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Busted! 8 Home Organizing
Myths Exposed
You can create multiple reasons
to NOT get organized at home. But the truth is that the only
obstacle stopping you from getting organized is you. It's not
family members, it's not the absence of cash and it's not a lack
of home organizational know-how. Read onward to expose these
myths now. With that out of the way, you can get on with organizing
your life and home in ways that make you a happier, less stressed
and more productive person.
MYTH #1: You have to organize
your home in a day.
TRUTH: Organizing your home
is a lifelong process. You devise organizational systems, you
maintain those processes ongoing and you create new organizational
solutions when new situations or products in your home call for
it. You don't just get organized today and stop tomorrow. It's
an ongoing task. Don't expect or even try to get organized at
home in a day or a week.
MYTH #2: You have to organize
like she does.
TRUTH: Your home organization
solutions must work for you---not your friends, neighbors or
those clever organizers you watch on popular home organization
television shows. You can certainly observe other peoples home
organizing ideas. But then pick, choose and try what will work
for you and your family. And do what you're capable of doing
yourself. We're not all capable of building custom shelving in
our homes (nor can we all afford to hire someone to build them);
that's why some of us happily shop for prefabricated products.
MYTH #3: You have to organize
"everything" in your home and life.
TRUTH: Organizing is a solution
to dilemmas in your home and life. Perhaps you're late to work
three days a week when you can't find your keys or you get charged
huge fees for paying misplaced bills late. Create organizational
techniques to solve those problems which cost you money and create
stress in your life. But if you like your books placed haphazardly
on your bookshelves and this doesn't cause you distress or to
lose time in life, skip organizing the bookcase. Organize items
or processes in your home when you know it will simplify your
life, solve a problem or perhaps save you time.
MYTH #4: You can't get organized
because you lack home organizing know-how.
TRUTH: Some people do seem
to have a natural tendency toward personal and home organization,
but it's a learned skill. Take notice of other people's organizing
methods in their homes and offices, read home organization books,
watch home organization television shows and surf the web for
home organizing ideas. Then apply some of these ideas and techniques
to your situation. And if you need some hand-holding, hire a
professional organizer for some consultation or to organize specific
spots in your home for you.
MYTH #5: You have to organize
everything in your home perfectly.
TRUTH: Perfectionism wastes
time. Organizing saves time. These two concepts clash. Sure if
you're buying something like bins or totes, you want some stylish
ones that match your home decor and fill the function for which
they're intended. But don't go overboard in trying to find the
perfect organizational helpers for your home. At some point say
this product or this organizational system should work and that's
it. Your home doesn't have to look like a photo shoot page out
of a home decor magazine. Your organizational system doesn't
have to be the ultimate solution to every organizing dilemma
associated with that section of your home.
MYTH #6: If your organizational
system doesn't work, you're an organizational failure.
TRUTH: If your new home organizing
solution or process doesn't work for you, it just doesn't work.
Don't read more into it than that. Take the word "failure"
out of your vocabulary. Just move on and try another organizational
technique.
MYTH #7: You can't have
an organized home because family members won't participate in
your organizational processes.
TRUTH: Maybe they will, maybe
they won't. But that's no reason for you to not organize items
and streamline processes that will help you find things, save
time and decrease stress in YOUR life. Quit worrying about organizing
other people and organize areas in your home and your life that
will help you first. Later, you can try some tactics to get immediate
family member buy-in on organizational processes in your shared
home.
MYTH #8: Getting organized
costs lots of money.
TRUTH: There are lots of great
organizing gadgets, containers, cabinets, shelves and more on
the market that can help simplify getting organized (and even
make it more fun sometimes). Some home organization items are
quite inexpensive. Others create a pricey, extravagant look.
But lack of cash will never stand in the way of getting organized
at home because it's not a necessity to the process. You can
be creative and improvise organizational processes that use helper
items found in your home now. Or you can buy some ready-made
home organizing accessories when you know what exact type products
you need.The choice to get organized or not to get organized
is all yours and your paycheck or spending level doesn't dictate
the answer. Nor do any of the other myths busted in this article.
Remember, there is only one obstacle preventing you from getting
organized and that's you. So move out of your own way if you
want to get organized at home and get started organizing today.
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Author: © COPYRIGHT KAREN FRITSCHER-PORTER |
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Karen Fritscher-Porter publishes
http://www.easyhomeorganizing.com/
where
you'll find home organization products to buy plus hundreds of
free articles and tips to keep you organized at home year-round.
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ARTICLE POSTED
JANUARY 31, 2006 |
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