All or Nothing? Or Slow and Steady?
Keeping in line with my "theme" for this year's blog posts, I'm going to touch on All or Nothing Day.
The thought that "I have to organize this room in one day" is a trap for many people. It's often unrealistic. For example - the room didn't get disorganized and cluttered in one day, so how can you expect to organize it in one day?
The next problem is that a person will charge right in and start de-cluttering and sorting. They run out of steam. This is completely normal but that person may see it as a failure. Then the organizing process just stops.
What I want to share with you is this - organizing is not an all or nothing event. Organizing is a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race type of thing. So - how is the slow and steady method accomplished? Let me give you some tips.
1. Schedule time in your calendar to work.
2. Make sure you have little or no interruptions.
3. Don't try to do it all in one day - this rarely happens.
4. Make sure you have all of the supplies you need to sort with. Boxes, pens, post its.
5, Know why you are organizing. Keep this in mind when you get stuck.
The thought that "I have to organize this room in one day" is a trap for many people. It's often unrealistic. For example - the room didn't get disorganized and cluttered in one day, so how can you expect to organize it in one day?
The next problem is that a person will charge right in and start de-cluttering and sorting. They run out of steam. This is completely normal but that person may see it as a failure. Then the organizing process just stops.
What I want to share with you is this - organizing is not an all or nothing event. Organizing is a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race type of thing. So - how is the slow and steady method accomplished? Let me give you some tips.
1. Schedule time in your calendar to work.
2. Make sure you have little or no interruptions.
3. Don't try to do it all in one day - this rarely happens.
4. Make sure you have all of the supplies you need to sort with. Boxes, pens, post its.
5, Know why you are organizing. Keep this in mind when you get stuck.
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