Oct 16, 20161 min
Now, this woman is a professional, always well groomed and every surface in her office is immaculate, so how could she be so uncharacteristically messy? In my rush to judgment, based on experiencing one tiny piece of her world, I started to think about what my junk drawer looked like and whether it was even a single space or a place.
No doubt, professional organizers have stories to tell. People may be highly structured in their workplace and not so elsewhere. We’ve all seen people whose wallets are crammed with receipts and so full they can’t be closed. Accountants talk of clients who come to them with shoeboxes of paperwork, invoices and notes, yet the rest of their lives are relatively together and successful. Do you take pride in the cleanliness of your car but the glove compartment is a twin to my colleague’s office drawer?
• Is it OK or perhaps healthy to have a free area where you can just dump things?
• Does it provide some relief not to control every square inch of your world when so much of it must be more aligned?
• What would it feel like to pull out the mess and organize the space so that it’s functional?
• What would you gain or lose by eliminating your junk drawer?
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