What is orderliness?
Orderliness, is a quality that is characterized by a person’s interest in keeping their surroundings and themselves well organized, and is associated with other qualities such as cleanliness and diligence, and the desire for order and symmetry.
Orderliness is a very modest virtue. Orderliness means that a person knows to whom or where a thing belongs to and where a thing belongs to and what proper time for an action is.
How to organize?
Room
- Make your bed. Part of having an organized room is putting things in their place, and your bedspread and pillows should go where they belong.
- Get rid of the clutter on your walls.
- Organize any other remaining pieces of furniture.
- Put any remaining items in their place.
How to start organizing?Starting to organize your home can feel overwhelming. It’s often daunting to start a new project or create a new habit! But decluttering and organizing do not have to be stressful. Centre yourself before you start organizing, pick one room at a time, sort your stuff, come up with a system and focus.
How to follow the organizing things effectively:-
- Assess your time
- Prioritize - Make schedules and deadlines Think ahead
- Don't procrastinate
- Consolidate- Baskets. Put everything in place
- Write things down. Make schedules and deadlines
- Declutter regularly. Keep only what you need. Know where to discard items
- Find balance. Consistency over perfection
- Measure your progress
- Say “No” more often
- Ask for help
Techniques of orderliness:-
Kondo (The KONMARI method):-
The KonMari Method is pro organizer Marie Kondo's minimalism-inspired approach to tackling your stuff category-by-category rather than room-by-room.
The goal of the KonMari Method is to have a house full of items that spark joy.
The KonMari Method is Marie Kondo's minimalism-inspired approach to tackling your stuff category-by-category rather than room-by-room. There are six basic rules to get started: Commit yourself to tidying up.
The 5 categories to handle are -
- To determine what makes the cut, Kondo has you start by removing everything out of your closets and drawers
- Clothes
- Books
- Papers
- Komono (a.k.a. Miscellaneous Items)
- Sentimental Items
7 steps to the KONMARI method:-
- Tidy all at once
- Visualize your destination
- Identify why you want to live how you envision
- Does each item spark joy?
- Tidy by category, not location
- Tidy in the right order
- Discard before you place things back
What is 5s?
- Sort (Seiri)
- Set in Order (Seiton)
- Shine (Seiso)
- Standardize (Seiketsu)
- Sustain (Shitsuke)
Benefits of being organized:-
(Emotional benefits)
- Rise in Positive emotions
- Higher Individual autonomy/ sense of independence
- Increase in Competence
- Increased Awareness
- Positive mental space.