Good Morning,
In our busy, hectic, and often crazy lives, we move so quickly through the day and week that we often-times find ourselves weeks or months down the road, involved in new roles, new endeavors and still buried. We have large to-do lists which grow faster than our ability to complete, delegate or discard these tasks. In some cases, the job is never finished. Like on a farm or ranch, the work you finish today most likely has to be re-done tomorrow (like feeding cats, or walking dogs, no matter how often you do it, you have to still do it again tomorrow).
When we take a pulse check, we may find ourselves in what we consider uncharted territory. We may look at our current situation and wonder how the heck are we ever going to get caught up? How are we ever going to get the job done?
This overwhelm, if we allow it, will consume our minds and take up our days with fretting and worrying. Don't go there!
A better alternative is to seek the advice of those who have passed through these lands and have learned and moved on. That is, folks who have had similar situations and learned to organize their lives to get passed these issues. In other words, find out what tricks and tools they use to help get the job done better.
It might be that they use lists religiously. Maybe they write out their to-do lists for the next day prior to leaving the office for the evening. Maybe they review email prior to arriving at the office so they can get right to work on large projects or high priority work out of the gate.
There is no one size-fits-all solution to improving our own organization. And like work on farms, organizing does not stop once you have organized. You need to spend time at least once a month to help improve your current system and to evaluate if your current system even works.
I have tried many different systems and I am still trying new things. I use my electronic gadgets for meetings and reminders, but I don't use them for to-do lists. I like writing down to do lists, but I don't like using large pads (as the pads are often used for other information, and it all gets convoluted and confusing…I was using this pad for what?).
In each of the new skills I learn, I find some that work for me and keep them. Some I use for a while and if they don't stick, I move on and stop fighting it to make it work.
The other side of this, though, is in order to create a new habit or break an old habit, we need to try these new tricks and tools for a month or more to see if we can make it work for us and make it a habit.
In the end, as we improve our personal space, our work space and get more organized, we will find that a lot of what we do is tools and tips used by those we work with and meet along the road of life.
Enjoy!
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