The holidays are one of my biggest times of year. I am busy coordinating Thanksgiving dinner at my home, shopping for Christmas and Birthday presents, baking for all the events we attend and combining this with my usual chores and errands, doctor visits for my dad and daughter and working on my blog. With all the responsibilities I have organization is a must. Yes, I have had the embarrassment of calling my son’s orthodontist at 9:15 one morning to tell them, “Whoops! We forgot all about our 9 AM appointment. Can we reschedule?” After that fiasco I began to write lists, lots and lots of lists. If I remotely thought about doing it onto the list it went. This posed a problem because I began to misplace my lists. “Did someone see my list of errands? What was I supposed to be doing?” became the norm. I realized I could remember all those important dates, errands and chores if I wrote them down online immediately.
My life became easier when I discovered Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium software. Store all my files in SkyDrive so they are safely in a cloud? Yes, please. No files lost if my computer gets hacked and the ability to access and to my files from anywhere was like a dream come true. I always have my best ideas or remember something I have to when I not able to get to a pencil and paper. Now it doesn’t matter. I can add it to my list on the computer or on my smart phone no matter where I am; waiting in a long checkout line, sitting in the doctor’s office, while I am out shopping. Microsoft Office 365 has all the software I need, Excel, One Note, PowerPoint, Publisher and Visio to help me stay organized and #getitdone!
Here’s some of the ways I use Microsoft Office 365 around my home and while on the go:
Blogging Calendar—I have an Excel Blogging calendar that has been a lifesaver. Storing it online means I can make quick changes if I need to switch a posting date and helps me access it if I am traveling.
Errand List—Wednesdays are my errand days. I try to cram as much as possible into the 3 ½ hours I have. One Note allows me to keep notes of everything I need to accomplish. Plus, I can check in on my One Note mobile app to make sure I never forget another errand.
Daily Appointment Calendar–helps me remember all the doctor appointments that get scheduled into our life!
According to a recent study conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Microsoft, more than half of office workers (53%) would be willing to work more hours—and one in five would be willing to take a pay cut—to have more flexibility in where and when they got work done. If you need more time in your day, the latest version of Office 365 Home Premium includes a license for up to five devices, an additional 20 GB of SkyDrive cloud storage, nearly three times the amount available with a free SkyDrive account, 60 free Skype world calling minutes per month to call mobile phones, landlines or PCs around the world, future upgrades and an automatic save to SkyDrive so your documents are available from almost anywhere and on your favorite devices.
I will finally have a good word processor.
Thanks for the contest.
It would help me keep everything organized in one place.
I am a full-time student, and I currently don’t have office on my PC, so it is difficult sometimes to do certain assignments, this would definitely be helpful
This would be a wonderful thing to have to complete my college assignments and keep me organized.
Would love to have this to keep myself organized at home & work since I work at home!
As a college student I would love to have access to Microsoft word for paper, power point for presentations and excel for work.
Owning Office Home Premium would help simplify my life by helping me get organized. I can use Excel to organize my bills. I will be able to interact with others who send me documents that I cannot open because I have a trial. I can finally be productive. Becoming productive is what technology is supposed to help us achieve.
I need it to get my lesson plans done quicker so I can spend more time with my family
It would make it easier for the kids to do school work.
I would use it to put all my recipes together in one place and stop writing them on slips of paper.
It would help simplify my life by helping to keep it more organized.
I’m a writer and I use the free word programs that are preinstalled on the computer. They work, but they are very limited. I would love to finally have a real office program!
I might not get that incredibile annoying message falsely telling me I have to buy the full Office package when the basic wordstarter was supposed to never expire.
I need all the organizational help I can get! The errands and appointments organization would be great.
I would like to organize my whole family. This is something each of us could benefit from.
It would help us because we could work from home when we are away from the office, which would allow us to do community outreach more effectively.
My sister and I are really into genealogy and we are compiling lists of our family history along with photographs. We would love it if Microsoft Office 365 could get us going.
This would make my blogging life better. I think it would also be very helpful in my homeschool records.
I would love to be able to access a shared calendar from my computer and smartphone with my sons work schedule in it and share it with him. Never know what time he will be home, and if I should be worried or not. Also, my teenagers need power point and excel for school projects.
As a (attempting to be) writer this would encourage me to write and organize every sentence quickly and with ease.
My wife would use it!
this would be so helpful! I just got a new computer and it doesn’t have any windows software. i’ll be starting back to school soon and it would help if I could have these programs on my laptop
I’d love to have access to my Outlook calendar on my smartphone when I’m out and about!
It would help to keep me organized. And being about to save everything in the cloud would be awesome. I am so tired of losing all my files when viruses shut me down.
It would definitely help me become a more organized blogger.
I am going back to school and I have to write papers and when I have to write them I have to go to the library or borrow someone else’s computer which is very inconvenient so it would greatly simplify my life if I had my own copy which I didn’t have the extra money for right now!
my wife would use this to organize her dog club activities. thanks for the chance to win.
I have always wanted Office. I would use it for documents, list, calendar ..lots of things
Organize my texts
I need the calendar to manage my life
It would help me with my school work. I’m in graduate school and my old version of Office sometimes falls short of expectations by my professors.
Just got a new PC laptop, all my Tower software is Mac…. DOH!
This would simplify my life in so many ways! I When I was still working outside of the home MS Office help me to keep track of EVERYTHING. PLus, I’m a spreadsheet nerd and it doesn’t get any better than Excel!
Yes, it really is cool. My college edition only allows 1 computer installation, so my kids want it too.
I would use for organizing my bills and our budget.
I get fed up with not being able to open attachments I get sent because I don’t have the right programs. The Office suite is everywhere – except on my PC> I need it!
I’m a blogger and when trying to keep up my expenses or even drafting, it can be REALLY hard when I’m having internet issues. Plus I’m going to college next year so this will DEFINITELY come in handy!
How cool that this is out. I would use it to organize schedules, write papers, it would help me with work and kids school.
Microsoft Office 365 would help make updating my resume so easy and help my husband with his college courses.
This would help keep all of our schedules in order.
It would help me with budgeting.
I love the Sky Drive option. I work from all over. This would simplify my life immensely.
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It would help me with schoolwork and billing.
Office Home Premium would help simplify my life because I really need this software! I am only running the starter edition right now!
Oh my word, I so need this! My life very full these days and I am really trying to find someway of being more organized and streamlining things happening right now. Fingers crossed I win! LOL
I would use one note to take digital notes and make list especially for grocery shopping and matching my coupons
I would love the new additions to Office! Having a calendar is beyond important when it comes to blogging! This looks like an awesome upgrade.
First, love the changes to your blog.
Second, I’d be lost without my calendar! For life ,blogging and beyond 🙂
I’m a Mac user now, but I remember the ease of Microsoft office, especially when I worked in an office. This new program looks great.
Hey, I saw Peachtree on your calendar! That’s for the event I invited you to! 🙂
When I’m able to get a new computer this will be a package that I may have to give a second look at. Especially with my load of school projects coming up.
I could definitely use a calendar to help plan and simplify my blogging!
I’ve tried to organize myself online but I tend to grab paper and just do it there. I really ought to give another shot because you make it seem like the obvious and logical method. (which it is)
Sounds like the perfect way to get organized! So checking this out!
All of my software is out of date, so this would simply help me make everything go faster and more efficiently as I use it each day.
I really need something like this i have things written down everywhere and 3 diaries lol.
I can use all the help I can get when it comes to getting anything done lately. I’m feeling really overextended and plain exhausted! Thanks for this giveaway!
Running a business, I know I need to keep better records and I ve thought about checking out office. Maybe Ill start next year out with it!
I have never thought about using Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium software to help me get more organized. This was a great post that me some good ideas. Thanks for sharing.
You are so organised I love your blogging calender I have tried so many ways to stay ahead in the end I’ve always ended up scribbling in my diary.
I keep thinking I must upgrade to the next office it’s nice to know that it works well 🙂 x
I love this product, it makes sharing files or accessing them for multiple locations so much easier.
I need the SkyDrive feature to make life much easier for me so that I don’t lose important files. I’m a huge fan of Office!
Being a single Mom who does it all, this would help me to stay organized.
This would be such a lifesaver. I dont know how often I forget something because its on the other list. A calender is a must!
We could really use this to put on our grandson’s laptop. He uses his computer for homework, but sometimes need Office and he has to use one of our desktops for that.
This sounds awesome. I am awful at organizing and being a blogger you know that can be a problem. It would be nice to replace my wall calendar and sticky notes everywhere.
I used to love Office until My parents lost my windows key and there was no way to get it back. I would love to have it again! Thanks for the giveaway!
This is great keeping you organize and remembering your appointments. I really can relate when using papers or notebooks to jot down those important events or appointments and all of the sudden will get lost or misplace.
This looks like a great way to stay organized.
This would be great for me but is this available for MAC or only Windows?
I will have to ask and see. I am not sure. I will let you know when I get an answer.
I need all the organizational help I can get! The errands and appointments organization would be great. I definitely want to win this giveaway.
This would definitely help so many different aspects of my life to help keep me on track. The calender especially! I forget things far too easily.
This is awesome! I really love it when technology makes things easier for us, instead of more complicated. I am a MS Office fan and the fact that they offer it in a cloud format, so it can be accessed anywhere is great. I am like you, while I am out and about, I either forget the list or misplace the list of things to do and if it is a full day, somethings will go forgotten. This would make life so simple by having it accessible on your phone, tablet or where ever. Thanks for sharing this awesome giveaway.
Seriously, I don’t know how people stay organized without Microsoft Office. In addition to the calendar, there are so many other tools it contains that make life so much easier. It works so well for both business and personal life.
I truly need to get organized and would love to have this software to help! We are also in the market for a new computer, so this will be a wonderful addition. Thanks for sharing the details!
I love the monthly calender element! I’m still using a paper diary (good old Filofax) but do feel I need to get modern and have a calender/diary application on my Tab and home PC. Thank you.
This would be great for so many things that are going on in my busy life. Just to keep track of my blogging would help, not to mention Drs, etc.
I definitely could use that on my computer-but I don’t have a smart phone or anything like a smart phone (just a simple cell)-so I’d have to remember to print out the to do list anyway! Now blogging–that I could definitely use it for right on my desktop.
How cool that this is out. I would use it to organize schedules, write papers, and track things in spreadsheets.
It would definitely help simplify my blogging which would give me more time to simplify my non blogging things.
Honestly, I need a calendar like that for my everyday stuff. I have it all jotted down, but it would make everything a million times easier to have it online like this.