Hello all you wonderful internet surfers,
A very important key to being organized is to be clean. Now I'm not saying that you need to go take a shower (unless you smell, please do) no, I mean the items and bits + bobs around you need to be clean and orderly. Keep things to a bear minimum. This rule can apply to any area of your house; kitchen, bedroom, bathroom or laundry. I'm going to use my work/study area as an example ...
So as you can see, in my work area, I have no shelves or cupboards ( the cupboard on the right has my moms tea cups and dishes, basically just paraphernalia). My desk is also in a public are, so by the power invested to my mother by being a mom, it has to be kept clean!
My first rule/ tip/ hint for organizing would be
~ Keep Like Things Together ~
Trust me, you'll do yourself a huge favour by doing this. For example, I keep all my English papers / books together. They're not held separately from my other books or files, but they're not jumbled up between biology and math. I also keep any study work or tests together in a folder with labelled dividers, that way if I ever need to review my notes from say my SAT papers, then I just open the file and flip through till I reach the SAT section...
Second rule would definitely be to have
~ Limited, or none at all if possible, bits + bobs lying around ~
Bits + Bobs are things like ponytails for your hair, your guitar tuner, your breakfast bowl (from yesterday morning). You don't need more than one rubber (eraser) lying around (oh and if it is lying around, get it into your pencil case ASAP , it's just cluttering up your desk missy!) Now, I'm by no means saying that you can't have anything interesting or slightly unorganized on your desk, remember EVERYTHING IN MODERATION. I have on my computer screen two wooden animals I bought when I was in Namibia stuck down with presick. My dad calls them 'dust collectors', I call them special reminders of the wonderful time I had, and the memories I made ...
Stuck to the bottom of my screen is three notes. Two are lovely Typo Polaroid cards from my mom and best friend. They're encouragements, and motivation for me when I feeling low. So I keep them there, and when I'm not feeling quite right, I turn them over and read the loving words, reminding me that I have my friends and families support and love. The other may be even more important than the motivational cards because it helps me with my computer. You may remember from my first post, but I have a Love / Hate relationship with technology. I love it, but it hates me. So I made this note to remind me what to do when I have a problem with the computer. Oh and my siblings seem to have a keen knack for figuring our my passwords, apparently dance and guitar are obvious passwords for me... so I have to come up with clever and cryptic passwords... unfortunately some of my passwords are so clever and cryptic that even I can't remember them. So I have a sort of password hint written there too ;)
Tip number three
~ Only Keep Things You're Busy With Out ~
Often when it comes to school, I feel overwhelmed. I see all the work and panic, stress and become unmotivated. Lets face it, this has happened to the best of us, Right? Right (will that be our Always? Sorry 'Fault in Our Stars' moment). When this happens, and if I'm being honest this happens to me often, I have to take a step back and remind myself to take things ONE STEP AT A TIME. Don't over think these things.
So I keep the books I need this week out, and all those other books? I tuck them in a FAR AWAY cupboard where they stay far from my sight. But I also love to see how far I've come, so I typed up a list of all the books I have to read and categorized them by subject and printed it. As I finish a book I'll highlight it so by the end of the year, I have a lovely, bright and cheery, page.
My forth and final tip is
~ Keep it Clean ~
I can confidently say that this is something we're all guilty of. Cleaning your room/ kitchen/ bathroom/ desk, organizing the cupboards, straightening out the shelf, wiping down the table, and moving the tea cup from yesterday, can take a lot of effort if you're not in the habit of keeping it clean. So I challenge you to break that habit of messiness and become a person who cares for their things. Don't label yourself as someone who has 'always been messy' because you were as a child. Get organized. It's simple and easy, and once it's done, it can be a shelp to keep it like that (it takes me less than a minute to mess up my room searching for an outfit, so I'm not saying I'm not privy to this post...) but it's worth it (no not searching for the right outfit, keeping your belongings clean and tidy!!!!)
Anyway. I hope this was helpful for those who want to be more organized, or motivated those of you who don't give a damn what state your room or house looks like.
Have a wonderful day (its a lovely sunny day here)
Chat Later Gator
xxx Andrea Claire
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