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Why Messy People Get More Done
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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.
Studies are pointing out a link towards being messy and being creative, with chaos and clutter fostering new connections and creative insights.
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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.
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The Wild Jungle
While a garden is all neat and organized, a wild jungle has its unique creative beauty.
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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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1. Rewrite It
Spend 5 minutes each morning preparing your task list to have only accomplishable tasks that fit the time you have available. Keep other tasks on a holding list for another day.
2. Be Laser Focused
Set a timer for 15 minutes, shut out the world and concentrate with intense focus on one and only one task. Closing your door and turning off your phone and internet are specially important.
3. Let Go Of Tasks
Recognize that not everything in your list must be done. When in doubt, delete it from your list; if it is important you’ll eventually add it back.
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Your Desk: The Optimal Choice
The “sit-stand desk” is the optimal choice, because you can sit for a portion of the day and stand for the other portion.
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Keeping An Organization
A cluttered desk sometimes triggers a cluttered mind. That's why everything should have its place, even if that place is just “the right-most stack.”
A desk system that matches your personal organization style saves both time and headache.
Organizing Our Worskapce: The Influence of Colors
- Red accelerates the heart rate, giving you a jolt of energy. Your eye is instantly drawn to red, and it promotes physical activity and emotion.
- Orange is a social color, encouraging interaction. It works well in meeting rooms or other social spaces.
- Yellow stimulates creativity and optimism.
- Green is calming, and also causes zero eye strain over long periods of time.
- Blue is calming and stable, it helps most people focus on intensive tasks.
- Purple stimulates problem solving, despite not being a very popular color in workspace decor.