Too overwhelmed to get organized?
Latest poll results…
In the latest Organized-Living.com poll, the biggest problem for people to get and stay organized is because they are too overwhelmed with stuff.
There were around 300 people surveyed:
Too overwhelmed with stuff: 42.5%
Don’t know where to start: 25.2%
Too busy, no time: 17.3%
Don’t know what to do: 9.4%
Don’t know what to buy: 5.6%
Motivation to Get Organized
Poll Results
In a recent poll at Organized-Living.com, it was found that the #1 motivation people had to get organized was to feel relaxed in their space. Here are the results from 104 people surveyed:
35.6% to feel relaxed in my space
28.8 % to have the home look nice
18.3% to be able to find things easier, faster
14.4% to have a more functional space.
2.9 % other reason
I was a bit surprised to learn that, from those surveyed, they were more motivated by wanting to feel relaxed in their space, rather than to find things easier or to have a more functional space. Goes to show that people hate stress!
Clutter Causes Stress
Poll Results
In a recent poll, 55.4% of the voters felt that the number one thing that causes them stress is living with clutter. 15.1% felt that paying bills was most stressful; while 13.7% felt that managing a household caused the most stress for them; 3.6% getting ready for work; 8.6% keeping track of important dates and appointments; 3.6% had other reasons.
Please vote in our newest poll at Organized-Living.com!
Manage Tasks
Website Poll Results
We recently closed the poll “What is your favorite and most used method to manage your tasks?” today and here are the results of that survey:
51.4% Written to-do lists
11.4% With an electronic device
00.0% Computer software
14.3% A combination of the above
22.9% No method
A new poll is posted at Organized-Living.com and hope you’ll put your vote in on that!
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Home Office Disorder
Keeping up with an orderly office
In a recent poll at Organized-Living.com, the home office was voted as the #1 “most difficult area at home to keep organized.”
Here are the results of this poll taken by 100 individuals:
30.5% - home office
18.6% - kitchen
16.9% - bedroom
6.8% - garage
6.8% - living room
5.1% - kid’s room
5.1% - attic / basement
5.1% - bathroom
3.4% - den / family room
1.7% - dining room
I really wasn’t surprised by the poll results. The home office typically deals with more daily activities and longer hours spent in than any other area of a home. After all, this is the place where the work involves paper … lots of it … and keeping up with it can be challenging, even with paper-flow systems in place. Without paper-flow systems however, the area (and work) can be overwhelming.
In one of my articles “Managing Paperwork,” it describes implementing a paper-flow system to manage the flow of paper and work.
“A system needs to be in place to handle the flow of paper so that it flows in and flows out. Imagine a traffic cop who allows cars to come into an intersection but doesn’t allow them to leave it once they’ve arrived. A pile-up occurs and the flow of cars stop with a jammed up intersection.”
In a related article “Paper Management,” it talks about the steps to manage paper.
“The management of your paper flow means getting rid of any paper stacks and handling each piece so you know what you have to deal with and how to find something easily and fast. Everything should have a “home,” meaning there is a place for it. The piles may initially appear like it would take weeks, even months, to sort through, but they won’t.”
You can find other related and helpful articles on managing work at www.organized-living.com/articles.