This is a common question. Unfortunately, there isn’t a common answer. The right answer depends on a number of factors including:
- the status of your current situation,
- your goals,
- your readiness to make a change, and
- the time and energy you have available to dedicate to improving your organization.
To help you get a better sense for how long it might take to get organized, consider your answers to the following questions:
- How large is the area to be organized (number of rooms, types of systems needed for organization and maintenance, etc.)?
- How much clutter is there in the space (both visible and hidden)?
- How deeply do you want to organize? For example:
- Is this a quick declutter in anticipation of house guests?
- Do you want to really dig in declutter and establish systems to keep the order in place?
- Do you want a better system for processing paper today forward or just a quick sort and reorganization of paper into a current (perhaps unfunctional) system
- How much time do you have to work on this?
- How long did it take to get you to the situation you’re in today?
- Do you have a long history of living and working in disorganized spaces and have years of clutter to work through?
- Has a recent change created disorder and you just need help getting back on track?
- How quickly and comfortable are you with decision-making?
- How emotionally attached are you to what needs to be organized?
- Are you getting organized because you want to or because someone else wants you to?
- Are you willing to change?
Getting organized is a process, not an event.
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