A Shocking Post Straight From My Heart That Will Make You Surprised!
Shocking post, but it’s from my heart, and it’s important to me to be true to my point of view.
It might get me crucified in my industry…
It might make you doubt my sanity to come clean…
It might make you fleetingly consider abandoning me…
Follow along because there’s a Freebie to help motivate you to get organized.
Ready?Â
Organizing is boring.
Pardon??? I thought you are a professional organizer, and personal organizing coach. I thought you love organizing, find it fascinating and talk about at cocktail parties.
Let’s be honest. Well, I guess I already sailed that ship with this shocking post…
You’ve thought organizing is boring too.
Here’s the truth; I love the result of organizing. I can even get into the act of sorting, categorizing, assisting in decision making, purging, but organizing for no purpose…puts me to sleep.
You’ve avoided dealing with your old clothes circa the previous decade.
Those boxes shoved way back in your closet full of…well they haven’t been opened in 7 years….how are you supposed to know what’s in them?
Those old computer towers, mystery cables and accessories you keep for fear they belong to…something…electronic?
Thoughts like these clutter your mind:
“I really should organize my desk.”
“I just have to buckle down and take a weekend to go through my papers.”
“I’m too tired to organize my kitchen, CD’s, Inbox…”Â
It doesn’t exactly motivate one to jump for joy, does it?
You put it off because it’s not alluring, exciting and motivating…it’s a gargantuan task = boring!Â
The stuff, the overwhelming decisions, the mounting anxiety, no wonder you suddenly are compelled to check Facebook, watch some TV, see what there is to eat in the fridge…anything to avoid getting organized.
Because it’s boring. Drudgery.Â
Did I mention I love what I do?
I love helping people get organized.Â
Because I love the results of organizing and how it actually removes unsuspected barriers from their daily lives.
When I help you get organized, you can bet (or better yet I will, as it’s a sure thing) that your life will dramatically change.
That’s what excites me and makes me passionate about organizing. That by actually moving and removing stuff, it affects your psyche positively by opening up new neural pathways!
Okay, I don’t know if that last statement is scientifically true…
But I observe and have myself experienced that it feels that way.
By designating particular homes and easy systems to maintain what you own and love, I help you mindfully honor what you keep.
By nixing what’s in your way, Â I help you let go of “decisionitis” – paralysis around making decisions.
Then the magic of organizing begins:
As if by magic money blocks begin to evaporate.
Negative thoughts fade.
Your space, your mind, are open and inviting to new possibilities!
Creativity and focus blossom! Relief takes root, joy spreads!
So please forgive my shocking post.
Organizing is simply the tricks in my bag that’s the catalyst for changing your daily experience from chaos, anxiety and overwhelm to peace, ease and clarity.
I use organizing to sneak past your ‘stubborn attachment mind’ to help you transform your viewpoint, your life.
Suddenly organizing is no longer boring, but infinitesimally fascinating!
Grab my FREEBIE Affirmations to shift your mindset and fast track your motivation to get organized.
From my heart to yours,
Hi, I’m Jul’s Arthur. I’d love to help you go from chaos to FREEDOM. What I do: I help women professionals & entrepreneurs STOP endlessly spinning their wheels stuck in anxiety and overwhelm with the chaos and stuff in their home, START simplifying, so everything has a place, they gain FREEDOM, CLARITY and easily step into their DREAM LIFE. I’m also the author of the book 25 Days of Holiday Organizing!
Hi Jul’s, I love the accomplishment and creative energy I get when getting organized but the challenge for me is to remain organized and not procrastinate new tasks. I agree that it is important to implement system that are easy to follow and I’m working on that. Thanks for a great blog, you really inspire me to stay organized and happy!
Hiya Karin, I to love how getting a project, my desk or helping a client get organized energizes my creativity and sense of accomplishment. Organizing is ongoing as it is meant to compliment our daily lives, which are ever changing. It’s great you are working on implementing systems to make your day easier. I find keeping the system simple or logical to my own way of doing things really helps make it successful. I will write a post about procrastination; you are so not alone!
So true! I love the RESULT. All successful people focus on the RESULT of their task, rather than necessarily the task itself. I really loved this post. And you’re right. When I am organized, everything seems to flow. Everything is easier. My life is just less hectic. I spent today cleaning out my desk, my God. Took me 5 seconds to find out due dates for class rather than the usual 10 minutes. Didn’t even realize how much time I was wasting. 🙂
Udoka, your title, “the girl after college” remind me of when I was at University. When I had a paper to write for a course, my room, fortunately a single, would turn into tornado land. My room became the picture of my mind, stressed, and messy with the assignment. After my blood, sweat and tears, and my paper done, I would completely tidy my room and feel the cathartic results of now being organized, everything flowed, as you put it so eloquently. Disorganization is a time waster, and the time put into organizing is well worth it.
I love this post Jul’s, its so true! All of it! I also love the passion you obviously have for the people you help and the intention behind your work. I have experienced the end result of the gargantuan and mind numbly boring task of organizing……and still have a few areas to tackle! 🙂
I am so grateful you love my post and feel I am spot on, Clare! I am passionate about helping those I serve, my clan! Having a few areas to tackle is normal. Life is for living and fluid, not a museum or perfect magazine home.
Great post–well laid out. Nice work.So true.
Jacqeuline
Thanks for your kind words Jacquline!
I love this post because it’s so true about how I view getting organized. I want it done but I put it off because it doesn’t excite me to do so. lol, but yes it needs to be done. And your post has encouraged me to do it. I need to get rid of some clothes that I’ve had for far too long and haven’t put on in…well it’s been too long to tell you how long. Thanks for the energy boost you gave me to just get to it.
My pleasure Michelle, glad my post motivated you. Turn on some favorite music and weed out those clothes that keep you stuck in the past. One thing you can try is have a friend hold up the clothes for you as you say, “Donate.” Your friend can toss the clothes in a Donate box. Then together you can take the box to your favorite charity.
oh yes…i find most house work boring but I feel much better when it is done and everything is clean and tidy.
When I focus on my “Why” I am doing something I can let go of resentment, boredom and feel the bigger picture. I too feel better when I tidy up, say after a big project, or papers spread out readying for taxes. Ahh, the sigh of relief when I put it all neatly away where it now belongs. Thanks for your comment Kym!
Hear, hear! It’s so important to find what excites us. . . even in “boring” tasks. And those of us in need of organizing are lucky to have someone like you there to make it interesting for us!
Why thank you so much Ricki! I am so glad you feel I make organizing interesting for you! I agree, finding what sparks us, with a pinch of humor and suddenly boring transforms, along with our attitude.
Ahhhh so reminds me of exercising! I love the results but not the act as much 🙂 Thanks so much for this Jul’s <3
ah yes! The process vs. the outcome! I organized my kitchen over the weekend and I love how much freer I feel!
It’s always so freeing to get a space, our mind cleared and organized. I am so happy you feel freer…I find that feeling gives birth to my being more creative.
You bring up a great analogy Melissa. In both exercise and organizing results require consistency! Thanks for your comment!
Oh Jul’s you really nailed it. I agree with this post 100%. It sucks to take action on organizing our life and stuff but like you say, it magically transforms our inner and outer environment. I often ask my clients to remember their “why” when working through the unpleasant drudgeries and tasks. That becomes the motivation to plough through things and enjoy the end result. Great post! xo
Why thank you so much Puja! I totally agree with your suggestion to remember your, my, our “why” to keep motivated and focused. So glad you liked my post, happy to have you here. xox
Jul’s such a great post! It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes of all time.
“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.” by Gloria Steinem
It’s so refreshing to hear the truth!! So many of my domestic challenges stem from this mindset that everyone is in on some secret except for me! That mindset leaves me feeling screwed up and isolated. Knowing it’s boring- even for an expert – leaves me free to invent a way to organize that is creative and refreshing!
(Thinking out loud here) What about putting together a spotify playlist to bring certain areas to life? A kitchen clean up playlist. A closet makeover playlist etc. Music can get me to do just about anything!
Thanks so much Annette! Glad I was able to help you no longer worry that everyone else is in the know…I appreciate that my truth inspired you, as it does my clients. I get very creative to infuse excitement and fun and ward off boredom. I love your idea of a playlist per room or area! I turn up the tunes all the time at home to do a little maintenance organizing.
Love your honesty! Great post.
Thanks so much Angelica!
Omg I actually have a love hate relationship with organizing. I love the process of it, I love the outcome, but I have to be in the mood for it. In fact, my pantry needs some serious organizing but boy, oh boy, am I procrastinating. What are your suggestions for getting “in the mood”?
Hi Victoria,
To get myself in the mood…when I just would rather be having a marathon fest of my latest library DVD BBC TV show, I make the project really, small and do a little at a time.
Your pantry may not be as pressing as say, getting your papers ready for tax time. So choose one entire shelf (or just half of one shelf), or one basket to organize. Have something to look forward to; using my example above, I might organize the one shelf, then upon completion, go watch a half hour of the TV show on DVD. I could then organize snacks all in one container or basket, then go talk on the phone with a friend, hang out with my kids…you get the idea. Alternate with a accomplishing one piece of the organizing project, then some pleasurable activity. Sometimes acknowledging you are just not in the mood for a “marathon” organizing session, but could talk yourself into a “sprint” can get you taking action. Let me know how this idea worked.
LOVED this post Jul’s!! Catchy, funny and totally true! Knowing that even a professional organizer doesn’t always have fun in the process made me feel less bad about feeling that way myself! Your honesty only made me relate to you more! Besides the entertainment factor (and perhaps more importantly) you motivated me to get beyond the not-fun and get to the results! Thanks for the post!!
Why thank you so much April! I’m so glad you found my honesty you relate more to me. Letting me know I have motivated you to get some results with organizing has made my snowed in day! With gusts of over 60mph winds…too cold to even go shovel yesterdays snow. I appreciate that you got my humor because we all need some entertaining. Me, I watch Jimmy Fallon Youtube skits to get a inspired between keeping up with paperwork. Thanks so very much for your heartfelt comments, April!
I love it when things are neat and tidy tooo.. but I think alot of time our inner choas leads to our outer choase.!
Great article!
Absolutely, the outer chaos to me, is a reflection of something out of balance or ignored inside. What I love about organizing is clearing out from the inside improves the outside and clearing out from the outside improves the inside. It works both ways, and sometimes starting from one or the other helps a person out of paralysis. I use both starting points with my clients.
I’m surprisingly good at organizing and creating “to-do” lists. It is what comes after (the doing) that I tend to procrastinate a lot about. And I can now see that it may be a bit of emotional attachment to what I’m trying to the status quo. Acknowledging those feelings make it easier to let go and get the task done!
Thanks for sharing this Jovanka! Many of my clients are like you…”surprisingly good at organizing and creating “to-do” lists.” They (and I include me) sometimes struggle with the implementing what they put on their lists. You are absolutely spot on, acknowledging feelings around the task can free one to take action…even if that is crossing it off the list, or handing it off to someone else or hiring a professional, like me ;-)–to help get it done.
Way to draw back the curtain! There’s a lot of organizing I need to get done and my surroundings are definitely a reflection of my recently cluttered mind. Thank you for the gentle push that I needed to make clearing off my desk seem appealing!
Hi Hailey,
I love to hear when my gentle nudges spark some motivation to clear off one space! Glad you are thinking (and acting) on getting some of your surroundings organized. Pace yourself, and celebrate small changes.
At first I was surprised by your blog. Organizing is boring. Then I read further and love it.
Thanks, Mery, for sticking with me to read to the end despite your surprise!