Why you need a Personal Organization System

The need for Personal Organization becomes clear once you start feeling overwhelmed. It may happen for many reasons:

• Your data is all over the place, and you don’t know where to store or retrieve information/data
• You use many online services and don’t know what is where
• You lose “stuff” regularly
• You forget a lot
• Your mailbox is a mess
• Your file system is a mess
• Your cloud storage is a mess
• Your desktop is a mess
• Your house is a mess
• Your mind is a mess
• You juggle between many tasks and don’t feel you’re making progress
• You’re often late for meetings, assignments or projects
• You forget too many things
• You have no clear plans
• You do make plans, but never find the motivation to act
• You don’t know what to do next
• You procrastinate a lot
• You never have time for yourself
• You read a ton of non-fiction, but it doesn't help you
• …

If you’re feeling lost or overwhelmed for any of the above reasons, it means that you’re in trouble, and you clearly need to organize yourself. You need a system to stop feeling overwhelmed, avoid wasting time, and be more productive.

When you’re disorganized, it is unfortunately much easier to lose information/data. Either because you just can’t find it back, or because you don’t have backups and/or disaster recovery plans in place. And it’s really hard to be truly productive without a clear mind, clear goals and plans, and a systematic approach to making meaningful progress.

As Knowledge Workers, having a solid Personal Organization System is a MUST.