Organization

We know that organization is important, but the question is how to keep the organization from unraveling.

To be organized is to have our things in their proper place, to have a space that is functional and uncluttered. It means being able to find what we need without having to look in three or four different places. It can look like having things in sections, folders, binders, and categories so that they don’t get mixed up with anything else.

But the biggest issue I find with organization is staying organized. When I begin taking stuff out of folders and files, the papers get moved around, and it’s easy for them to get mixed up with other things. Not only that, the continuity of work leaves little time to sort them and put them back in their proper place, making the disorganization even worse.

No matter what organization system I’ve used, it only works so long as things are returned to their proper place. The needed time to do so is crucial in being organized and staying organized.

Even if the workspace is clear, the work itself amasses papers and files that begin to stack up. Things get lost in the shuffle. Even if everything is labeled and we know where they go, it doesn’t matter unless they’re put away.

Making time to organize is just as important as being organized. Finding a system that works saves us a lot of frustration and time, but it can all unravel if we don’t spend the time to organize as well.