Corner Closet

Is there a person, situation, or event that is getting in the way of having your life functioning the way you would like it to?

If I asked you to describe your life right now in terms of how organized it is using a “closet” metaphor, would it be described in the form of a disheveled closet or an organized one?

An organized closet has all clothing in its proper place:  shoes, purses, blouses, jackets, skirts, slacks, etc.  Nothing gives you any trouble.  Everything is in its place.  Blouses are hung according to the rainbow.  Yes, you heard me!  Color coordinated!  Blues, lavenders, and purples are together.  You constantly take inventory of it and either keep, toss, or donate any items to their proper pile.  What am I hearing from you?  Did you just say I described Martha Stewart’s closet?  Well, maybe I did.  But I digress.

Now, let’s picture a disheveled closet!  What?  You say I just described yours? Now, we’re getting some place!  Every time you open your closet are there items falling out? Are there purses mixed between shoes?  Are your jackets shoved between blouses? Are your orange blouses mixed with lavender blouses?  As you look at it, does it stress you out because of all the disorganization?

The two pictures we just described not only describe closets, but also can be describing our lives, whether it’s organized or in chaos.

Just like we should be taking inventory in our closet, we should also be doing it with the three major areas of our life:  family life, work life, and personal/leisure life.  If we describe our lives in terms of an organized closet, then the following is understood:  our family life, work life, and personal life are all functioning in a way we can handle anything that goes wrong.

But if we were to describe our life as a closet in chaos, then that means there is either a person, thing, or event that is getting in the way of having your life functioning the way you would like it to.  Take a look at a six-step process you can use called One Closet at a Time.