Chronic disorganisation is characterised by:
- disorganisation that has persisted for a long time
- has a negative impact on daily quality of life
- has not responded to repeated self-help efforts
- is expected to continue in the future
There are many types of disorganisation relating to the areas of paper, time and clutter management. Anyone can be taught to increase his/her level of organisation. It is never hopeless – we can show you how.
Are you chronically disorganised?
- Has disorganisation been a factor in your life for many years?
- Does your level of disorganisation interfere with the quality of your daily life, or negatively affect your relations with others?
- Has disorganisation persisted despite self-help attempts to get organised?
- Do you own at least one organising book?
- Are you an ‘info-maniac’ (saving many articles, newspapers or books you’ve read)?
- Do you suffer from ‘fear of filing’?
- Do you feel every paper must be kept in sight or you’ll never find it again?
- Do you lose or misplace papers and items despite keeping them out?
- Does your filing system cause difficulty in retrieval?
- Does it take you more than 3 minutes to find most papers in your office?
- Do you like to collect things?
- Are you a shopaholic?
- Do you accumulate possessions beyond apparent usefulness or pleasure?
- Does your disorganisation cause you embarrassment or humiliation?
- Are your desk, floor and/or worktops covered in ‘stuff’?
- Did you feel deprived as a child, either emotionally or materially?
- Is it difficult for you to part with things even though they have outlived their usefulness?
- Do you consider yourself a collector of miscellaneous useless objects?
- Do you have a wide range of interests and several uncompleted tasks and projects?
- Do you find it difficult to stay focused or are you easily distracted?
- Do you tend to lose track of time?
[Questions sourced from ICD Fact Sheet 001 written by Diane Hatcher]