Marilyn Bohn | Creative Organizer

Real Simple’s life coach, Gail Blanke says smart people always make everything harder than it needs to be. So stop over thinking your life and start living it. Here are some of her tips in the August 2007 issue of Real Simple.

1.Don’t overanalyze or overcomplicate situations; commit to taking the easy way. The shortest distance between two points really is a nice, straight, simple line.

2.Don’t become consumed by the negative possibilities. Assume a positive outcome. You’re much more likely to get it.

3.Don’t insist on perfection. Perfectionism isn’t fun. And striving for it will exhaust you. Nobody wants to hang around with an exhausted perfectionist.

4.Don’t do it alone. No matter what project you’re executing, get as many people involved as you can. Martyrs are boring.

5.Don’t become angry or upset when things don’t go according to plan. Just laugh, if you can, and roll with it.

As a professional home and office organizer I think these ideas apply to organizing your home as well. By following this “to don’t” list your life just got easier and less complicated which will actually free you up to organize.