It's only noon and my paper work has already seeped its way
to the edges of my desk (and I have a huge desk!) My desk was
custom built to fit my office. I have left and right
extensions with me placed strategically in the middle. It's
ergonomically sound and, of course, I have the systems in
place to prevent me from losing my mind. However, every day I
have to make an aggressive effort to prevent that from
happening - really!
Usually it's around mid-day when I re-evaluate my progress.
I review what I've pulled out, the mail that has come in, and
then do a quick re-organize. It's so refreshing when I realize
that the five minutes I spend on this saves me from that
'overwhelmed' feeling that otherwise occurs.
"How does this relate to me?" you ask, especially since you
know that I do this for a living. Well, it relates to you
because I understand your feelings towards piles of papers,
mail getting lost in your house, a garage that needs to be
sorted, piles of books, a growing stack of 'things to read',
bills that are late, school projects due, and the feeling that
you are the only person who feels this way.
I understand why you don't talk to your friends about your
'real' situation. You probably don't want them knowing such
personal aspects of your life and they don't have the time to
help you fix it, so why tell them in the first place.
The Kaos Group solution to this ever-so-common problem is
this: determine one thing you want to start and finish, and do
it, by being realistic. If it's the papers, make the first
objective to collect all the papers, from all over your house
and office, start to finish. And voila! You have accomplished
the first step. Next, sort into four piles (To Do, To Pay, To
File, To Read) - and you're done.
This also happens to be the way I handle things that I
don't want to do or that seem too big in my life.
Welcome to the Organized Lifestyle Magazine - where
we give you the tools to organize each quadrant of your life:
Home, Office, Time, and Spirit. We are the originators of the
Core Four (TM) and the true believers of: 'When you Organize,
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