Your Health's Journal

One thing that can cause serious disorganization is poor organization. Sounds silly, but it’s true. When you set up your home, or your office, it’s important to figure out where to put things that makes it easy to keep it organized. A good tip to keep things organized is to put like things with like things.

For example, in the kitchen put your coffee mugs, coffee, creamer, sugar and so forth near the coffee maker. Put the dishes close to the dishwasher. Set up your kitchen in stations if you have room, such as the baking station, the chopping station, and so forth. This makes it easier to use, as well as easier to put away when you’re done.

1-Start the Day Right

Doing the smallest thing in the morning can help you get your day off on the right organizational foot. Such things as making your bed as soon as you get up can make a really big difference. Your room will instantly look cleaner and you’ll feel positive about your ability to stay organized. Anything else you can do in the mornings to get your day off right will help.

2-End the Day Right

When the day is coming to a close, be sure to do something from your list that will help close out the day and make you feel relaxed about your state of organization. A few ideas are to set up your coffee maker for the morning, or look at your to-do list for tomorrow so that you’ll have a good idea of what is coming up.

3-Set Deadlines

One of the most important things you have in your arsenal to get organized and stay that way is the ability to set deadlines for tasks that you need to get done. Some deadlines are preset by the nature of the task, such as cooking dinner. Others are not set, such as cleaning out the junk drawer or working on the “great American novel.” However, you can still set deadlines, which will automatically make it more likely that you will accomplish whatever goal you’ve set for yourself.

4-Set Limits

It’s okay to waste time on Facebook once in a while. But, instead of going on there without any limits, set a specific time of day that you can get on, and then set an alarm. In fact, you can do the alarm trick with anything. You can set a timer while checking email, or while cleaning the house. It’s kind of fun to set the alarm for housework and see how much you can do in 15 minutes.

5-Get the Tools of the Trade

To keep your home and office organized, it’s important to get the tools of the trade. Items such as baskets, drawers, dividers, room organizers, apps, spreadsheets, notebooks, calendars and more will help you stay organized. But, you have to avoid the chance that you will over-purchase and overuse too many different tools. Pick the fewest tools that you can to get the job done.

6-Devote the Time

It’s important to spend the time necessary to do what needs to be done. For example, it only takes 10 to 15 minutes to run through the house with a basket to place all the items that belong in other rooms. It also takes 10 to 15 minutes to look through your Filofax to determine what needs to be done today and after today.

Continue building new habits that will propel you to be a person with an organized work space, with goals and projects to accomplish. Keep track of the progress you make every time you dare to try again and again.

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