The average employee today has about 37 hours of unfinished work sitting on his/her desk at any given time.
Piles of files on a desk or hundreds of emails in an Inbox are not just indicators of a lot of work yet to be done. For many, it means they need help getting organized in a tangible way.
You may ask yourself, "Can the volume of work be the cause of disorganization”? In my 15+ years of consulting with companies and individuals regarding workplace productivity, I’ve discovered the most common cause of disorganization.
Simply put. It's the inability to make decisions. If you don't believe me, take a closer look at some of the "stuff" you have sitting in your office right now. Clutter is a result of delayed decisions. Every time you make a decision on what to do with an item, whether it is an email in the Inbox or a piece of paper, you are one step closer to organization and one step further away from clutter. So when it comes to the surroundings in your office, learn to become a quick decision maker.
I recently traveled to Ghana, West Africa as part of a short-term mission trip sponsored by my church. Our group participated in medical outreaches and also provided teaching at several area churches and a local university. Working with an interpreter each time I addressed a group, I realized they would not understand what an Organizing Consultant does. Because they survive with the bare minimum, they don't have “stuff" to organize. Their time and energy is spent towards providing the basics of food, clothing and shelter and the simple ways in which they live are a strong reminder of the excess in my life here in America.
As you face clutter in your life – whether it is in your email Inbox or on your kitchen counter at home – I challenge you to become a quick decision maker. And to give thanks for the extras in your life.
With a thankful heart,
Audrey
Piles of files on a desk or hundreds of emails in an Inbox are not just indicators of a lot of work yet to be done. For many, it means they need help getting organized in a tangible way.
You may ask yourself, "Can the volume of work be the cause of disorganization”? In my 15+ years of consulting with companies and individuals regarding workplace productivity, I’ve discovered the most common cause of disorganization.
Simply put. It's the inability to make decisions. If you don't believe me, take a closer look at some of the "stuff" you have sitting in your office right now. Clutter is a result of delayed decisions. Every time you make a decision on what to do with an item, whether it is an email in the Inbox or a piece of paper, you are one step closer to organization and one step further away from clutter. So when it comes to the surroundings in your office, learn to become a quick decision maker.
I recently traveled to Ghana, West Africa as part of a short-term mission trip sponsored by my church. Our group participated in medical outreaches and also provided teaching at several area churches and a local university. Working with an interpreter each time I addressed a group, I realized they would not understand what an Organizing Consultant does. Because they survive with the bare minimum, they don't have “stuff" to organize. Their time and energy is spent towards providing the basics of food, clothing and shelter and the simple ways in which they live are a strong reminder of the excess in my life here in America.As you face clutter in your life – whether it is in your email Inbox or on your kitchen counter at home – I challenge you to become a quick decision maker. And to give thanks for the extras in your life.
With a thankful heart,
Audrey
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