When it comes to home organization, setting up new systems and actually using them, you definitely have to be open to change.  Change in the way of using products that are new to you.  Change in the way of creating new habits by using your new system every day.  Change by having the self-discipline to keep up and maintain your system.  But something else you have to consider, you should even be open to making changes to your ‘new & improved’ system. 

When you first create a new system you have to be sure to give yourself plenty of time to get used to by using it regularly.  You have to give it a fair shake.  It’s not unusual, as time passes,  to realize you may need to make some tweaks here and there to make the system work better for you.  And that’s ok.  It’s better than having to start from scratch, at least you already have a functioning system and now you can just make it better!

The system above worked great for me for my daily “active” business files for a really long time.  I was using poly files that don’t get beat up on the edges, they were colorful and labeled and I could find what I needed.  But over time, I started adding more files which took away the benefit of being ‘stepped’ because now files were blocking other files.  Some of my files started getting thicker, which was making them flop over as well.  So, I decided to give a system a try that my colleague uses-photo below.  It is working great for me and I was even able to find colored poly hanging file folders-whoohoo!  Ok, that sounds a little professional organizer geeky now.  What can I say?

So, embrace change in new home organization systems and know that it’s OK to make more changes as your needs evolve!

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