Comments | watchtowel: Organization

watchtowel

Organization

Oct 11, 2005 09:08

My lack of organization has been biting me a lot recently. And telling myself that organization is not one the attributes of my personality is poor insurance against that bite. I'm going to be forced to come up with some kind of viable and efficient work around. Skipping over the problem only makes the next bite all the more painful.`

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niff October 11 2005, 15:56:08 UTC

What kind of organization are you talking about? Like at work? Paperwork? ...?

watchtowel October 12 2005, 07:20:52 UTC

You know? The usual, accumulated closet clutter, horizontal filing systems, waisting huge amounts of time locating needed documents, needed tools. In spite of great efforts to the contrary, frequently waisting time because I can't find some necessary item to complete a task, or some item that I just had in my hands two seconds ago, etc. etc. etc. It feels like an illness that I never quite seem to be able to get over. However, many people who are J, particularly SJ cannot relate. To them, I'm just looking for excuses, rather than buckling down and getting the job done. And the question that I HATE more than anything is when I finally come up with a clever way to work around some problem, I get some response like, "Good! Why couldn't you have done that 10 years ago?"

niff October 12 2005, 11:11:09 UTC

That's really mean of people to say.

I started a new system this summer b/c I can be fairly disorderly too. I don't know if it would help you, but basically I set the timer for 20 minutes each morning and do as much organizing inthat time as I can. Whatever's not done won't get done, but it forces me to focus on organizing for a set amt of time each day.

ilovemydogkovi October 15 2005, 19:42:14 UTC

Hey! I was sent here by niff... I'm an INFJ/P, and I'm crazy in love with an INFP... your journal is helping me to glean some insight! Nice to "meet" you! (0:

watchtowel October 17 2005, 08:52:34 UTC

Nice to meet you too. I recently referenced this site to Jenifer (niff). You might check it out also. The site is there for folks who are unsure whether they are INFP or INFJ. It contains a lot of insight into both types, but the site owner is herself an INFJ, so you'll get a taste of INFP through the eyes of an INFJ. (How's that for mixed metaphores?) The site URL is http://members.aol.com/macvjv/INFJorINFP.htm There is a lot of information there, so don't expect to get a handle on everything in one sitting ( ... )

watchtowel October 17 2005, 14:38:41 UTC

I'm curious. What kind of dog is Kovi?