Climbing out of the ditch
It can be very difficult to work on a problem that is so overwhelming and so pervasive in your life – the papers, the obsolete processes, the clutter. When it is everywhere you turn you are in deep. The decision to embark on the process of organizing that which seems to be resistant to organization – well, it is just not an exciting decision to make. (Well, it is to me but that’s a whole different issue.)
That’s the thing about getting your stuff, your financial papers, your business organized – it is different from embarking on other, much more sexy projects such as learning to play guitar or starting a new business. People are not thrilled to do it. There isn’t excitement at the start.
They just want the problem to go away. Which it won’t. At least not without their participation. I believe it is so difficult to start getting organized – because it is about realizing the reality of this ditch you are in. Because only after that reality check can you (sometimes quickly sometimes slowly) begin climbing out of it.
Organizing is not about getting through what Seth Godin calls The Dip (the boring or hard part of an exciting project or process). It is about getting out of a well-worn ditch. Getting the traction to do so – that’s what I’ll talk about next.
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