Little Changes in Organizing Bring Big Rewards
June 24th, 2008
Do you do things out of habit even if the end result isn’t getting you what you want? I am sure we all do this. My daughter shared with me the following experiences which all occurred to her within the last three weeks.
She has a favorite chain restaurant where she likes to eat. The food is good, the service is tops and it has a fun atmosphere. Things have been happening to cause her to evaluate her decision to keep eating at this restaurant.
The first problem was a long black hair sticking out from the bun of her chicken sandwich. The next week it was a curly black hair in her rice bowl and the third week it was salmon in her cheese in her chicken sandwich.
She starts thinking, “This is not working for me, this is three times in the same restaurant that something has been wrong with my meal”. She either needs to stop going to this particular place, eat at home or eat at a different place.
How many times in our lives do we do the same thing over and over and expect different results while not changing what we are doing?
It is no different with organizing. If you have made up your mind that your drawers and closets are going to be organized and stay that way but you don’t change anything chances are they won’t be organized. Perhaps something as simple as getting rid of the extras that are never used or using a container is all it would take to accomplish your goal.
Time management may be a struggle as you race around in the morning looking for keys, shoes and the children’s backpacks. Adding a hook inside the cupboard for keys, putting shoes back on the shoe rack (buying a shoe rack) every night, having a designated place for the kids to toss or hang their back packs could make all the difference from having a stressful morning to turning it into a peaceful one.
Office organization may mean changing your filing system to a color coded system, alphabetized files or a vertical filing system to get you where you want to be.
If something isn’t working for you, then change it, get others to support you and encourage you in your decision to get what you want with just a few simple adjustments.
What have you changed in your life to get different and better results as you have worked towards an organized life?