Being disorganized is counterproductive and exhausting. By counterproductive, we don’t just mean ‘work’, but every area of life, including recreation and fun times. It is hard to enjoy life fully when every other area of life seems to intrude on the ‘now’.

To get rid of bad habits, you need to replace them with better ones. The following ideas will give you a start to feeling in control of your life, instead of feeling like you are chasing your tail all the time. Hopefully, they will help you to find other, more specific to you habitual behaviors that you can implement, and those you should let go of.

Planning is Important

To become organized it is a good idea to have a planner. This can be a digital device such as a computer or I phone, or you can just write everything manually in a diary. When you get into the habit of planning your time and sticking to the schedule you will become more efficient. Continue reading →

The medical profession has concluded there is a correlation between constant feelings of disorganization and feelings of anxiety and stress, and even depression. They believe evidence shows this to be the case, because of the anxious helpless feelings exhibited by people who struggle daily with disorganized chaos. Family doctors are very aware of the relationship between stress, anxiety, depression and feelings of not being in control.

How Your Environment Affects You

There have been several studies on what effect the environment has on stress levels. A group of women coming from different home environments were studied. It was discovered that those participants who came from disorganized homes that were full of clutter and chaos were more depressed and fatigued. Continue reading →