Getting Started: Why Organize?
The last time I was at the bookstore I was amazed at how many organization books there are available. While each of these organization books will give the details of how to implement a specific system of organization, there are two areas I found lacking when paging through several of these books: Why and How To Apply. The How-To-Apply-Organizational-Techniques is necessary because it allows someone to take a method and make it work. But the Why is just as important; for if you cannot really subscribe to why you are doing something, all the techniques in the world will lapse as you slip back into the old ways of thinking.
Why? Why put forth the effort?
Organization takes time and effort. There is an initial effort to get things into an organized state, and then there is the time and effort to keep it that way. Without a clear grasp of why you are organizing in the first place, you will have a harder time keeping up with it. Here are five reasons to organize:
5 Reasons to Organize
Organizing Saves Time
When you are organized, everything has a place and things are in their places. You no longer have to spend time looking for items, because you know exactly where they are supposed to be.
Organizing Saves Money
When you are organized, you will never have to go out and buy something you need, you know you already have, but can’t find. It can also save money if you rent an external storage unit: organization will allow you to either incorporate that stuff into your house, or get rid of it, freeing you of the monthly storage charges.
Organizing Tells You What You Have
When you are organized, you will know exactly what you have. One of my basic organization principles is to not have any “black holes”, that is, containers that have miscellaneous or unknown contents. When you know what you have, you can rid yourself of extra, and save yourself from buying duplicates.
Organizing Eliminates Clutter Stress
When you are organized, you will not have the weight of unknown stuff pushing against you. What you have will be used or loved (or both), and the mental energy taken up by knowing there are things to do (represented by stuff) will be freed up.
Organizing Saves Effort
When you have less stuff, and it is organized and in place, cleaning becomes much easier. You won’t have to move things around to clean, and there won’t be as much to clean.
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