Whenever I am asked to give my favorite organizing tip, I always respond “Start Small!”. This tip can be interpreted a couple of ways. For example, picking a small space like a junk drawer or a shelf in a linen closet, and embarking on a “small” organizing project. Another interpretation is to set the timer for 15 minutes, and work on just one area for that long. This works well when going through years of photographs, or tackling a large stack of papers. Since a lot of people do not like to organize, the short period of time seems doable. And while that pile of photos or papers will still be there, the task will be 15 minutes closer to completion.
But the strangest thing happens. Once a project is started, progress is made, and excitement grows, and pretty soon the 15 minutes becomes 30 or 60 minutes, and a lot was accomplished. This is because the most difficult to do is actually getting started.
And so it is with this first post of my blog. I found all kinds of other things to do instead of sitting down and creating something to say….until I heard my own advice: “Start Small”.
Total elapsed time: 13 minutes! Plus a few more topics have now popped into my head.
Thanks for reading,
JoEllen
JoEllen,
Thanks for taking the 13 minutes! Your blog is inspiring. I, too, will set the timer tonight and do that one bathroom cupboard!
Dear JoEllen,
Your blog is inspiring! Thanks for taking the 13 minutes! I will set the timer tonight for 13 minutes and see how much I can get done on that jumbled bathroom cupboard!