When I was a kid, my room was pretty messy. I remember when I was perhaps eight or nine and my room was so messy, it needed "walking trails" to get around. I think this was partly because I had inherited a lot from three older brothers, I had a small room, and I also had very little parental oversight - so I had to learn to take care of myself.
This has pros and cons.
One of the pros is that I can indeed take care of myself and not rely on anyone. One of the cons is that I am very bad at asking for help from people when I am unable to manage something, and instead just struggle through or go without. However, through experience, I have at least learned how to keep my life relatively tidy, because I just don't have the time to be messy anymore.
Some take the "method to the madness" approach to organization, but what I have found by observing these people is that there is a lot more madness than method. They spend their time looking for things, rather than using those things, and this is particularly noticeable when something is needed, especially when there is a rush. At these times the "I always put it here" comments come up, only for it to be found at a later date in a completely different place that it doesn't belong, but was convenient to put it into at the time with a self-assuring, "I will remember I put it here" voice in the head.
While not overly fastidious, I do like it when things are organized for two reasons. First is of course that when I need something I know where to find it. And secondly, because organized spaces take up less room, which means that minimal space is taken.
It requires maintenance.
As evidenced from the pictures above of our towel cupboards, things get used and it is very easy to put them back in the wrong place, or not put them back properly folded. Unless just balling them up, the time it takes to fold towels poorly or properly, is the same. But folded properly they all fit nicely in together, one atop the other, taking less room.
I wish I was this organized with everything.
Unfortunately, I am not organized in many ways and struggle to find the motivation to do a whole range of things that would provide me the same kind of satisfaction, or at least peace of mind that an organized linen cupboard gives. I wish I was more organized with the way I pay my bills, and the way I bill my customers. I wish I was more organized with my financial strategies, and how I spend my time dealing with them at a practical level. And, I wish I was more organized in how I structured my activities in general.
Will I ever learn?
A little personal order goes a long way. It is an investment into the future so that when it is needed, it is there, easy to find, available to use, ready to go to work.
Taraz
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I have heard it said that “everyone in his disorder has his own order…” and an example of this is my brother who is a mechanic. He has all the tools scattered around the workshop, but he knows where everything is. A long time ago, I made him a cabinet where the tools were kept hanging in plain sight, and he got bored by the cabinet arguing that he couldn't get anything…
The order my brain manages is spatial and therefore not symmetrical. Things at home are placed according to their use (frequency) and what they are for. It is not logical to find a kitchen knife in the middle of the living room or a hammer on the laptop. Basically, those are my two criteria for keeping order. If something is out of place, I immediately notice it.
By the way, your images challenge the theory of gravity, heh, heh, heh, heh.
Kitchens are funny places, as most "normal" people tend to have a pretty logical structure to it, hampered by the kitchen design. However, I have been in some people's kitchens where nothing is where it "should" be - but they don't know where it is either :D
When we did our kitchen a couple years back, I made sure to design it the best we could for functionality, given the space we have. It works quite well.
Oh! yes - I took the pictures to show a friend (inside joke) and then thought they might make a more interesting picture for this post. All of my header images are the same size and landscape. I have been doing it for a few years to create a nicer space for myself :)
I think a lot of people are guilty about making use of things and dropping them in the wrong place. I used to be like this too until I unknowingly became someone who used to be very organized
I now have one habit
If I don’t drop something where it is supposed to be, my mind won’t be at rest
I may not feel good
Just imagine how bad it gets for an extreme obsessive compulsive
First you have to find the motivation to do it
Which is hard and more than organizing.
I think doing it with your spirits sky high makes organizing easier and incidentally fun 😛.
Another is learning self-discipline.
(NOT OVERNIGHT).
But little by little acquire it with small actions this that can give stronger step for when the time comes you do it as if you were to clean your teeth or make breakfast.
Because it is a way to improve the order of the house.
Without motivation it is practically useless to tidy up.
With those small steps, large distances can be travelled over time. And with a lot of small steps, the time needn't be that long after all :)
Believe me, it will take some of them a long time to overcome their disorganization.
It is not my personality as I want things to be in order around me, thus I would tidy whereever I am then stay there :)
For a short period, I was pretty scheduled in my cleaning. I would mop daily :D
I can really relate to the struggle of staying organized brother. Finding motivation to keep things in order, especially finances, is no easy thing but so rewarding.
Financially rewarding, and mentally rewarding :)
well said big brother, well said
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As a kid, I was very rough and kinda dirty. I’m glad I’ve learned a lot now though and I always make sure that I stop things where I picked them from.
I’m so organized and I think the fact that I’m growing is helping me to realize so many things
I am still messy until this day. But when I am living alone of course, so at least I know that nobody is watching 😅. When I live with family or friends, I try my best to clean and organize everything. I feel like the 24 hours that we have aren't enough anymore that I can find time to do simple small tasks.
Man every post you make reminds me how alike we are.
When I was younger, wouldn’t do the maintenance regularly and that would turn into a bigger job that got procrastinated away. Then, it is a project that takes time and produces great results when done.
I have spent a lifetime procrastinating which just makes life more complicated, not less. These days, I have programmed it into myself to over ride the procrastination with an impulse of “do it now”. In the same vein, I am not overly particular but insist that things have their place. Especially when living with other people, those people being female, there are few things more infuriating than having to search for things that should be easily found.
When I do slip, present me simply curses past me and swears to do better so that future me doesn’t resent present me.
I had a job interview once and there was a hands on piece. I actually didn't get the job because I was afraid to ask for help. They said if I had just asked I might have had a chance. I've always remembered that.
Staying organised is a habit you can cultivate, I think with intentionality one can achieve that, for me, when I drop something in the wrong place, my mind tells me to keep it right and it keeps ringing in my head until I finally give in to it haha and that has helped me.
I'm also not organized, and I might be one of those on board with the method to the madness. I try to keep things the way they are as much as possible. So I don't usually clean, and my place only gets messier when a new element is added to the current setup. Some recommend doing small cleanings every day, like putting one item in a better position today. And eventually, it should add up. That is of course assuming that one doesn't create more mess than they clean.
It is a persistent issue. I strive for organization. I'm pretty good at remembering where things are, but when people move them to "put them away" is when I lose it.
It is a constant struggle here in our tiny 3bd BK apartment, since we also have a roommate in the master. Then there's me and my partner who share a 3m x 3m bedroom with her similarly sized home office / makeup bunker.
There's just too much stuff! Where does all the stuff go? Who even got all this stuff? Can someone please come here and kindly take some of this stuff away? Plz & Thx