The
word “order” is heavy on my brain right now. Order. Structure.
Method. System. All of these terms are buzzing through my head and
I'm reminded just how necessary they are. Mind you someone can
always overdo it. Structure can soon turn into “crazy obsession”
if you're not careful, but today I'm not talking about extremes.
Today I'm talking about the enormous power a little order can bring
to your life. Power and confidence as a matter of fact, and I'll
show you how.
First
let's talk about the opposite of order. It's not hard to imagine.
We all know that without some sort of order, without some kind of
structure, chaos will eventually ensue, and nothing productive is
born from chaos. Does anyone have a friend that can never seem to
find his/her keys? Every single time you're ready to go you've got
to spend an extra 10-15 minutes looking for their keys. Or do you
know the girl that can never put her hand on “the other shoe”?
Time and time again you're commissioned to help find the mate to the one she's currently hobbling around in. Or the person that
purchases new items and loses them before they can even be used?
Know any of them? Let's keep going.
Do
you know anyone who's school notebooks look like a tornado landed on them?
Because they can never make head or tail of their notes and assignments, they're always looking to their more organized classmates for direction.
Ever been to anyone's house and the dishes are piled a mile high in
the sink? You assume it's an isolated event, and you think nothing
of it. However repeat visits soon paint another picture and quickly
let you know there's something not quite right here.
I
could go on all day with one example after another, but you get my
point (I hope). Without order there is chaos, and chaos does not breed
productivity. And here's why... If you have chaos in one area of
your life it always
spills over into others. Always. I don't care how much you think
you're compartmentalizing, it doesn't work. And even if you think
it's working, you're only fooling yourself. We, here on the outside,
know and see differently. It's just not possible to contain it
because it's a mindset. I'm not saying that if you can never find
your keys that your whole life is in disarray, but I am saying that
that disorder isn't limited to just misplacing your keys. If you
could see yourself or someone you know in any of the examples I
mentioned you know what I mean. Coupled with that seemingly
negligible bit of chaos comes one or more of the following:
– a
string of failed/strained personal relationships
– financial
instability
– career
unfulfillment
– varying
degrees of depression
– lack
of motivation
– low
self-esteem
– lack
of confidence
When
you have order and structure in your life, you trust yourself and you
tend to wear it on your sleeve. It's the kind of thing that no one can
really put their finger on, but you tend to carry yourself a little
differently than others. Without knowing why people gravitate to you
and they have no problem trusting you blindly. You appear to “have
it together” and everyone loves being around those kind of
people. We feel more “together” just by being in their presence,
and you have the power to create that kind of magnetism, you really
do. Just take a close look at yourself and if you see even the
slightest blur of chaos in your life handle it. Tell yourself that
chaos has spent its last night with you and you're kicking it out.
Order and structure are you're new house mates because you've got
things you need to get done. And then make it happen.
My
name is Jasmynne Shaye, and this is me STEPPING
ON A FEW TOES.
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