How Can I Get Better Organized?

Write down the areas in which you feel you need to be more organized. Next to the items write the reasons why organizing each area will help you manage your life more efficiently.

Write down long-term goals regarding each point made on the list. For example, if you wrote that your money situation is a mess, you can create a goal to help fix it. A goal could be that you want to reduce debt by 10 percent in the next year. Break the long-term goal into an attainable short-term goal such as paying an additional $100 on your credit card bill every month. If you want to organize your house within the next year, make a short-term goal to clean and organize one area each month.

Make a list of the things you need to do each week and break it down into daily goals. Add points to the list as they come up during the week, and cross things off as you accomplish them. Check the list throughout the day to make sure that you are staying on track.

Give yourself a reward for accomplishing small organizational goals. Even if it is something small, such as your favorite coffee or a long bath, it will help keep you going towards meeting your goals.

Hire others to help with things that you cannot manage to do. Have someone come to clean your house once every two weeks or hire a babysitter once a week to give you some time to work on organization. If you are struggling in school and want to be better organized, consider hiring a tutor to help with a subject you are having trouble with. If this is not an option financially, ask friends or family for help. Everything cannot be done alone all the time.