How to Get More Out of Your Stuff

Stuff is not inherently a bad thing. But once we allow stuff to come into our lives and work, we have an inherent commitment to ourselves to define and clarify its meaning. If you do not have the energy or focus at the moment to think and decide, it will simply remind you that you are overwhelmed. The vast majority of people have been trying to get organized by rearranging incomplete lists of unclear things. They haven't yet realized how much and what they need to organize. In order to get the real pay off, one must gather everything that requires thinking about and then do that thinking if their organizational efforts are to be successful.