Why you need to organize your life and declutter, at home and at work, is so that you can think and see clearly and become more efficient. When there is clutter, there is chaos and a great amount of stress.
When everything is in its place, you can put your personal life in order. You can then set your priorities on the many tasks you have to do in a day and at the same time take care of the important people in your life.
Here are several reasons for the mess, untidiness and disorder in people's homes, at work and with their finances.
Having a lackadaisical attitude Lack of discipline Procrastination Laziness or inaction Indecision Lack the drive to act and unmotivated Due to upbringing in a disorganized household
Sort it out.
Look around you for what needs immediate attention. If your finances are in a mess, if you have unsettled bills, most likely your life is too. If your car and your home are in bedlam, it's probable that your relationships and your work life are also in disarray. One thing leads to another.
The same goes with your thinking. Take a look at what you've been telling yourself. If you keep saying and accepting that it doesn't matter to live in a chaotic manner, then you have yourself to blame for the unpleasant things that show up in your life. If you don't sort it out, you'll continue to feel out of sort.
Organize it.
Break down your tasks to smaller chunks. Then create a proper system or segments in place for each area. Do one thing at a time, the most important and obvious one first. Put things in their allotted places. It will make your life easier when you know where to look for things when you need them.
Throw, give away or sell those things that you have not touched, used or bothered with, that have been lying around. Mess starts off when you pile up things and wait for the so called right moment or situation to do something about them.
"Bottom line is, if you do not use it or need it, it's clutter, and it needs to go." - Charisse Ward
Continue with the discipline.
Once you get organized, make it a habit. Set your own rules and abide by them. Don't put off what you are supposed to do. Do what you must do even if you don't feel like doing it. Soon it will become easy for you and you'll begin to value your orderly lifestyle.
Use your imagination or creativity.
Some of you complain of not having enough space in your home to store your household items. The easiest solution is to find a bigger room. But it is not the best, if you can't afford it, or the only solution.
Use your creativity to solve your storage problem in a low cost but well-organized way. If you can't think of any, you can find ideas from magazines, the internet and also other people's homes. Visit IKEA and you'll discover lots of ideas on storage options.
Get the motivation.
There are people who would like to live in an orderly manner but don't have the motivation to tidy up and clear their desks, the closets, their personal files, etc. The lack of motivation is due to not having enough reasons. They don't see the benefits or rewards. They visualize more or the drudgery of having to go through the routines.
If you are one of these people, what you can do is just switch the way you are seeing things. Create enough reasons to want to organize your life. One of the benefits is gaining self control.
What do you think?
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