Are you organizationally challenged? Answer the true/false questions below to find out!

• I have trouble deciding the best use of my time and difficulty setting priorities.
• Everything in my day seems important or urgent.
• I feel I have too much to do and not enough time to do it.
• My “things to do list” seems to grow longer even though I cross things off daily.
• I find myself rushing to get out in the mornings even when I get up earlier.
• I seldom get everything done that I planned to do in my day.
• I seldom plan what I should do in my day.
• I never schedule appointments with myself on my calendar.
• I do not use a calendar or day planner effectively.
• I make notes on scraps of paper and often lose them.
• I loan books and items to friends and am not certain I get them back.
• I forget where I store things.
• I am frequently late for appointments, school, work, parties…
• I seldom have time for regular exercise or relaxing and sometimes even resent having to take time to go to the doctor or dentist.
• I tend to be absentminded.
• I hate waiting rooms and long lines.
• I frequently go back to work with my “homework” still in my briefcase untouched.
• I find myself moving paper from one pile to another.
• My mail tends to pile up on my desk, my in basket or on any empty surface.
• I have stacks of magazines waiting to be read.
• I am usually the last person in the neighborhood to take down my Christmas decorations.
• I keep things such as empty cartons, obsolete envelopes or stationery, broken or unused equipment, more than six grocery bags, used file folders etc.
• There is no room in my pencil caddie for any more pens or pencils.
• At least half of my files have not been referenced in two years.
• I keep things that I don’t care for or will never use because they were gifts.
• I keep old spices, medicines, shoe cleaners, make up, etc. that I never use.
• I have difficulty throwing or giving things away because of their value or because they
  may be useful someday.
• I spend more than fifteen minutes per day searching for things.
• It is impossible for me to keep surfaces free from clutter.
• I store things where they don’t belong.
• I have difficulty making decisions on what to keep, where to keep and sometimes don’t
  understand why I keep papers or things.
• I have more than one junk drawer.
• I tend to use floor space for storage.
• I have trouble saying “no”.
• I am a perfectionist.
• Sometimes I feel like life controls me rather than the other way around.
• I often do not complete projects I begin.
• I am not a good of willing delegator.
• If all the paper on my desk (and on other surfaces) was put in one pile it would be over
  two inches thick.

If you found yourself answering “yes” over and over to these questions - we are here to help! Contact us to learn what can be done to bring organization back into your life.