Tweaking Your Organising Systems
July 21, 2008
One of the most important parts of organising is tweaking your systems.
It’s perfectly normal to organise a space and find that it’s not quite working the way you envisioned.
That doesn’t mean you throw out the whole thing! Please don’t do that.
All you need to do is a little tweak here and there.
Like this:
The other night I was doing my whole face routine and realised that I was slightly irritated by a tiny cabinet above my basin. Remember, I have the dubious honour of having the smallest bathroom in the world. My Private Platinum Clients actually love seeing it – I should charge admission. 🙂
This is how it looked before. There are tiny mirrored doors which open to the left and yet, I use the Yardley Oatmeal range on the left.
It took me about 5 seconds to do a quick tweak and move the bottles to the other side, like this:
Much better! Now when I slide the doors open, I can get to the moisturiser immediately and I don’t have to slide the doors an extra 10 cm open.
It’s about the small things. In the coaching world we also call these small things tolerations – they drain you just a little bit every time you think about it.
If there’s a space that seems just slightly off to you, think about making a tweak here and a tweak there until it’s organised just enough for your lifestyle.[LG]Try this storage for a small space![/LG]
What are you going to go tweak and re-organise?
Marcia Francois is a time management and organising coach who teaches small business owners and other busy people how to organise their time, space, business and life. Visit http://takechargesolutions.org for your free e-book, 100 Surefire Ways To Organise Your Busy Life, and the rest of your Organising Success Pack.
Reorganizing uncovers a lot of what we thought was organized. I run into all the time. I find treasures in my organized closet all the time. It’s what motivates me sometimes.
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I tweaked all of the bedroom closets today 🙂
I’m always tweaking stuff around here.. it’s a full time job! LOL
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I tweak a lot too, around kitchen cabinets & drawers on my dresser. Even if it saves a few seconds just to get to something I need.
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I did a little switch recently too! My every day jewelry (watch, basic earrings, etc.) never makes it into my jewelry box because it stays pretty much on an every day rotation. I had made another little station for them in my bathroom in a cute, small lidded box that I used every night and in the morning. The problem was it was slightly annoying that I had to pick the box up everytime I wanted to take the lid off. It finally occurred to me to switch boxes to a small silk beaded box I have with a flip lid. It’s quick and easy now. Now I can put things away and barely stop brushing my teeth! 🙂