ARE YOU A NOTHING OUT? Learn Your Organizing Style Series Space #2

Do you prefer to keep your desk perfectly clear, but you still don’t feel organized? If so, you’re an Nothing Out.

Nothing Outs are the opposite of Everything Outs. They crave uncluttered and unobstructed space. They equate clear surface with a clear mind and believe they’re being organized when they shove things out of sight. Does this sound like you?

Want to be sure? Take this Quiz:

As you answer Never (N), Occasionally (O) or Frequently (F), rate yourself according to the following scale.

Never 0 points     Occasionally 1 point    Frequently 2 points_N__O_  F           

1-      Do you hate to see clutter?                                                   

2-      Does having a clear desk make you feel as though you’re in control?

3-      Do equate a clear surface with a clear mind?

4-      Do you shove everything out of sight before guests arrive?

5-      Do you prefer to have nothing on your desk except what you need to work with at the moment?

6-      Do you buy lots of boxes and bins to help keep things from view?

7-      Do you like writing things down in a notebook?

8-      Do you like to put your working materials away after using them?

9-      Does putting things back where they belong make you feel as though you’re accomplishing something?

10-   Do you hide things from sight and then forget that you have them?

                          TOTALS

0-6 points           You’re not really a Nothing Out.

7-13 points         You have strong Nothing Out tendencies.

14-20 points       You’re a full-fledged Nothing Out.

WHY AND WHEN YOU’RE A NOTHING OUT:

There are certain circumstances that, more than anything else, will cause people to be Nothing Outs. A prime example is cramped quarters and people who live or work under those circumstances find it difficult to maneuver around normal day to day working and living items.

Nothing Outs can easily live a life of illusion that they’re well organized and have everything under control while behind closed doors there’s chaos.

Now I have offered you a basic outline of this organizing style but if it resonates with you and you want to learn strategies and ways to make this organizing tendency to work for you can find it all in the book:

HOW TO BE ORGANIZED IN SPITE OF YOURSELF   

We all fit into at least one (if not more) categories, and I would love to hear your thoughts as you read through the series.