We've heard it-and said it-often enough: "If I could just get organized, I'd be (take your pick: happier, smarter, richer, more efficient, thinner, taller...). And yet the disorganization we create all around us isn't the real issue. Oh, it is a serious problem. We waste time and energy searching for that important piece of paper under the debris on our desks. We lie awake at night, trying to remember "Did I do this?" or "Where did I put that?" But this outward manifestation of our cluttered life is only a symptom of what I refer to as CHAOS - our mental, emotional, and psychological clutter.
What is CHAOS?
Just like a disorganized closet crammed to the gills with sporting goods, prom dresses, old furniture, and who knows what else, our psyches are crammed with old tapes, worries and anxieties, negative voices. We're more tuned in to the messages from our past and our negative self talk than we are to our real selves. Heck, we can't even find our authentic selves in all the mess.
Meanwhile, our days are crammed with too many commitments, a lack of clear goals and priorities, uncompleted projects. We spend each day running as hard as we can just to stay in place. Nothing ever feels done.
Sound familiar? Well, you're not alone. Millions of people are in the same boat.
Let's take a closer look at this mental disorganization.
