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One Reason You Can't Get
Organized at Home
By Karen
Porter,
Editor
EasyHomeOrganizing.com
So you
think that you really want to get organized at home. You've watched every
home organization show on television. You've read all the home organizing
books and newsletters---so much so that you feel you could write them.
Yet you still can't you get organized at home? Could it be that...
...you're looking for a unique organizing solution that
doesn't exist.I publish this home
organization website and distribute a related free home organizing newsletter.
And I always shake my head in confusion or
disappointment when a reader cancels their subscription with comments such as
these:
- nothing new here.
- I already heard all these organizing tips.
- not seeing any unique organization products.
I could go on but you probably get the idea of the tone of
these comments. Perhaps you've even voiced them yourself at times, but in
different words. Maybe you said "well I want a product like this to organize x
at home but something with a little more sizzle". Or "Oh I've seen that. I want
something different."
What's really happening here is these readers are just making excuses for not
getting organized, especially if they really do already know the fundamentals of
home organizing (as they claim). And they're looking for the "magic"---the
magical home organizing product and magical home organization system that will
help them get organized. But as you
probably know, magic is purely illusion. And illusion is not functional at all.
But true home organization is all about function. See the problem with their
reasoning?
There is no mystery to getting organized at home. Almost anyone can do it if
they really want to do so. You will find home organization systems and routines
that work but you won't find any magical home organization systems. And most
home organizing products for sale at stores are functional, not unique in some
exquisite or unusual way.
Let's face it, a box will always be square or
rectangular, a shelf
will always be comprised of horizontal and vertical slabs of material, a closet
rod will usually always be tubular and in the shape of a bar. Yet all three of
these far from unique products serve many functional purposes for home
organization and storage. They weren't unique products ten years ago. They won't
be unique home organizing products in ten years from now. They may come in
different colors, materials or sizes but they're certainly not unique formats.
Yet they will consistently assist you to get the job of home organizing done.
Quit looking for those unique and magical organization products and systems and
work with what's available. Do anything else and what you're really doing is
procrastinating and making excuses to not get organized. That's not unusual for
someone who needs help getting organized. And that's okay. But when you face up to that
realization and "get over" looking for unique organization tips and products,
you're one step closer to getting organized at home. When you do that, perhaps
you can get organized permanently.
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