Organization

     The act or process of organizing or of being organized.  Or the condition or manner of being organized.  These are the definitions given for organization by Merriam-Webster.

     I am sitting at my desk thinking how differently people view this word and how it might apply within their lives.

     Some people might be like me.  I consider myself to be an unorthodox, chaotic, disarrayed type of organized person.  That is:  I have things that would appear to others to be in a “messy” state on my desk, my bookshelves, and other areas within my office.  However, I know where everything is and where to find it when it is needed.  If someone came in and “cleaned up” my work area to appear neater and “more” organized I’d probably in a panic!

     There are others that MUST HAVE things very neat and tidy or they feel that they are not organized.  If you visit them you may receive a surprise when you leave a pen on the table and they almost immediately pick it up and place in their pen holder.  You might think “I was going to use that pen again.  Now, I’ll have to find it in that pen holder instead of merely reaching on the desk where I left it!”  But to them that pen has a place where it must be located and where you left it on the desk WAS NOT the proper place.

    I’m not trying to say that one situation is better than the other, only different.  Each person would have to find what works for them and make sure they can handle whatever it is.  We are strange and funny creatures.  One might appear as unacceptable to some would be the ONLY way to do things to others.  At times we might even have serious debates or ARGUMENTS over these things:  Things that matter very little in the larger scheme of things.  But, then again, we’re only human!

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"Organize your time

and you will organize your life."