I'm not good at structure for many reasons. I grew up suspicious of it, because it often seemed to be in aid of something useless, or used to hide another reality. Also, my creative work depends upon novel combinations. If I put things away, they are often harder to find than things partly visible in a mess. When I try to organize things, i have a hard time deciding if they should be filed by colour, shape, function or what, so they are hard to find. Only late in life did I see someone making a list of their file folders - a second level of organization that soon becomes very useful.
I don't do well at changing jobs. I'm preoccupied with second-guessing NTs, so I can barely keep another task in mind. However, I know that a tidy home is good for me, so I try to clean up before too many jobs have trampled through. One handy rule is that if I have been looking for something more than ten minutes (choose your own level) I stop looking for it specifically, and just tidy up until it does show up. It also helps to put things back where I found them, rather than in some more "logical" place, since memory is stronger than my consistency at organizing.
25 Oct 2010, 3:50 am
