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Getting Organized? It's Your Choice

© Judy Brown

There is no one surefire way to get organized. We all have things we love to do and things we hate to do. The difference between the people who live an organized lifestyle, and those who don't, is the result of choices they make on a daily basis.

Yes, getting organized comes down to making choices. For instance, when my children were small I would drop everything for a day out with them. I was doing housework when I heard an ad on the radio for an item I needed at a great price.

I called my sister to tell her that there was a sale on something I needed. I suggested we take all the kids downtown and splurge on lunch in the Paddlewheel Restaurant at the Bay (a big department store in Canada.)

When she said she had to get her ironing done, I told her

"Well leave it, you can do it when you get home," but she wouldn't budge, she stayed home and did her ironing. My philosophy was (and still is), and I told her,

"Well, fifty years from now who is going to know or care if you did your ironing today?"

I asked if I could come and get her daughter and take her with us, so I did and we had a nice lunch and a great time.

So was my sister's house cleaner than mine? No, she was a packrat so there used to be a lot of clutter. It is not even fifty years later yet and who cares if she ironed that day? It was a choice she made, it was important to her at the time. I had a choice too, I chose to leave the housework and go out with the children.

So there is no right and wrong choice here. Mine was right for me, and hers was right for her.

Every time you make the simplest decision you have to make a choice. Making choices can be overwelming for some people and they put it off, it may seem easier to avoid making any kind of decision. So what happens then?

Your kitchen is a mess you have a choice, you can clean it up right now and have time to relax after or you can sit at the computer, or read a book or go out or do none of those things. Even by doing nothing you have made a choice. When people are tired, depressed or upset it is difficult to make wise choices.

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