Home Organization and Your Brain
Home organization and how we go about it is different for every individual. It really bothers me when I work with a new client and they have had a family member who has made them feel bad about needing help with organization. Probably well-meaning, but nevertheless, a family member who believes that my client should have been able to “do it on their own. “
Our brains are not the same. We are all individuals and we are all born wired in our own way. What may come easily to my neighbor may be difficult for me to do and vice versa. It doesn’t make either one of us wrong or dumb, we’re just different. I really believe we all have our strengths and abilities that just seem to come naturally and easily to us.
I always say I am not creative. But then I realize, yes, I am creative when it comes to many aspects of my business. I think what I really mean to say is I’m really not crafty. I walk into a craft store and I don’t really see the possibilities in what can be created there. One time I was helping my daughter clean her room and I went to scoop up some fabric scraps saying it was garbage. My daughter said, “No, I can make a pillow out of that.” Who knew that could have been a Barbie pillow? That was a light bulb moment for how different minds see things differently. She saw the potential in what I thought was garbage.
So don’t ever let anyone make you feel bad if home organization isn’t your strong point. We can’t all be good at everything and that’s why we hire people like doctors, lawyers, accountants and tax preparation specialists to help us. No one makes us feel bad when we hire them do they?
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This is true. We should be able to ask more help, if we don’t know something or are even afraid to do something by ourselves (because we feel that we fail).
I rather let someone more experienced to help me out, rather than spending huge amounts of time on something that someone else can do much faster and better.
Very good points-thank you for your comment!
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