How Organized is Your Space?
You might think that organizing a house is not a big deal really, that is just common sense. If you have a lot of stuff you simply reduce the amount, use what you have and stop shopping. But many of us are aware that organizing is a big business especially in the case of container companies. According to a Newsweek report the home storage products business has become $4.36 billion industry in USA. All of sudden having a tidy house is becoming very expensive and it’s not helping those that are struggling with disorganization. A growing number of professional organizers in Canada and USA are passionately promoting reusing, reducing and recycling. The word GREEN is becoming very popular among my fellow organizers.
Before you go on your shopping spree, walk through your home or office and find out what you already have to contain your stuff. A word of caution, if you skipped the process of purging and sorting, there are not enough containers in the world that will help you to get organized.
Have you ever heard this phrase or perhaps you’ve said it yourself: “I really have to get organized,one of these days”? One of these days may never come. As with everything else in our lives our power is in this present moment. The ancient Chinese proverb, “A cluttered space equals a cluttered mind” rings true for many of us. It has been said that the majority of us lose at least one hour a day looking for the things we need and spend 20% of our annual budget buying things we need to replace things we lost! For people living with disabilities being organized is paramount to leading a successful and integrated life in the community. According to experts, organizing is a very simple and practical skill. Yet, according to the National Association for Professional Organizers (NAPO), only 25% of the population is organized. The rest of us struggle to some degree with disorganization and clutter in our home and work place.
If organizing is simple and learnable what prevents us being organized? It is helpful to ask ourselves, is the physical clutter in our home just that: physical? Or perhaps it is closely related to emotional and spiritual clutter; not being able to part with stuff, holding on to memories and relationships that don’t work for us anymore, all prevent us from growing emotionally and professionally. The benefits of clearing the clutter, physical or emotional, and owning less are tremendous and rewarding. You definitely reduce the stress that clutter creates, gaining energy and clarity to be more creative and productive. Also, when we bring order into our lives, both our inner and outer reality change and stress and frustration are replaced with a sense of calmness and serenity, which is the cornerstone of every successful person’s life.
The biggest reward often comes from sharing and donating our things to charity or individuals who need and will use the things you don’t use. Please, only donate items that are suitable and in good repair.
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