Do You Have Time To Get Organized?
I am a professional organizer. Often times I meet someone and tell them what I do, and they’ll say “Oh I’d love to get organized. But I don’t have time.” I usually explain, how much time they could save by being more organized. It’s just getting over the first barrier of disorganization that is overwhelming to them.
But lately, I have been reading It’s Hard to Make a Difference When You Can’t Find Your Keys by Marilyn Paul, Ph.D. Dr. Paul writes about her own challenges in living a life of disorganization and how she overcame them. I haven’t gotten far into the book, but I was caught by a quote that explains what most of my new acquaintances are trying to explain when they say that they don’t have time to get organized.
“Most disorganized people have no interest in being organized for its own sake. Why get organized if you don’t enjoy the process or value the result? You probably don’t want to get organized just to be tidy or punctual (even the work might evoke distaste). When you create order not for the sake of order alone, but to manifest something that is deeply important to you, you get the fuel for change.”
It’s more than just being organized, to me, it’s a lifestyle, such as exercising or studying. It’s part of who you are, every day.
Even so, it is possible to learn all lifestyles. This takes time.
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.