Quickly Revisit the Organizing Resolution

You resolved that 2008 was going to be the year you finally got organized. January is almost over and you have not done much of anything to get started with this goal. You are feeling like a failure, and that it is too late to even bother trying at this point.

Well, actually, it is not too late. Yesterday's commitment to start getting organized tomorrow is here today! I have mentioned in several posts that it can really be quite overwhelming to try to tackle months or years or decades of accumulated clutter. I also advised that it is best to break large projects down into smaller more manageable tasks.

Another great thing to get yourself back on track and committed to your goal is to do a "quick-fix", which is just a very speedy mini-task related to you organizing and de-cluttering goals. A great example would be to grab the pencil cup on your desk and test the two dozen pens in there and dispose of the ones that no longer write. Take out ONE file folder from a file cabinet and weed out any outdated, unwanted items.

These very quick mini-tasks may not seem like much, but you will be surprised how doing just one small thing like this may motivate you to move forward and do the rest of the file cabinet. If your resolution has stalled, this can be a great way to kick-start your organizing projects.