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Getting Organized? It's Your Choice - Page 2

© Judy Brown

So how do we make a good choice? Well first you have to have enough information to make an informed choice. It's the old pro and con thing.

Taking the problem of cleaning the kitchen we could work it out like this:

PROBLEM: The kitchen is a mess but I don't feel like cleaning it. (I'm too tired or I'd rather do something else right now.)

ASK: What is the worst thing that can happen if I don't do the kitchen right now?

MAYBE:My kids and husband will be home soon and it is harder to make supper if the kitchen is a mess. I don't want to hear remarks about how I don't do anything all day either.

So that might tip the balance to getting at the work in the kitchen but wait on the other hand.....

MAYBE: I have to read a book report for a class I am taking and if I don't read it now before everyone comes home then I will never get time to do it before this evening.

So which option needs your attention right now? What do you take into consideration to reach your best choice for the problem.

1/ How will I feel if I don't read the book report and have nothing to say at the meeting? (might have to stay home)

2/ How will I feel if I read the report but the house is a mess when everyone gets home? (might have to put everyone to work while suffering the remarks)

Just One Solution:

I will feel better if I quickly get the dishes into the dishwasher (or soaking in the sink in hot water.)

I'll sit down then and read my book report and by the time I am finished with that I can wipe up the counters and sweep the floor.

That way at least when everyone comes in, the kitchen will look half decent. If I throw on a pot of water to boil it will look like I am right on the job. :)

Yep the old boiling water trick. You can lay around all ay and rush for ten minutes to make it look like you are dbusy. (we will save this trick for days when you just can't seem to get it together.) We WILL NOT make a habit of this.

Everyday you have choices to make. You can choose to be organized and start taking steps to becoming more organized or, you can choose to put it off for another day.

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