Sometimes there are messes that reside in the long procrastinated to-do list in our minds. We seem to never find a way to get to these things but we think of them at least once every day.
Since I moved out on my own, 20 years ago, I established and maintained certain principles about how I would live my life. One rule of order was order itself wherever I lived.
I Want to Fix That Mess Mr. Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames wrote an essay about his living conditions that left me twitchy and excited. Excited to get to work on a project like his apartment. Now here is a mess.
It might not seem likely that a person who claims to be highly organized and naturally fastidious would lose something they treasure, like a favorite yellow hat.
I mean it, this is the shortest guide in existence. As far as I know. These are the tenets boiled down from all of the books I've read, my own experiences and observations of others.
I am a speed reader. No, I never took courses. I speed read because I have always loved reading and tend to devour books. I can't stand suspense either, I absolutely have to get to that next sentence, paragraph and chapter.
Every single person who needs help organizing their home or work space already has a system in place. Then life happens.