Setting Goals for Getting Organized
Goals. We all have them. We need to have them.
Do you know the goals for your living space? Is it convenient for you and your family to live there? Could your house be “company” ready within a 1/2 hour notice? Are things routinely put way; laundry, clean dishes, or table clutter?
Well, if you can’t answer yes to several of these questions you need to set some goals.
The Messies Manual written by Sandra Felton suggests that you should write the goals down on paper.
“The hardest part is keeping one’s goals in view when the going gets rough and the end is not in sight. That’s why it is so important to write it down. If it is written, you have made a stronger commitment”.
My personal goal (which I wrote in the margin of the book as suggested) is: I wish my home to be free of clutter, well organized and clean. I wish to keep only what I need to be comfortable, what I require for my soul and what I need to access for information or posterity.
The book also suggests reaching your goals by incorporating the three Cs into your plan. The three Cs are change, commitment and control.
Change can be difficult. It involves exploring uncharted territory.
Trying new approaches to old routines is one way to start. If your stored dishes are on the other side of the kitchen, far from the dishwasher, it is time to move them. Commitment means you consider these goals part of your daily activities. The goal is as important each day as getting up and getting dressed. Lastly, control is vital. If your goals are to be met, then whatever is standing in your way has to be prioritized.
Ms. Felton says, “You have only a limited amount of time and energy. Spend it where it will help accomplish your goals”.
September 11, 2009 9:04 pm 
