| WHY WOULD I NEED A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER? |
Ann Marie Moore, MBA
| MOORE ORGANIZATION LLC 2008 Helping you make the most of your time and workday. |
By Anne T. Halabuda, International Organizing, Voorheesville, New York
Organizing is the art and science of knowing what we want from life and how to arrange our resources to get it.
Organizing is not an end in itself; it is just a beginning. Jane Allen Petrick, Ph.D., the author of Beyond Time
Management wrote, "organizing is the art of arranging the elements in your life to achieve your goals." It includes
the concept of making a specific plan to accomplish those goals determined to be of greatest worth. We know
this better by the phrase "putting first things first." How do we manage ourselves to do what is truly most
important?
You must be driven by your own compelling reasons for getting organized otherwise you will not maintain the
new system a professional organizer could provide. Here are some of the more common reasons people give
for wanting to get organized:
- Spend too much time looking for things
- Set a good example for children
- Reduce the anxiety from feeling overwhelmed
- Achieve more in less time
- Make better use of my talents and skills
- Increase in self-confidence
- Gain a sense of self-control
- Project a better image to clients, colleagues, friends
- Have more time to spend on achieving my goals
- Improve my relationships with my family
- Gain energy and calm from my space
- Reduce my stress, frustration, and anxiety levels
- Clear my head of all the clutter
- Use time more effectively
- Have more time left for fun and the things I enjoy.
If you are disorganized and it bothers you or the people around you then being disorganized can lead you to feel
deficient. This discouragement robs you of the physical and emotional energy needed to attack the job of dealing
with the disorder. It's a vicious cycle. Remember the movie Groundhog Day where Bill Murray was doomed to
repeat the events of the same day Feb. 2nd over and over again? How many times have you repeated your
scenario of wanting to clean up your space and get organized but have put it off for any number of reasons? A
professional organizer will be the wake up call you need to keep you from repeating the same frustrating scene.
No matter how big or small the project, organizing takes time, effort and lots of concentration. Professional
organizers have the visualizing, imagining power to see the end from the beginning and to see the entire journey
in steps. The professional organizer will keep your motivation in mind as you implement new organizational
strategies and will work with you to make the most of your time and effort to achieve your personal goals.
Self-awareness is your most powerful tool in getting and staying organized. Understanding the cause of the
disorganization will help you when you seek a remedy. Julie Morgenstern, in her book Organizing from the Inside
Out says, "I haven't found one case in all my years as a professional organizer where the clutter was caused by
sloppiness, laziness, or incompetence. Thinking this way inaccurately puts the blame on you, and is clearly not
the best mind-set for achieving organizing success. After all, how can you expect to be enthusiastic about getting
organized if you see your environment as a sharp criticism of your very nature? No wonder you avoid the dreaded
task!" There are a lot of reasons for disorganization: mistakes in your organizing system that can be easily
remedied; external forces beyond your control; and hidden internal forces that make you gravitate toward
disorganization. Almost every issue is fixable. With the help of a professional organizer, identifying the actual
causes of your cluttered condition so you can find an effective, lasting solution could be one of the most
liberating experiences you've ever felt.
Organizing is the art and science of knowing what we want from life and how to arrange our resources to get it.
Organizing is not an end in itself; it is just a beginning. Jane Allen Petrick, Ph.D., the author of Beyond Time
Management wrote, "organizing is the art of arranging the elements in your life to achieve your goals." It includes
the concept of making a specific plan to accomplish those goals determined to be of greatest worth. We know
this better by the phrase "putting first things first." How do we manage ourselves to do what is truly most
important?
You must be driven by your own compelling reasons for getting organized otherwise you will not maintain the
new system a professional organizer could provide. Here are some of the more common reasons people give
for wanting to get organized:
- Spend too much time looking for things
- Set a good example for children
- Reduce the anxiety from feeling overwhelmed
- Achieve more in less time
- Make better use of my talents and skills
- Increase in self-confidence
- Gain a sense of self-control
- Project a better image to clients, colleagues, friends
- Have more time to spend on achieving my goals
- Improve my relationships with my family
- Gain energy and calm from my space
- Reduce my stress, frustration, and anxiety levels
- Clear my head of all the clutter
- Use time more effectively
- Have more time left for fun and the things I enjoy.
If you are disorganized and it bothers you or the people around you then being disorganized can lead you to feel
deficient. This discouragement robs you of the physical and emotional energy needed to attack the job of dealing
with the disorder. It's a vicious cycle. Remember the movie Groundhog Day where Bill Murray was doomed to
repeat the events of the same day Feb. 2nd over and over again? How many times have you repeated your
scenario of wanting to clean up your space and get organized but have put it off for any number of reasons? A
professional organizer will be the wake up call you need to keep you from repeating the same frustrating scene.
No matter how big or small the project, organizing takes time, effort and lots of concentration. Professional
organizers have the visualizing, imagining power to see the end from the beginning and to see the entire journey
in steps. The professional organizer will keep your motivation in mind as you implement new organizational
strategies and will work with you to make the most of your time and effort to achieve your personal goals.
Self-awareness is your most powerful tool in getting and staying organized. Understanding the cause of the
disorganization will help you when you seek a remedy. Julie Morgenstern, in her book Organizing from the Inside
Out says, "I haven't found one case in all my years as a professional organizer where the clutter was caused by
sloppiness, laziness, or incompetence. Thinking this way inaccurately puts the blame on you, and is clearly not
the best mind-set for achieving organizing success. After all, how can you expect to be enthusiastic about getting
organized if you see your environment as a sharp criticism of your very nature? No wonder you avoid the dreaded
task!" There are a lot of reasons for disorganization: mistakes in your organizing system that can be easily
remedied; external forces beyond your control; and hidden internal forces that make you gravitate toward
disorganization. Almost every issue is fixable. With the help of a professional organizer, identifying the actual
causes of your cluttered condition so you can find an effective, lasting solution could be one of the most
liberating experiences you've ever felt.
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