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The Messy Person's Guide to Staying Organized
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Stay Near Organized People
They’re really helpful resources.
Maybe your super organized co-worker will share the rules she sets up in her inbox. Or maybe try setting up a calendar with a neat co-worker that you both share to keep yourself accountable.
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Everything You Own Has its Place
Every single item that you own should have a place, wether is a business card, a snack or an email.
This will reduce significantly the clutter of your life.
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Turn it Into a Challenge
If you turn cleaning up into a game, you can make the process fun.
It may sound ridiculous, but this strategy really works, especially if you're a competitive person.
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Get Rid of Your Stuff
Once in a while make sure you do a big purge: donate and recycle the stuff that no longer fits you or you don't use anymore.
Don't get too sentimental. It's the only way to a tidier you.
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Don't Beat Yourself Up
This down-on-yourself attitude gets in the way of actually cleaning up. Even small changes can make a big difference.
Accept that you'll never be perfectly neat. And that' s ok.
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Being Messy Works
While most of us strive towards neatness, being super organized and tidy isn’t always possible. Being unorganized and messy, on the other hand, comes easy to most.
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Clutter: Catalyst To Creativity
Being in a mess is akin to breaking free of rules, norms and expectations, and the unkemptness lends itself to the flowing of mind’s juices. Keeping things tidy and cleaning up all the time can also hamper productivity by being a form of procrastination.
A mess can be looked upon as a wildness, a certain freedom of the mind.
The Wild Jungle
While a garden is all neat and organized, a wild jungle has its unique creative beauty.
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Feeling lazy
Some people do the least to get just enough benefit. They can work hard, but only for a short amount of time. They always procrastinate with everything from cleaning to...
You form your identity
You make messiness and procrastination part of your identity when you don't want to do something you have to do and use the excuse that it is just "who you are."
For example, you want to clean up after yourself, but you also don’t want to clean up, and then think, "This is me. Yes, I’m a lazy, procrastinating mess.”
Conflicted about your choices
As long as you're conflicted about your preferences and the ways you've chosen to identify yourself, you have a problem.
It could be that you don't want to disappoint yourself and clearing the lowest hurdles possible. You are choosing a lifestyle of avoidance and low expectations.
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Think About It
Acting without first reflecting can make things worse. Regularly reviewing how you spend your time will give you insight into how you got to your present state, how to move forward strategically...
Manage Your Inbox
Knowing your inbox isn’t overflowing can save you a lot of mental stress, which helps you focus on more important tasks. You can reduce your message by:
- Unsubscribe from promotional and notification emails.
- Use filters to sort nonessential email into specified sections of your inbox, so they don’t show up every time you log in.
- Use programs to schedule emails and send reminders, so you can deal with emails on your own time.
Have a “Mental Junk Drawer”
Dump your ideas, notes, lists, and saved articles that don’t have another home into a digital document. This clears some mental space—without adding papers and notebooks to your actual junk drawer.