| |
Got Free Time??
By Kerry Flinders
Copyright 2005 Kerry Flinders
Free time. Time to relax. Time to reflect. Time to sit back and do absolutely nothing.
Have you had any of that kind of time lately? It seems that in today's society we are busier than ever. Our children are in multiple sports or activities. Many households must have both parents working fulltime. Many people have to hold down two jobs just to make ends meet.
I don't know too many people these days with much Free Time on their hands.
I feel that is a shame. I do realize how busy everyone is, trying to make ends meet, trying to get the kids to school on time, trying to keep your head above water. But without free time to enjoy and rejuvenate the soul you're just heading down the road to burn out.
But where do you find the free time you crave and even need when there aren't enough hours in the day to get all the things done you still need to do?
Organization is the key. When your spaces and your time are organized and tidy you will find that after a while you will in fact have more free time on your hands than you ever thought possible.
When the house is organized, when the office is organized, and when your planner (your time) is organized then you will function at a higher level of efficiency. Once you are functioning efficiently you will see that you actually do have pockets of free time through out your entire day. Once your time is being used efficiently you will even be able to schedule the free time you need for yourself, for your hobbies, or for spending with your family.
By having your home in order you will no longer waste time searching for items. Not only that, but when your home is in order your other family members will also know where everything is and will no longer need you to spend time helping them search for items.
Believe it or not, by having your home, office and time organized you will free up a lot of valuable free time. Time you never realized you were wasting.
Yes, it will take time to get your home organized. I have no doubt about that. However, it only needs to be a one time investment. Once you have organized an area of your home then all you have to do is tidy it up weekly, which will only take a matter of minutes, and that area will never need to be organized ever again.
Imagine having your entire home organized and tidy. Imagine that it will only take under an hour a week to make sure every inch of your home is always organized and tidy. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
By having your office organized, whether it's your home office or an office you go to every day at a company, by having it organized you will be saving untold amounts of time each week for the same reason you do in your home. You aren't wasting any time searching for anything. You know exactly where everything is. You know exactly where everything goes.
By having your time organized you will find that you are no longer wasting away your little pockets of free time. You can run errands that are all near one another at the same time. You can take mail or magazines or work that you need to read with you to doctor's appointments to take care of while you wait.
Organizing your time seems daunting at first, but you can organize your day just as you would organize your closet. Each hour is a space and you need to fill that space up in a logical and organized way.
There are many different ways to become more organized. You can do it yourself, or you can get help from books or from others, such as Professional Organizers.
Whatever way you decide to go to become more organized doesn't matter. What matters is realizing that if you have your home, your office and your time organized and tidy at all times then you will suddenly find much more Free Time than you ever thought possible.
Time to relax. Time to reflect. Time to spend playing with the kids. Time to kick back and just take it easy. Free Time. What most people view as an unobtainable luxury you will be able to live, without guilt, every single day, because you are organized.
So make the commitment to get and stay organized. The hard work you will have to put in in the beginning will be more than worth it in the end.
Here's to Free Time!
About the Author
The author Kerry Flinders is the owner of Personal Organizing Solutions located in Southern California. Kerry and her company are dedicated to helping others organize their clutter and their lives, eliminating unnecessary stress and helping the client to find more time in their day for the things they love. Kerry is the author of the book "Organizing With NO Budget". You can find sign up for Kerry's F~REE Organizing Newsletter, or request her F~REE Organizing Tip-Pak by visiting their website at http://www.personalorganizingsolutions.com
Article Source: http://www.simplysearch4it.com/article/12757.html
| If you wish to add the above article to your website or newsletters then please include the "Article Source: http://www.simplysearch4it.com/article/12757.html" as shown above and make it hyperlinked. |
| Some other articles by Kerry Flinders | |
| |
|
|
|
