{"id":1671,"date":"2013-11-13T18:09:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T00:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2013-11-13T18:09:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T00:09:49","slug":"our-feelings-our-organizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/our-feelings-our-organizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Feelings & Our Organizing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently talked about how our minds are the most important tool for our organizing efforts in Our Minds & Our Organizing<\/a> \u2013 how when we use it clearly we can figure out the solutions for our unique situation.\u00a0 And of course our mind handles more than the logical data in our lives \u2013 it\u2019s processing our emotions. \u00a0Our thoughts and feelings interact and intermingle influencing our actions and behaviors and when we improve our awareness then our choices will support our life and goals.<\/p>\n

The feelings we have can inspire us to make changes \u2013 \u201cthis space feels cluttered,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m so frustrated at how I\u2019m managing my time,\u201d and \u201cI get so anxious when I have to deal with paperwork.\u201d\u00a0 As we recognize the feelings we\u2019re having, we can then start the process of finding a way to change things and feel better \u2013 at least ideally.<\/p>\n

Those same feelings can prompt avoidance and discouragement \u2013 where we cannot conceive that there is hope for things to be any different \u2013 hopeless, another feeling.\u00a0 It can be challenging to withstand the influence of our feelings \u2013 shirking tasks we feel we\u2019re not good at or can\u2019t succeed with, procrastinating things since \u201cwhat\u2019s the point?\u201d and giving ourselves all sorts of messages that support reasons that we cannot change things.\u00a0 Yet if you examined those things logically, without the negative beliefs, would the evidence show your \u201ccomplete incompetence\u201d or just that you are not perfect and might need support, skills building, or practice?<\/p>\n

These feelings can also trigger action to resolve the annoyance quickly \u2013 more of a reaction to your feelings.\u00a0 Just like when interacting with people and someone blindsides you \u2013 it can be hard not to just react (whatever that looks like for you: snapping, yelling, apologizing, withdrawing) and realize later how things could have been handled better. \u00a0Similarly with our organizing, it can be easy to react to our organizing and tasks annoyances with our emotions.\u00a0 Therefore, do we jump in and do anything to relieve the discomfort?\u00a0 Or do we take some time to consider how to move things forward and make sure we\u2019re not making more work or more complications for ourselves down the road?\u00a0 If we\u2019re busy reacting to our feelings of unhappiness, without evaluating our approach with the logic our mind can offer \u2013 it could be counter-productive.<\/p>\n

We can draw an analogy to a typical junk drawer \u2013 it can be easy to just drop in all the random things we don\u2019t or can\u2019t deal with right now and it becomes the jumble where it\u2019s hard to find anything.\u00a0 The thing about a junk drawer is that it\u2019s small and so what goes in and how much it can hold limits the degree of chaos you\u2019ll have to deal with eventually.\u00a0 Yet when we\u2019re plagued with the need to fix that<\/b> thing that\u2019s bugging us, it\u2019s often not as small and limited as a junk drawer.\u00a0 That\u2019s when the temptation to throw everything into the closet or a bin\/bag\/box, or rent a storage locker can lure us into thinking this is the best option.\u00a0 And it might be the best option \u2013 the key is to consider your motivation, the logic of doing it, and then approach the stuff in a way that will minimize frustration and maximize getting your goals accomplished.<\/p>\n

You can see that our emotions can have a tremendous effect on our efforts \u2013 whatever those efforts might be \u2013 both in a positive as well as a detrimental way.\u00a0 These feelings can drive us \u2013 hurrying us to get through them \u2013 after all, when emotions are uncomfortable, why would anyone want to hang out with those unpleasant feelings?\u00a0 It can be tricky to distinguish between our thoughts and feelings since there is such interplay between them.\u00a0 Yet when we examine things from a logical point of view \u2013 looking for the evidence that supports and rejects our ideas \u2013 we can make the most of our emotions for inspiring change.\u00a0 Ideally we\u2019re using both our minds and feelings to develop the systems that will help us simplify and accomplish what we want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our minds might be our best asset for creating the systems, yet it\u2019s important to not underestimate the impact our emotions can have in that process \u2013 both in supporting or undermining your success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[10,8,18,5,9,20,7,22,17],"class_list":["post-1671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organizing","category-personaldevelopment","tag-behavior","tag-discipline","tag-goals","tag-household","tag-motivation","tag-paperwork","tag-procrastination","tag-productivity","tag-spaces"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7p82c-qX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1672,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}