Organize + Energize: 6 Things To Do After You Get Organized
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
You’ve tackled your clutter and created working organized systems. What’s next? You are going to have some work to do. Getting organized is a process; it’s not just about creating a pretty space with pretty containers. You have to be able to maintain the organization or you will find yourself back in the same situation.
Here are 6 things you need to do after you get organized.
1. Evaluate your space. Now that you have a clutter-free, organized space, take a step back and evaluate your space. Clutter may have been in the way before and you weren’t able to get a good feel of the room. Take a look at the furniture placement and décor. You don’t have to spend money on new furniture or décor. Re-arrange and repurpose what you have to create a better flow to your home or office.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST2. Establish routines. Once you get organized you are going to have to put some work into maintaining these systems. It’s going to be as easy as taking something out and putting it back in the designated place where it now belongs. For a little while, you will really have to work at maintaining. Try not to fall back into your old habits. Work at these routines every day and they will become habits.
3. Time Management. Now that you can see clearly with the clutter gone, it’s time to evaluate how you function on a daily basis. It’s great that you got organized, but let’s take it a step further and break down how you function. Take each task that you perform on a daily or weekly basis. How many steps does it take you to complete a task? Talk yourself through the process of how you are functioning and try to cut those steps in half. You will be amazed at how much time you save.
4. Utilize a to-do list. Getting organized and utilizing to-do lists go hand in hand. Are you utilizing a to-do list? It will truly help you in this process. Choose a handwritten or an electronic one. Make it work for you. For more information on to-do lists, please see here.
5. Enjoy the benefits. Before you were organized, you were probably wasting time and money. You may have been overwhelmed and stressed. Now that you are organized, you will be more efficient and productive. You will have more free time and you will be saving money. These are just some of the benefits that you will reap after you get organized.
6. Re-evaluate your systems after 1-3 months. How are you functioning? What can you change to make the system work better for you? You will find that after working with the system for a few months there are some tweaks that need to be made. Make those changes. Don’t continue to work with a broken system. It’s going to be easy to tweak the system because items are categorized and have been simplified so it’s just a matter of shifting items around.
Going forward, be mindful of purchases you are making and keep a handle on the areas of your home and office that were hotspots for disorganization and clutter.
Kristin Carcieri-MacRae, the founder and owner of Organizing in RI, has always enjoyed finding creative ways to streamline the environment around her. She has appeared on air on Patricia Raskin's Positive Business Radio and her articles have been published in the Rhode Island Small Business Journal and New England Home Life. Kristin's CD, Organizing Basics, is a 1-hour guide for the person who wants to get organized but doesn't know where to start. She is also available for organizing workshops. Tune into her weekly radio show, Organize, Energize! on Mondays at 8:30am on http://www.talkstreamradio.com.
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