Organisation: an ongoing process

You know that saying about life being a journey not a destination? Over the past few years, I've been learning that organisation is a similar process. 

I'm not going to pretend I don't enjoy organising, or re-organising. I can't count how many times I have spent a Friday night re-arranging a cupboard or re-jigging a system. This is relaxation for me! 

But, in the years of being at home more often (e.g. since having kids), I've always had a sort of longing to reach the end point of organisation. You know, the point where I will never have to re-organise again... I have the perfect system, the perfect, balanced daily timetable, the perfect arrangement of clothes in my wardrobe. 

Funnily enough, organisation (just like life) doesn't work like that. An unexpected event can throw out the daily timetable. Children grow out of the perfectly organised clothes in their wardrobes. Weekly activities change. Priorities change (well, not the big ones, but you know what I mean). Before I know it, the old system that was working so perfectly is being stretched, or overloaded. I begin losing things, or forgetting things.

Organisation does not mean rigidity. Organisation means flexibility.

 

Organisation cannot look the same for everyone, and it cannot even look the same for one person from one year (or even week) to the next. What makes me feel organised, might not make you feel organised (and vice versa).  A system that made me feel so organised last year,  may prove stressful to maintain this year.

So, rather than being a case of "find what works for you and stick to it", it is more "find what works for you, review it and mix it up"

Do you need to review some of your systems this year? What is working well for you at the moment?