The Key Habits of Organization

By Leo Babauta A trusted organization system that you actually use regularly can turn your day from one of chaos to one of focus, effectiveness and calm. This is something I’ve learned through repeated failures, actually: when I become loose with my organized habits, my day becomes worse. It gets stressful and crazy, and I can’t focus on anything. Everything is on my head all the time, and I’m always worried that I’m missing something, that I should be doing something else. But when I get my system down, and the habits are on track, things are smooth, I feel good about what I’m doing, and I’m much better able to let everything else go and focus on what’s in front of me, confident that everything else is in its place. I’ll show you my system in a minute, but first let’s talk about what a good organizational system does and how it works. Why Form the Habits of Organization Several important reasons: Stress: An excess of stress very negatively affects your health. If you have good habits in place to deal with all the stuff in your life, you stress out about everything less. You feel less worry that things are slipping through the cracks. You feel trust that you are OK working on what’s in front of you. Effectiveness: If you are able to externalize all the things you’re worried about into a trusted system, you can better focus on the task in front of you. You can single-task, and be more effective at each t...
Source: Zen Habits - Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tags: Habits Productivity & Organization Source Type: blogs