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…Are you still wasting your valuable time? How?

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9. Hunting for that one piece of paper that we need that we know was on our desk… just a second ago!

10. Looking for the other shoe, sock, earring, etc.

11. Scrambling for that last box of cornbread that we know was in the pantry.

12. Trying to find some space in our garage for our car.

13. Finding a place for one more plastic bin of stuff to put in the basement to go with the other 35 plastic bins that haven’t been opened since you moved in the house…. 8 years ago!

14. Looking for the needle in the haystack.

FOURTEEN:  7 x 2 = double measure of spiritual perfection.

Creating Order is not simply organizing stuff.[

So what does ALL of this mean?

    Most of the things that impact our ability to organize are non-organizable (I don’t think that is a word :-)) stuff…

The Major one being TiME, which is well within our control.

Knowing is half the battle!

Let’s Tackle the Closet!

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If you have been paying attention, you know that to be “organized” means to be able to find what you need when you need it!  So let’s talk about tackling the closet.  It can be any closet, but I’d like to focus on the clothes closet.  It is the clothes closet that you have to face EVERY morning….

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“Let’s Organize Your Closet”

Step 1 – We must know EVERY item that is in our closet.  Most of us believe that we know every item in our closet.  Do you?  I would venture to guess that you may not know every item in your closet. Some of us may have things in our clothes closet that we forgot were even there.  Is that you?

Step 2 – We must know EVERY item in our closet… which means we MUST touch every item in our closet.  Would someone please move the needle on the record?  LOL!!  But seriously, things get sucked into the black hole of our clothes closets because they get pushed further and further back where we can’t see them, thus we forget that they are there.

Step 3 – Make a decision on EVERY item in our closet… Keep, Donate, Throw Away and make the decision QUICKLY.  If you think about it too long, it is very likely that you will decide to keep it.  To the woman that has the size ___ (fill in the blank) that you are going to fit in again– it’s been 5 years — it is time to let it go.  To the man who has that favorite sweater that is two (2) sizes too small, it is time to give it away!

Step 4 – Once we have completely PURGED the entire closet, it is time for us to organize.

Step 5 – So what’s left?  There are tops, bottoms, dresses, jackets, sweaters, pants, shirts, suits, shoes, boots, etc.  Let me suggest that we put “like” items together.  Once we have grouped “like” items, it is up to you to what degree of organization that you want to go — the same color, the same sleeve length, light jackets, heavy jackets, BUT to whatever degree you go, you have to be able to MAINTAIN IT!

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Don’t Over Organize -OR- within a week,

your organized system is NO longer organized.

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Allow Order Your Steps to help you to put some Order to your Chaos!  

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Thanks in advance!

If I have only skimmed the surface and you would like to have more details on tackling the closet, please leave me a comment or two…

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“Order Out of Chaos” FREE Workshop, Now Open to the Public**

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I thought that I would give you an update on my FREE “Order Out of Chaos” Workshops.  Initially I focused on the senior citizen living facilities.  The participants were open to sharing their own struggles with getting organized, especially after downsizing from their much larger homes.  My presentation, “Organizing made Simple” was only 30 minutes and then we had a Q&A session.  I thoroughly enjoyed them.  I’d always wanted to teach, so now I get to teach, organize and teach about organizing!!!

In February, the “Order Out of Chaos” FREE workshop was OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  Along with the owner of the local franchise of ShelfGenie, we decided to conduct the workshops as part of a LifeStyle Transitions Series.  Arline and I, as small business owners in our community, wanted to do something for the community that would have a positive impact.  Organizing will be a common thread throughout the workshops, as it pertains to healthy living, nutrition, exercise and just getting your life in order.  Our first workshop in the series was held at Wegmans in Woodmore/Lanham, MD.  Unfortunately, Wegmans has a very strict policy prohibiting advertising on the premises, so we advertised on Facebook and via the ShelfGenie newsletter, flyers, etc.  We had a small turnout, but I believe that I prefer small.  It’s better when I can interact with the audience and that are able to interact with each other.  I believe that moving forward will we limit the attendance to each session to thirty 30 people.  Soooooo… due to the overwhelming response (the show being SOLD OUT), I will have to add a session or two or three…..

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Our next workshop is entitled “Spending Your Time Wisely”,   We will focus on time management tips.  It will be held on the last Saturday in March at one of the local libraries … where we can hand out flyers! 🙂

Stay Tuned for more info throughout the month.

Please PASS THE WORD to all your family and friends

in the DC, Md. and N. Va.!!

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Kristin was so on point with this post that I just had to reblog it!
Thanks Kristin

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The Art of Organizing, to quote Fort Minor, “is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill, fifteen percent concentrated power of will, five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain, and a hundred percent reason to remember the name!” Organizing as a profession is as complex as the Biltmore is large. Imagine telling someone that the things they equate with life are really the things that impede them from enjoying life. That’s why I believe in order to be an organizer you also need to be a…

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I don’t have time!!!!

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Have you ever been in the position, where you see  something SO clearly, but very few, if anyone see things the same way you do??

As a professional organizer, I see that people really need my help.  I know in my heart that clutter creates chaos and chaos disturbs the divine order that life should have.  I believe that people understand this, but they CAN’T see it…. THEY JUST DON’T HAVE THE TIME!

I know, I sound like a broken record.  BUT I see it SOOOOOOO clearly!!!  Many of us are in a vicious cycle of Chaos, a state of utter confusion!  Get Up (still ragged out from the day before), Eat (if you have time), Get dressed (if you can find the mate to that shoe or find the pair of socks that match)!

Get the kids ready, Get the kids to school, Go to work, pick up the kids, get dinner, get ready for bed, etc. etc. etc.

Maybe the person that I just described is the exception, NOT the rule. But the folks who realize that they could use some help and call me, they still just don’t have time!!  They are not enough hours in the day…  Can anyone relate?  So where will the time come from???

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TO BE CONTINUED…..

Got any ideas?  I would love to hear your comments.

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I love the poem Footprints in the Sand, but I am sure that God has had to drop me on my butt…. more than once! This year, I am going to walk in His Spirit and operate by Faith! 🙂 Thanks ayoungcreation

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Butt prints in the Sand

 

One night, I had a wondrous dream:

One set of footprints there was seen.

The footprints of my precious Lord,

But mine were not along the shore.

 But then some stranger prints appeared, 

And I asked the Lord,”What have we here?”

“Those prints are large and round and neat,

But, Lord, they are too big for feet.”

“My child,” He said in sombre tones.

“For miles I carried you alone.

I challenged you to walk in faith,

But you refused and made me wait.

So I got tired and fed up,

And there I dropped you on your butt,

Because in life, there comes a time,

 When one must fight, and one must climb,

When one must rise and take a stand,

Or leave their butt prints in the sand.

                                                      The Story…

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A Few Ramblings that you may want to Ponder…

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On January 10, my blog will celebrate its’ one year anniversary.  As I look back over the more than 145 posts, I am pondering about what direction the blog should take in 2013.  I have found that there has been a much greater response to posts that have talked about ORDER or Inspiration, versus Organizing.   Now don’t misunderstand, my gift is administration and organizing peoples’ stuff, which is still my passion.  But my purpose & mission is helping people to create ORDER out of Chaos, which is so much, much more!

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Other Ramblings…

  • On Saturday, I was sitting at a red light waiting for a funeral procession to pass and the light changed.  It was amazing to me to see the number of people that crossed the procession because they didn’t have five minutes to spare.  We are such an impatient society…. which means we must find a way to slow our pace if only so slightly.
  • I picture the CEO of  a corporation always cool, calm and collected (maybe I watch too much TV :-))  His/Her clothes are always neatly pressed and their shoes and socks always match.  What if they always woke up in a fog, rushing to wolf down that cup of coffee, having to stop at the closet and ponder what they should wear to work today and still make the 7 am meeting?  Many of us are in that role, rather CEO, small business owner, husband, wife, father, mother, etc.  We all must be strategic and plan our daily actions.  Being in the daily fog, makes it difficult for us to direct our steps or to simply be directed???

The steps of a good man [woman] are ordered by the Lord… Psalm 37:23

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In 2013, Finding Order in Chaos, will focus more consciously on Order as we did in 2012 unconsciously.  To help everyone to actively seek Divine Order  in their lives and  Organizing stuff still playing a key role.  As I was preparing for this post, I googled “Divine Order” and lo and behold, I found a definition by Marsha Burns, which says “the authoritative direction proceeding from God”.  Marsha and her husband author the “Spirit of Prophecy” bulletins, which I have found very enlightening and many times very accurate to the spiritual place I am at the time.  She also wrote as follows:

Divine Order is the flow of the Spirit as we yield to His guidance and direction.  As much as we understanding this concept of God in control, many times when we hear a message or think about order in our lives, we still think about cleaning the garage  and, the enemy would love to beat us up with the tangible things in our lives being in disarray. Divine Order is all about the moving of the Holy Spirit and being unencumbered enough to hear His voice and being flexible enough to go with the flow.   

Being in the right place at the right time to accomplish what is before us. 

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I am looking forward to 2013 being busy, even sometimes hectic for Order Your Steps, yet restful.  I want to just flow with the Spirit and I pray that something I write will help you to find rest in Him also.

Have a Very Blessed and Prosperous New Year!