Highly Organised People Have Three Habits
No matter how big or small the organization task or the motivating force behind it, the time and effort it takes to put your things in order is well worth it. I have been a professional organizer for twelve years, and time and again I hear: “I feel ten pounds lighter”, and “This is better than therapy”. Getting organized frees up space – both physically and psychically – and inevitably results in a feeling of lightness and clarity.
As one of my clients, who was running a business out of her home, told me, “You end up feeling a lot better than if you had gone to a spa”. I helped her to weed out paper, create a system for what was essential, and find organizing solutions. Another client, recovering from a serious illness, wanted help sorting through twenty years of accumulated clutter. The process of letting go transformed her home into a healing space and revealed endless possibilities for the new life she wanted to create.
Highly Organised People Have Three Habits
1- Consume Consciously
To have a light, healthy body, we have to be conscious of what we eat. To have an efficient home, we have to make similar decisions about what we bring inside. Buy only what you love, will use, and have space to store. Let need drive your purchases. Do not be swayedby marketing promises, such as “bouncier hair”, if you already have plenty of shampoo at home.
2- Spend You Clutter
If only our money could multiply the way clutter does, seemingly without any effort on our part. Think of your home like a bank account: When you make a deposit (put something in), then you can spend some of it (take something out). So if you bring home a new T-shirt, you can give up one with holes, right? Just bought a fresh set of food storage containers? Collect the warped ones with missing lids and throw them away. And don’t be frugal about spending your clutter. The goal is to get rid of clutter as fast as you acquire new things.
3- Live Within Your Space Means
Living within your space means is just as important as living within your financial means. Just as accumulating more credit card debt than you can pay off becomes a financial burden, accumulating more stuff than you can comfortably cohabitate with can be similarly burdensome. My twelve-hundred-square-foot Florida villa forces me to simplify and let go: three endeavors that make life easier, less stressful, and truly more enjoyable.
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