I had an amazing night on Friday night speaking to a group of business women in Balaklava, SA. They are an intelligent, hilarious group of girls and many of them commented at the end “I’m so glad it’s not just me!”.

So I decided to write a few things down that I have found to be VERY common, but that everyone is ashamed of doing and think they are the only ones that are ‘slack’, ‘disorganised’, ‘lazy’ etc. You’re not, you’re just normal!

Most people at some stage have:

• A pile of paper hidden away that they’re too scared to look in
• Cleaned up in a rush, shoved it all in a shopping bag and hidden it in a spare room
• Procrastinated despite knowing very well they are procrastinating
• Cleaned out their car and left the bag of ‘things to bring inside’ at the back door for weeks
• Been scared to open a drawer for fear of what they might find in it
• Raced around for 4 hours tidying up for the cleaner
• Lost something then found it next winter in a coat pocket
• Kept an unfinished project long after that hobby lost its appeal
• Kept clothes for when they fit again. One day. Even though they’d go shopping if they got  back in that size anyway.
• Stared in dismay at a room and thought “I have no idea where to start”

By the way, I have done a few of these things myself (most of them in my pre-organised life admittedly). With the exception of the last one. After all, it’s my job to know where to start ;).

Which ones have you done? Please leave a comment and ‘fess up!!!

And no born-organised Professional Organiser friends of mine are allowed to tell us they haven’t done any of them. We don’t want to know!