Proof.
People often say to me, “Oh! I am so disorganized! I don’t have any systems at all!”
Um, excuse me, but yes you do.
You may not be aware of them. You may not interact with them very intentionally. They may not support you as well as they could. They may not look like something out of a magazine or an office supply store. But you have them.
Unless you are a complete screw up – and I’m confident you’re the farthest thing from it – you have systems. You show up. Usually on time. You create. You put quality stuff out there. You delight far more often than you disappoint or annoy. You get things done.
It’s just a little more higgledy-piggledy than you would like.
(Okay, maybe a lot more higgledy-piggledy than you would like.)
Maybe you know it’s all taking more time than it should.
Or feeling more stressful.
Or keeping you from growing.
But, trust me, you already have systems.
And I can prove it by taking something away from you.
That Moleskine notebook you carry with you everywhere, for example.
Or your purse. Or an item in your purse. Let’s say it’s your keys.
Or your laptop. Or a program on your laptop. Or your internet connection.
I could enter your home at night like a gnome and move the coffee. Or rearrange your closets.
I could create a detour. Or shut down the bus.
Lost and discombobulated at the mere thought, aren’t you? Maybe even a little defensive?
It’s because I threatened to take away the systems you don’t even think you have or use.
If you’re getting that much from what you don’t acknowledge, just imagine what you could get from systems that you consciously and curiously explored and developed?
You have much more of a foundation than you think. Let’s meet under the skylight and build something fabulous on it.
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