ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?EVELIINA LINDELL/19 OCT 2016/MATTLIDEN

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

IN THIS PRESENTATION

▸ Who?

▸ What?

▸ Why?

▸ How?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

WHO?

▸ Who is she?

▸ Why is she here?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

WHO?

▸ Eveliina (Eve) Lindell

▸ Professional Organizer

▸ ADHD Coach

▸ Interested in de-cluttering, habit building, time management and productivity, solution focused coaching

▸ How do deal with overwhelm?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

WHAT?

▸ What is organizing?

▸ What is paper organizing?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

WHAT?

▸ Merriam-Webster - Organizing : to arrange or order things so that they can be found or used easily and quickly : to put things into a particular arrangement or order

▸ Organizing starts with de-cluttering, i.e. removing clutter

▸ Merriam-Webster - Clutter : a large amount of things that are not arranged in a neat or orderly way : a crowded or disordered collection of things

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

CLUTTER

▸ When does a thing become a piece of clutter?

▸ No longer needed

▸ Broken

▸ Out of date

▸ In the wrong place at the wrong time

▸ Clutter is a result of postponed decisions.

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

WHAT?

▸ Paper organizing

▸ Making decisions

▸ Clearing space

▸ Making room

▸ Taming chaos and overwhelm

▸ Gaining clarity

▸ Reclaming control

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

WHY?

▸ Since when? Says who?

▸ Why is organizing paper a good idea?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

WHY?

▸ What is your goal at work?

▸ What do you want to accomplish?

▸ How do you want to feel?

▸ When are you happy?

▸ What is a productive environment like for you?

▸ Feeling in control

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

▸ Okay, so how do I do it?

▸ Where to start?

▸ What if…?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

T.I.L.A. FRAMEWORK

T ALI

Tavoite

Goal

Arki

Everyday life

”Likainen työ”

”Dirty work”

Inventaario

Inventory

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

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Tavoite

Goal

▸ Why do you do this?

▸ What is your goal?

▸ How will you know you’re done?

▸ How will others notice it?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

I

Inventaario

Inventory

▸ What are these?

▸ How can we group them?

▸ Is this all?

▸ How much time/energy do we have?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

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”Likainen työ”

”Dirty work”

▸ First we declutter/purge

▸ Then we organize

▸ Never organize clutter!

▸ Like with like

▸ Labeling

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

A

Arki

Everyday life

▸ How do we prevent this from happening again?

▸ What habits do we want to build?

▸ With whom do we work here?

▸ How do we communicate?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

T.I.L.A. FRAMEWORK

T ALI

Everyday life”Dirty work”InventoryGoal

GETTING ORGANIZED STAYING ORG.

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

▸ How do I do it?

▸ Set your goal

▸ Set a time

▸ Set limits

▸ Take a pile

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

▸ Sort it

▸ Stays

▸ Stuff to do

▸ Ideas to use

▸ Papers to archive - permanently/for a fixed time

▸ Goes

▸ Recycling

▸ Shredder

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

▸ Where to start?

▸ Start with your own papers

▸ Something easy

▸ Old?

▸ New?

▸ Wherever you are

▸ K.I.S.S.

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HOW?

▸ What if…

▸ … it’s not mine?

▸ … I don’t know?

▸ … I can’t decide?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

HABITS

▸ How to stay organized?

▸ What habits help you stay organized?

▸ What do you want to start with?

▸ Pick one!

▸ Better Than Before. What I Learned About Making And Breaking Habits. by Gretchen Rubin

BETTER THAN BEFORE - THE FOUR TENDENCIES

UPHOLDER

REBEL

QUESTIONER OBLIGER

▸ UPHOLDERS respond readily to both outer expectations and inner expectations

▸ QUESTIONERS question all expectations, and will meet an expectation only if they believe it’s justified (inner)

▸ OBLIGERS respond readily to outer expectations, but struggle to meet inner expectations

▸ REBELS resist all expectations, outer and inner alike

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

ORGANIZING PAPER - WHAT, WHY, HOW?

T.I.L.A. FRAMEWORK

WHY?

WHO?

HOW?

WITH WHOM?

WHAT?

WHERE?

WHAT?

WHERE?

HOW MUCH?

Everyday life”Dirty work”InventoryGoal

GETTING ORGANIZED STAYING ORG.