Organize Your Environment!

Posted on June 22, 2012 // 0 Comments

I’ve heard somewhere that when your environment is not organized that the rest of your life won’t be organized….ie-eating healthy, being on time, mental focus, etc…..or maybe its vice versa. I can’t rememer how it goes exactly but you get the idea. I CAN say that it is true because when my house and environment is not organized….I feel it mentally and emotionally!!!!

Anyone who knows me knows I am only *a little* OCD when it comes to being organized and having everything in its place. Its one of my biggest pet peeves but sometimes I have my days of ‘whatever’. And at times it seems like its one extreme to the other.

hahaha – this is totally me!!

A couple of years ago I came across FlyLady. I love her method, system, and mentality to keeping our houses and lives in order instead of CHAOS (Can’tHave Anyone Over Syndrome). Some people like me are what she calls BO’s or Born Organizers……but BO’s have a fault and that is that we let perfectionism get in the way of getting things accomplished. That is me to a T. Her method is setting a timer for 15 minutes at a time to get tasks done. That helps to not get sidetracked {which happens to me all the time!}. It’s also motivating by breaking things down into small tasks. It’s amazing how, when you are feeling overwhelmed, and you set your timer for just 10 minutes to clean a room, how fast you can actually clean it and how accomplished you feel! That’s where it snowballs and progress is made day by day.

We have to find BALANCE in everything we DO. For me, when I get my house in order starting with my kitchen/pantry it helps snowball me to getting back on track. We have to remember that we HAVE to take baby steps and take moments to stop – and just breath so we can think more clearly about our priorities.

I am learning that consistency is KEY to every aspect of our life. It is what helped me reach my WW goal weigh last year and maintain it for a year now. I know when we can just focus on taking small babysteps and being consistent we are more free and can see progress.

How are you managing your environment???