The New Year has seen me make a commitment to de-clutter my office, clear my head of all that is not helping me to be creative, motivated and energised in 2009.
I’ve talked about it for ages. Every time I go in to the office after an absence, I’m hit afresh with the sensation that I’m drowning in paper and disorder. Unfortunately, working in this environment was having an effect on working practises when I’m in the office. It’s hard to complete tasks without getting distracted with others stuff and it’s much more difficult to be creative when constantly re-producing material that you know you already have but you don’t know where it is! Deadlines are more likely to be missed and mistakes happen.
So I called in the expert: Judith Morris from Organised Chaos. What an inspiration! It’s not ‘rocket science’ she just asked me questions that I would never ask myself and helped me see how it could be different.
The experience has made a huge difference to my office (and my local recycling centre). And even more importantly it’s made a difference to me! Working in chaos is draining of time, energy and inspiration. De-cluttering clears the mind and generates the feeling of vivacity, motivation and focus that sets you up for all the challenges of the New Year ahead.
So thanks to Judith, the theme for the Crystal Learning blog to start 2009 is beat the credit crunch by taking control of your environment. Release your creativity, make the most of all those opportunities and be inspired. If you want to know more or want help in getting started then get in touch.
I’ve talked about it for ages. Every time I go in to the office after an absence, I’m hit afresh with the sensation that I’m drowning in paper and disorder. Unfortunately, working in this environment was having an effect on working practises when I’m in the office. It’s hard to complete tasks without getting distracted with others stuff and it’s much more difficult to be creative when constantly re-producing material that you know you already have but you don’t know where it is! Deadlines are more likely to be missed and mistakes happen.
So I called in the expert: Judith Morris from Organised Chaos. What an inspiration! It’s not ‘rocket science’ she just asked me questions that I would never ask myself and helped me see how it could be different.
The experience has made a huge difference to my office (and my local recycling centre). And even more importantly it’s made a difference to me! Working in chaos is draining of time, energy and inspiration. De-cluttering clears the mind and generates the feeling of vivacity, motivation and focus that sets you up for all the challenges of the New Year ahead.
So thanks to Judith, the theme for the Crystal Learning blog to start 2009 is beat the credit crunch by taking control of your environment. Release your creativity, make the most of all those opportunities and be inspired. If you want to know more or want help in getting started then get in touch.
