Always Almost Prepared: The Best Way To Organize Your Life
This (being organized) results in a lack of frustration and disappointment (which in this case, is not a bad thing). It brings about having a worry and stress-free life, with a lot of time to spend on anything but organizing. Simply speaking, being organized means you have some sense of control over you life and the things in it. In addition , it means that there is a little bit of sanity left. If you’re one of the unfortunate already-or-almost-insane disorganized people, then read on to save your sanity today!
With all the advanced technology we have nowadays you can record ideas or notes on your handheld cellular phone. It’s fast, easy and it takes up less of your energy and space than having a handbag filled with post-it notes does. It’s readily available and you will always have it with you.
However, if you are as last century as I am, you may love keeping a journal with you wherever you go. I am a devoted list- maker. I usually have a notebook with me to scribble down ideas and thoughts, and to keep my continuously growing to do list handy. A notebook will probably be your new best friend; you just have to know how to use it.
Keeping a notebook with you will allow you to complete smaller tasks while out-and-about. If you don’t like carrying it around all day, use post-it notes: they are ideal for making on-the-go something-to-remember notes. Stick the notes where you spend most of your time, as long as they keep staring you in the face until you complete the tasks written on them. Once complete, take them down immediately and throw them away. If you don’t, you’ll stack up on clutter.
Yes, we all have it, we all hate it, and we all would like to get rid of it, but it’s not that simple. You either have no clutter, or you are knee deep in it. Our moods, thoughts, and sensations are all influenced by our surroundings. If you are surrounded by muddle, that is how you will feel: cluttered, nervous and bombarded with piles and piles of papers and documents and everything in between. Do away with clutter by completing a job as soon as you get it: end it before it starts, “prevention rather than cure”. Don’t let it pile up to form a mountain that you can’t overcome.
But when you are ready to commence breaking down that mountain, start small and set realistic goals: you don’t wish to overwhelm yourself. Deal with one room at a time as opposed to attempting to take on the entire house all at once. Break a big, dreaded activity into scaled-down steps and concentrate on finishing each step prior to going onto another, and before very long, you should have completed one of the chores you probably dislike doing the most. Goal setting is a vital element to successful organizing and it will set you on the fast track toward anti-clutter success!
All of the above are vital building blocks in your pursuit toward being organized, but the foundation is to try to get rid of postponement.
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