credit card billing cycle or perhaps pay cash.  I have my BB&Beyond coupons ready, know my budget, measured for blinds, etc.  I am ready to go, without going into debt! 
  20. Said “Yes, of course you can come over on Tuesday, we have room for you” to a friend, because my house is ready and organized.

The Monster Beneath Your Bathroom Sink

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     You probably don’t have a monster under your bathroom sink, but who can tell?  Storage in the bathroom and linen closet can end up a mishmash of lost items, unfulfilled expectations, mysterious unidentified cleaning supplies and hardware, and expired medicines and cosmetics.  A TV pharmacy ad suggested we prepare for cold and flu season now instead of when we don’t feel well.  Sounds good to me!   And these small areas are great places to get organized!

  • They are typically small enough to get organized in a few hours;
  • Improvement in these spaces helps every member of your family, and can positively impact your health and wellness;
  • Using what you already have in more efficient ways saves time and money immediately; and
  • Progress in small spaces is still progress, and seeing organized space all the time will help motivate you to tackle and maintain other organizing projects as well.

      So, organize your bathroom and linen closet in a few easy steps, and rest assured knowing there are no monsters.   The First step is always to figure out What You Have: 

  • Grab some garbage bag, and 4-6 shallow boxes or plastic containers.
  • Pull everything out of your medicine cabinets, under-sink cabinets, linen closet, etc.
  • Now sort what you have found.  Common categories include
    • Medicines – long term, like cholesterol medication, or vitamins and supplements
    • Medicines – for acute conditions like cold and flu, upset stomach, etc.
    • First Aid Item – band-aids, ointments, splints and wraps, heating pads
    • Personal Hygiene Products – Hair Care
    • Personal Hygiene Products – Non-Hair Care, like soaps, lotions
    • Cosmetics
    • Towels, blankets, bedding
    • Paper Products (toilet paper, tissues)
    • Cleaning Supplies and random pieces of hardware

    Once you know what you have, ask Why Am I Keeping This?  And Purge! 

  • Expiration dates are a great way to filter out items.  Take your expired medication to your pharmacy for safe disposal.   (and Click here for information on how long to safely keep cosmetics or run a google search).
  • Do all the items belong here?  Or could they go elsewhere?  For example, things like tools and hardware go in the work room or basement.
  • If the items were elsewhere, would they get used more efficiently?  Store vitamins and supplements in the kitchen, where they are more likely to be regularly consumed.
  • Use up small sample sizes of products, or trash them.   Many small samples can be a really big clutter problem! 

     Now that you know what to Keep and what to Toss, determine Where To Keep It and How:

  • Pick a home and stick with it.  Our main bathroom has 4 drawers and 3 medicine cabinet sections.  Two drawers, hair appliances and hair accessories (I do have a lot of hair), are mine.  The other two are for the family – toilet paper rolls, odds and ends.  The medicine cabinet sections are similarly assigned, one for my stuff, two for the whole family, with toothbrushes, first aid items, extra soap, etc.
  • We all know where the stuff goes and why, so we can all put it away again.
  • Grouping similar items into categories or zones is especially useful in the bathroom and linen closet. 
  • Our linen closet holds towels, but also wide low baskets. 
  • Many personal care and health items last longer stored in dry, cool areas instead of the hot and steamy bathroom.  One basket each holds:
    • Our inventory of shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes, sample sized and travel items;   
    • All things medication and first-aid related, like cold medicine and pain relievers and extra first aid kits, and also the medication information sheets that come home with prescriptions;   
    • Weekly cleaning supplies in a handled caddy that moves from room to room with me;
    • Cleaning supplies I use less often, like carpet spot remover, furniture cleaner and floor wax;
    • Small microfiber and wash cloths, so they don’t get lost under bigger items like towels; and  
    • Heating pads and ace bandages.  I am the world’s biggest klutz. 

      You have determined What you Have, Why and What to keep, and Where and How to store it.  You are awesome.  You can see what you have on hand, and know what you need to pick up on your next grocery trip.  You can reach in and grab shampoo or toothpaste the next time you run out.  There are no monsters lurking behind old cleaning supplies and stiff sponges under the sink.  You are no longer embarrassed if someone opens the bathroom cabinets when they visit.

    Take a moment, stand back and admire your space, and pat yourself on the back.  And ask yourself, When do we spend time on maintenance?  Make sure this becomes a bi-annual habit, Fall and Spring, to rid your bathroom and linen closet of monsters:  clear old stuff out, use more stuff up, and tidy your physical space.  Enjoy!

I Climbed A Wall

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I Climbed A Wall.   This may not seem noteworthy, but for me, it is.  I am not a very athletic person.  I walked my first 5K last week, and got timed for 3.2 miles, all of which was a great experience.  But if I am looking for motivation in life, my mind goes to when I Climbed a Wall.

     My oldest son opted for an indoor rock-climbing place for his birthday party this past Spring.  I am The Mom, in charge of all things Birthday Party, and did not plan on climbing, but one of our climbers opted out, and we had the space.

     Here is what I learned, and what you can learn from facing your own challenges: 

  • We are stronger than we think.  
  • Sometimes we need cheerleaders, even if they are a group of pre-teens (my son and his friends) or total strangers.
  • Traveling light is easier.  My slender but strong pre-teen scaled the wall in no time flat.  Proof that traveling light but strong is easier than traveling weighed down by stuff.
  • Sometimes Help Is Necessary.  For safety and inspiration and perspective. 
  • Good tools can amplify your strength.  My Belayer (definition:  He or she who holds the rope for the climber) was a tiny, slender 20-something, and I was convinced that if I fell, I would crush us both.  She assured me that the pulley, hooks, ropes, etc., that were hooked to the wall above me, would provide more than enough assistance.  And she was right.
  • Sometimes what is most important is at your fingertips, sometimes it’s over your head, and sometimes it is at your feet.
  • Sometimes others see things more clearly than I do.  A change in perspective can make all the difference.  I could not see my next toe or hand hold, but someone standing back and looking at my situation could see things better than me.
  • Sometimes we have to Just DO IT.  I had not planned to climb that day, but we had paid for one more climber than we had, so I decided to give it a try.  And I am glad that I did.   

     My Belayer would not let me quit.  Even though I really wanted to, because climbing is really hard work.  From her vantage point, she could see I only had a few more feet to climb to reach the top.  She told me to LOOK UP and SEE, and that made all the difference.

     For the first few days, I felt the muscle ache, but took it as a sign of accomplishment.  Five months later, the ache is long gone, and I get a swell of pride and confidence and inspiration when I think back to that day.  So if I face a challenge, I’ll say Bring It.  You can’t scare me.  I Climbed a Wall.  And You Can, Too.

Your Calendar Is A Decision Making Tool

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This Blog Entry will also appear on also appears on The Savvy Woman, an on-line magazine for Women.   

Truths about Time Management:

  1. Keep A Calendar: You must keep a calendar, a written or digital record of where you need to be and when, and you must keep it with you.  All the time.
  2. Keep Only One Calendar:  You are only one person, no matter how amazing you are and how many different roles you play.  The roles of parent, child, sibling, boss, employee, volunteer or domestic hero are all played by just You.  So track your movements in just one place.
  3. Your role of Manager of Others is also important, so track the movements of loved ones and even co-workers, if their actions impact you, in that one place, too. 
  4. Make your Calendar More Complete with Contact Information.  Your calendar, written or digital, should contain a contact list of all pertinent phone numbers.  As a matter of maintenance, input every phone number for friend, family, client and contractor as soon as you get it.
  5. Make Your Calendar A Planner, and Keep A Task List with it as well.  You take care of many things, personally and professionally, so incorporating a rolling Task or To-Do List allows you to note what needs done without attaching it to a calendar date or time.
  6. Use that One Planner as a Management and Decision Making Tool.  You are given 168 hours every week to spend in your endeavors. A visual record, written or digital, helps You then decide how to distribute your time and talents.
  7. You have to trust that the One Planner is correct, and it is only as good as what you put into it.  All information must go into the Planner. Do not assume you will remember something, because maybe you won’t!  As soon as you get information about upcoming projects or events, put them into your Planner.  If you do this regularly, it will become a good habit and you will trust your One Planner to help you make decisions.  If you don’t maintain the good habit, you will never quite trust your Planner as a tool and then it is useless.
  8. Create Scheduling Guidelines:  No one schedules anything without checking with the Keeper of the Planer, You.  This pause gives you a chance to say “No” gracefully, too.
  9. Use your Planner to cultivate new positive habits:  I signed up for a 5K and cleared one hour 4 days a week to exercise.  By putting it in the Planner, I made it happen.
  10. Use your Planner to Help People Help You:  I use Outlook on my laptop computer as my time management tool.  I input all information into it, and sync it with my I-Phone a couple of times a day.  Because the info is on both my phone and laptop, my spouse can check the laptop in my absence, to make decisions, too.

The Last Ten Minutes

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I’m not talking about the past ten minutes, any 10 minutes, or your last 10 minutes on earth.  Nothing as deep as that.  How you spend the last 10 minutes of a work activity can greatly impact your entire day tomorrow or week this week.

We are taught from a young age to put our toys away when we are done with them.  We do this because the teacher or mom told us to, and so that the play room looks nice, and our toys won’t be stepped on and we’ll be able to find the toys again the next time we want to play with them. 

Now, let’s translate this into big-people terms, in the home or office.  The next time you spend an hour at your desk or the table paying bills, spend the last 10 minutes actually filing the paid bill stubs in the right month or category, so the space looks tidy, the papers are protected and you can find them if you need them again.  If you pay your bills on-line, spend those last 10 minutes printing your receipts to paper or PDF, and filing those and / or your email notices of payment in the appropriate sub folder on your computer (you can do categories or months on there, too!).     

If I am working with a client, the last 10 minutes of our session is spent:

  1. hauling trash and recycling out the door;
  2. loading up donations of clothes or electronics to leave the house or office, and delivering the “Going elsewhere in my home” pile;
  3. reviewing what we learned during this session;
  4. determining and discussing client homework; and
  5. scheduling our next appointment and what we want to do at that session.

We wrap up today, clean up our mess and look at our new organized space, then set up the plan for next time.  I am looking at my desk right now, and if I were my own client, my last 10 minutes would be spent:

  1. shredding the small shred pile accumulated today;
  2. filing stuff that needs to be filed for future retrieval (that is the only reason to keep anything, by the way); and
  3. Tossing the recyclable stuff in the bin in the kitchen.
  4. Then there is the “Going Somewhere” pile.  Today it all goes in my purse, and it includes both personal and professional items:
    • the note to go to the principal tomorrow about the Recycling Drive;
    • the campus map I need to find an office at a nearby university;
    • a check received against an invoice, which will be deposited;
    • a handwritten Get Well card to a friend; and
    • mail to be mailed.
    • Other example of “Going Somewhere” could be items I need to keep, but put elsewhere in my home, like bills to pay, calendar items, receipts, etc. 
  5. Now for my plan for tomorrow.  Tomorrow’s pile is actually in a Day of the Week folder, Tuesday to be specific.  It includes things I did not get finished today that I am moving ahead to tomorrow, and it also has things in it for Tuesday that I have added since last week.  Clients to call, work to do, classes to schedule, bills to pay, etc.   I can leave myself a note on urgent items, or even email it to myself as a reminder.  If I scout out these things today, it helps me to plan my day tomorrow and foresee any challenges to resolve.

So I shut the door on an office that is cleaned up and ready for tomorrow.  Imagine how much more productive my day will be tomorrow, spending those Last 10 Minutes in a useful way today!

Quick – Where are your Keys? Your Cell Phone?

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I attended a National Preparedness Month tele-seminar a few weeks ago.  We talked about big, life-changing events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and insurance, preparation and recovery.  The class reminded me that even little events have the capacity for rocking our world if we are unprepared.

     We need to be prepared for big events and big-to-us events. 

     I remember late night ER visits for croup with my babies.  Not big events for other people, but big and critical and terrifying to us at 2 am.  The same strategies work for all emergencies, big or small. 

     Let’s bring National Preparedness month down to a convenient pocket size.  Know, at all times, where a few vital items are.  They may be:

  1. Cell Phone (with contacts and calendar up to date);
  2. Car and house keys (clipped to my purse at the door at all times);
  3. Wallet and Insurance card (we each carry one in our wallets);
  4. Emergency medications (Diabetics can carry insulin and a snack, asthmatics carry inhalers, people with allergies carry epi-pens);
  5. Bag or purse:  When my boys were babies, we re-stocked the diaper bag the moment we got home.  You never know when you have to run out the door, for your own emergency or someone else’s.  And
  6. Family members and pets?  This sounds odd, but you need to know where all of your family members are sleeping each night.  We insist the kids sleep in their own beds every night for lots of reasons, but also because we need to be able to find them in the dark if there was a fire or an emergency.

     So, What are your vital items?  

     Make it a point to choose a home for these items and commit to putting them in their home every day, and know that you are ready to conquer your own emergencies.

Taking Care Of Business Tuesdays

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Last week, I mentioned my Monday Charger Morning.  It is Monday morning, I just got back from my 45 minutes of aerobic exercise, and put my house back together after a busy and fun weekend.  My stuff is charging and I am mostly caught up.  So I consider my Charger morning a success.  So on to Taking Care of Business!

I had a wonderful client (actually, all my clients are wonderful) who kept a “Take Care of Me Tuesday”.  Our 2 hour paper management session was part of that day, as was a thorough housecleaning and an appointment for something relaxing like a pedicure or massage. 

I use that idea still, in my business, as Taking Care of Business Tuesday. 

I love being a professional organizer.  It’s a great way to spend my days, helping people make their worlds work better.  I am also blessed because the same skills – excellent time, paper and clutter management – are necessary to run a business.  The drawback?  I feel compelled to be the organized person in every relationship.  It is up to me to follow-up, check in, and generally be on the ball all the time.  That is not really a problem, I am just always aware of it. 

 So, I carved out a morning to Take Care of Business.  On a typical Tuesday I could some or all of the following:

  • I look back at the past week and
    • Account for time spent with clients
    • Write up my banking deposit
    • Pay bills and create invoices for services rendered
    • Balance my check book and put info into Quicken
    • Check client appointment notes and follow-up on any Tasks I have (e.g., “forward article on closet organizing to K.”, “find place to recycle used TVs”)
  • Then I look at this week and
    • Post my blog and send my newsletter
    • Make sure my class bag is ready to go to class with handouts and visuals
    • Check in with my coaching clients
    • Confirm client appointments for this week
    • Follow up on any lingering emails from the weekend
  • Then I look ahead and
    • Back up my computer
    • Generate and post advertising flyers
    • Post upcoming classes on my Face Book page
    • Send out letters and emails to generate new classes at new sites

I like doing these things on Tuesday.  I read an article that said that Tuesday is the most productive day of the week, and from experience, I concur  (Accountemps, February, 2008).  Monday is for catching up, Tuesday is for action.  It also provides flexibility, if someone needs me on a Tuesday, I can move my TCB activities later in the week and still get it all done.  The day is not the point, though.

 The Point is that We need to set aside time for regular maintenance and progress in the pursuit of success.

Charge up your Monday Mornings

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     Happy Monday!  I read 2 different Facebook entries this morning from friends stating they had great weekends, but need another day just to catch up. 
       I  feel that way most Mondays!  So, on my calendar, I carve out until noon most Mondays to catch up, and call it my Monday Charger Morning. I do not schedule clients on Monday mornings, so I use the time to catch up on weekend stuff, take care of routine home chores and plan strategically for the week to come, both personally and professionally.
       If you don’t have a Monday morning to spare, the same results can be achieved by spending a couple of hours on a Sunday evening Charging up for the Week.   Monday morning, after delivering everyone to school:

  1. I come home and plug in my cell phone, blue tooth ear piece and IPod (hence the origins of “Charger” Morning)
  2.  (1 Hour) I get my home Back To Ready now that everyone is back to school and work. I complete my BTR routine, working room by room in the same order every week:       a.  Beds Made, bedroom surfaces cleared off;
          b.  Clothes and shoes dealt with – dirty ones in the hamper, clean ones put away;
          c.  Sweep all rooms and Empty all trash;
          d.  Kitchen cleaned up, dining room table wiped off;
          e. Bathroom cleaned up, towels hung up, surfaces clear, mirror wiped clean; 
          f. Laundry started in washer and/or dryer, dishwasher loaded and running, crock pot on!
          g. Papers gathered together for me to work on them, or purge or shred them.
  3. During my BTR Routine, I jot down the random ideas that occur to me during this particular exercise. The ideas could read “Need laundry detergent, need snacks for baseball, bake cookies for friend, new dress shoes for A, change smoke detector batteries, etc.”
  4. (1 hour) I exercise. I find that if I can do this on this first morning of the week, it sets the tone for the rest of the week. I do my 45 minutes, come home and take a shower.
  5. (1.5 hours) I sit down at my desk, now that my house is tidy and I am energized by my walk. I pull the personal papers that need my attention. Today the list includes:        a.  Schedule Medical appointments for two of us;
            b. Gather information for new front door and garage door, for purchase and installation;
            c. Write a check and fill out a permission slip for a school activity;
            d. Set up an on-line account for a fundraiser for a cancer walk next month;
            e. Send out an email to friends and family regarding a Cub Scout / Boy Scout fundraiser;
            f. Call church about music for an upcoming event this week;
            g. Pay bills for my Business, write out Thank You notes and birthday cards to drop off at the post office tomorrow on my Taking Care of Business Morning (next week’s topic!).

      My Charger Morning gives me a chance to personally re-charge and take a breath before jumping into our busy life. It gives me a chance to clear my desk and my head, and provides focus and clarity for the rest of the week. So carve out an hour or two at the beginning of your week to set the right tone for an Organized and Charged Up week!

Make Your Paper System Your Own

     I worked with a client on her papers for about 2 hours yesterday.  She and I have worked on various projects over the years, paper is the most recent.  She, like most of my clients, is an organized person.  Life has gotten in the way of maintenance along the way, though, and now is the time to catch up.

     She has this snazzy rolling file holder, open on top, which has been a great tool for her to use.  The portability and ease of use are both big plusses.  She has been using a Pre-Packaged paper system that is lovely and color coded and preprinted, and unfortunately, no longer useful to her.  The pre-packaged folder ” Medical Insurance” was lumped into Insurance, “Medical Records” was lumped with action folders, “Health and Fitness” was all the way at the back of the drawer in lifestyle, and “Medical Bills” were not in with Bills To Pay, so they may get forgotten.  There were no folders for “Resources” or “Dental”, so those items were floating around the house.    

     This system had Medical Information in too many places in the hanging folders.   And it was difficult to remember the rationale for all  the different places.  So we created our own Medical category.  We broke it down into 3 subcategoies: 

  • “Medical: Current”  This contained manilla folders with information on current conditions, current medication lists and allergy information, current supplements and nutrition information and pending insurance issues.
  • “Medical: Paid Bills and Statements”  This held manilla folders titled “Blue Cross Blue Shield Statements”, “Medicare Statements” and “Paid Bills” for information for 2010 medical issues (we purged and shred all the old stuff)
  • “Medical: History”  This hanging folder contained pertinent ” Test and Lab Reports”, and “pertinent” was determined by my client.  Old lab results for routine issues were tossed, but some info was kept, regardless of how old it was, for baseline purposes.  In addition, discharge instructions for past surgeries, physician contact information, etc. was kept in this folder.

     Breaking down the information into subcategories that were useful for my client was the best thing we could have done.  It helped her to realize what sorts of information she needs to purge and what she needs to keep, and all her information is current and well labeled for her and her family to use.

    We also hung all the Medical Info at the front of the drawer because these issues are very important to this client this week.   We can move them if and when we choose.     So, why am I telling you this?  To sum up:

  • Put some thought into your paper management system, make it useful to you.
  • “Personal, “Portable” and “Easy to Access” are important attributes for your paper management system.
  • Realize what is most important to you, keep that info close at hand and 
  • Purge and Shred your old papers.
  • Decide for yourself what you want to call a file.  There is no need for a prepackaged solution if you don’t find it useful.
  • Divide your categories, if you would like.  Active, Passive and Archival (history) is a great place to start!