You’ve heard it. I’ve heard it. We all know what it sounds like.“Getting a little anal aren’t you? Turning into the next Martha S. here at the office?”Here comes the criticism from those people, usually one person in particular, who can’t stand to let you reach a higher level of organization in your work. It might even be your boss….
You are looking at the title of this post and thinking to yourself “OK, Carolyn has lost it. Why would I go to all this work if I don’t enjoy being organized?“Because people organize themselves for all kinds of reasons. Some of us like to be more in control of those parts of our lives that our within our control….
To keep the organizing going, and the clutter at bay, every item in your office needs to go back to its home. In most organizing projects, next to purging, much of the work is in establishing a home for everything whether its paper, files, e-files or other objects. Once an item has a home, it needs to return there when…
“If I had time“, you say, “I would be more organized!” I know, me too. Unfortunately since none of us have figured out how to put an extra couple of hours into each day, we will just have to work with the 24 hours that we have.Let’s start with your calendar. Do you have one? Do you carry it with…
To keep the organizing going, and the clutter at bay, every item needs to go back to its home. for a residential organizing project, next to purging and/or downsizing, much of the work is in establishing a home for everything in your home. Once an item has a home, it needs to return there when you finish using/playing with it.Again,…
“If I had time“, you say, “I would be more organized!” I know, me too. Unfortunately since none of us have figured out how to put an extra couple of hours into each day, we will just have to work with the 24 hours that we have.Let’s start with your calendar. Do you have one? Do you carry it with…
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