If your space is really cluttered, you might be
tempted to say, “I don’t have enough space.”
I assure you that lack of space is only rarely the case. In my experience, not enough space is
normally not the problem. Too many
things in the wrong place is more than likely the problem.
The first step is to decide the purpose or function of
the room or surface you are attempting to organize. For example, if you are organizing your desk
/ work surface, you need to take off everything that is not related to your
work. If you are organizing your home
office, you need to remove everything that is not related to the work you are
doing in that room.
Stop
using one area as storage for another area.
If you are storing extra shoes in your home office, for example, then
you need to take them out and store them at or near the point where they will
be used. If your desk is cluttered with
pictures, and what-nots, and trays, and memorabilia, you need to take it off,
and allow room to work on your work surface.
Perhaps you could consider putting up a shelf to display items, and keep
them off of your work surface.
If your problem is too much stuff, you may have to
decide to eliminate of some of the excess; especially if you can’t use it and
have no plans of using it in the foreseeable future.
If you find yourself saying, “I don’t need it, but I’m
saving it in case someone else can use it, that is a clue that you should give
it away ... immediately, or bite the bullet and... throw it away.
Try to find a more useful life for your things. Give them to someone who will appreciate
them.
Action:
Make a list of the top three charities whose work you
believe in.
Remember, if it is no longer useful or beautiful, give
it away.
Marsha Sims
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