101 Ways to get Organized Continued

Every element of your life is affected by poor organization skills.
Time is not the only problem we all face. The worse enemy of any lifestyle is mess and
clutter. If there is clutter, trouble follows close behind. The excuse that there is no time to
organize your clutter gives apparent, reasonable justification for not taking care of it.
However, it is one of the causes of not having time in the first place. There is no “catch
22” situation — one just has to make time to do it.

Visualize about what you want your area to look like. This is a good start. Pour through
decorating magazines and cut and paste the designs you like best. This will serve as
inspiration to get more organized.

Learn about yourself and what your requirements are. Every item in your home should be
there because you dearly want it there, not because there is no place else to put it.
Determine its value and how it helps you by being there. Do you enjoy looking at it? Is it
beautiful to you? Does it have a function in your life? How does it make you feel when
you spot it?

Too many personal belongings placed everywhere around your home will not provide a
sense of harmony. It is the harmony you are after and not the “things.” Too many things
creates an overwhelming environment that can be stressful, not to mention time
consuming in having to clean then time after time. By lessening the amount of personal
things in your space, you will achieve the harmony you need. You will have a pleasing
combination of elements in a whole.

Creating an organized life at home works in the same fashion at your place of
employment.

You need to be in an area that helps you to concentrate and focus. You need to operate
with systems that help you to improve your efficiency and productivity. When these
elements are in place, it keeps stress levels lower for everyone in your family.
By determining the kind of environment you want to live in, you will achieve the
first step to having it that way.

Organizing for a harmonic lifestyle at home requires that you put things in order that are
meaningful to you and your family. Remember to always keep it simple. Your home can
be a place that you truly enjoy. It can be a showcase of where you live your life with
purpose and meaning. Others will take note and will want to come over and share your
home with you. It will be a pleasant place to visit, share, and make new friends.
Your well-organized home provides a harmonic environment. The harmony and peace
will affect everything that you do. You will rest and play with new meaning and purpose.
You will feel better about yourself.

Put the harmony back into your personal space by first defining your home-style. Next,
have every room looking functional and orderly with no clutter. Do this and you will feel
like a million dollars!

101 Ways to Get Organized: Now Which Would you Rather Be

Now which would you rather be? 

Getting proper instruction and a sense of guidance, the Disorganized can turn around on a dime and become organized. It is often just a matter of providing them with the expertise and then working with them on the discipline it takes to move into the ranks of The Organized. 

The annoyances and inconveniences of working around The Disorganized eventually takes its toll on those who know them best. If you work with The Disorganized, you tend to be annoyed by them easily. Often times, a situation creates itself so that others must work harder or bypass the individual to get certain things done. Does this scenario sound all too familiar? This hardship on others can bring about resentment and unnecessary hurt feelings. 

The Disorganized are basically enemies to themselves, more than anything, so it is important to change adverse conditions in order to survive in harmony in the work place.  Rather than picking up the slack, offer some guidance and direction. This will bring harmony to the relationship.  

One of the challenges of The Organized is how to bring harmony between the two conflicting types. To start with, find a way to peacefully get The Disorganized to change their ways. Do this and you will teach The Disorganized to foster new and better habits in all that they do. It can be done if done carefully. 

Order to The Organized, is a critical factor for optimum change. Their choice of method is to figure out ways to be more efficient. They want everyone around them to figure out how to accomplish more with the least mount of effort and/or energy. They think always in systematic terms as a way of handling work. They thrive on having everything done in an orderly fashion. 

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Turn Clutter into Harmony

Turn Clutter into Harmony
If a primary goal is to exist in a clutter-free environment, think of devising a system in which to operate freely. With a smart system, you will have valuable free time. Having more time to spend your hours doing what you enjoy most is everyone’s goal in life. Using a system, you will have a method of doing something that might otherwise be a strain. You will have a new way of simplifying a task or operation.

Paper clutter is a very good example. We find papers thrown here, there and everywhere. Loose paper can be found in every area of your home. To transform a disorderly area into an orderly one, you will want to first clean up the area of all loose paper and put it away in a designated place or just throw it away. You can use baskets, drawers or shelving space to store away your paper. Once you have a designated place established, it is easier then to remain organized.

Think now about how your paper became so messy in the first place. What did you do with it once it arrived? Did you put the full bundle into a basket, for example? If you glanced at it and then put it down in a haphazard pile at the nearest table or desk near you, chances are that is your problem. Your goal is to designate a said place for every item of value in your entire home. That way you are organized. The organized way to deal with all paper that crosses your hands and/or desk is to:

1. Have it placed at a designated tray, basket, shelf or drawer.

2. Spend the time you need to look into what the paper commands of you and, when done with it;

3. Place it in either a file, put it in a filing basket to be filed, put it in an out basket, or simply throw it away. This type of paper flow system will organize you in a heartbeat and will prevent finding assorted pieces of paper everywhere throughout your home. As soon as you receive the paper, you put it in its allotted place. From this, you will create a peaceful work area. You will automatically know where to go to get your paper and where to find paper that you need.

The same system can be applied to reorganizing a disordered environment. You can tackle a room, a closet, or a drawer by first organizing it and then taking a look at how it got that way in the first place. Here is where the new system comes into play. You need to be able to maintain the order you have applied to it for later so that the same mess does not just develop all over again.