I
want to share a quick story with you.
I was organizing with a client a while back. We were working on her upstairs craft room, trying to take it from a space without a defined purpose to a child-friendly room her kids could use to easily work on all their projects and models. Throughout our time together that day her young son worked along side us as I asked, "So John*, what is this toy? What is this paper? Do you use it? Need it?"
His mother began to make it a point to ask herself and him those questions as the day moved along and I gradually removed myself from the purging process that afternoon and into the planning of the final room layout.
After a while I realized that John had gone missing. His mother and I were working alone now. I took a break to see if I could locate him to ask him a question about a plane model he had not taken out of the box or used yet. I heard some activity in his bedroom and headed that way.
I got to the door and peaked inside. There on the floor were two piles, with John in the middle. He was carefully and thoughtfully sorting his belongings and school papers into what he would and would not keep. Wow.
I left his room and absorbed a very important lesson. Organzing skills can easily be taught to anyone around you. And your personal example is the best way to do it.
*Name changed for privacy
I was organizing with a client a while back. We were working on her upstairs craft room, trying to take it from a space without a defined purpose to a child-friendly room her kids could use to easily work on all their projects and models. Throughout our time together that day her young son worked along side us as I asked, "So John*, what is this toy? What is this paper? Do you use it? Need it?"
His mother began to make it a point to ask herself and him those questions as the day moved along and I gradually removed myself from the purging process that afternoon and into the planning of the final room layout.
After a while I realized that John had gone missing. His mother and I were working alone now. I took a break to see if I could locate him to ask him a question about a plane model he had not taken out of the box or used yet. I heard some activity in his bedroom and headed that way.
I got to the door and peaked inside. There on the floor were two piles, with John in the middle. He was carefully and thoughtfully sorting his belongings and school papers into what he would and would not keep. Wow.
I left his room and absorbed a very important lesson. Organzing skills can easily be taught to anyone around you. And your personal example is the best way to do it.
*Name changed for privacy
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