ARE YOU A RIGHT ANGLER? Learn Your Organizing Style Series Space #3

Does your space look very neat but you can never find anything when you need it? If so, you’re a Right Angler.

Right Angling encourages saving things you don’t need, losing valuable storage or display space, allowing things to “grow roots” in the wrong places and having nonfunctional, inefficient systems. Does this sound familiar?

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 feel as though you’re getting organized when you straighten things up?                                                   

2-      Do you like neat piles?

3-      Would you rather straighten than clean?

4-      Does clutter not bother you as long as it’s neat?

5-      Do you like arranging things a certain way on tables and shelves?

6-      When you’re under pressure does it make you feel better to straighten something?

7-      When people move an item out of its place, do you feel compelled to move it back?

8-      Does it annoy you when pictures are crooked?

9-      Does having to change your systems make you uncomfortable?

10-   If something is a real mess, do you tend to stay away from it until you can clear it up totally?

                          TOTALS

0-6 points           You’re not really a Right Angler.

7-13 points         You have strong Right Angler tendencies.

14-20 points       You’re a full-fledged Right Angler.

WHY AND WHEN YOU’RE A RIGHT ANGLER:

1-      You tend to value form over substance.

2-      You straighten things compulsively as a means of staying in control.

3-      You may line things up in one area, yet let another area be a disaster.

4-      You like to keep neat systems as is once you have them in place.

Right Anglers are compulsive straighteners. If someone moves something from its “correct” spot. A Right Angler puts it back immediately without even thinking. But, keeping things neat doesn’t necessarily mean that it is being kept organized.

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.