This is my third in the series of how to create new habits; links to the other blogs are at the bottom. Most people are somewhat disorganized, as am I, and the one of the best times to get organized is NOW!
Choose the most un-organized area of your home/life/office, and make a step-by-step plan to get it organized. If you have magazines archived, you may need to buy magazine holders to organize them in, or you may need to decide if you really have a need for the physical magazine in the first place.
I recently cleaned out my home office and my space at the office, in Jacksonville Beach and Atlantic Beach, respectively and it was so refreshing to just get rid of the paperwork I no longer needed. At home it was more of a production: I had 3 piles of recycle, shred, and deal with. The "Deal With" pile is actually stored in a wine carton (yes, they have second uses), and I still need to go through it, but at least it is contained.
I have a "piling" problem, where I will pile newspapers/magazines/mail and it sits, untouched, for a period of time. I believe this is a genetic issue, as my parents both had the piling problem, and here I am with the very same issue.
The big first step is to admit you have an issue, and then figure out how to deal with it. Each ofy ou will have a different approach based on your individual style and space; I just caution you to REALLY consider if you need to keep 3 years of magazines.....which I used to do!
For more organizational tips, check out Franklin Covey's website for 31 tips of organization in 31 days:
Here are links to prior posts: http://actvra.in/tn post 2 here: http://actvra.in/zg
Good luck & Happy New Year!
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