Unfortunately, being too willing to help others can detract from our own workload, causing us stress due to decreased productivity and squashing our joy in the process. Often times when we are asked to help out on a project or take on a new responsibility, our answer is “yes”. The same thought process can be applied to the nonessential projects that clutter our schedule, take up time and cause us unnecessary stress.
Marie is infamous for encouraging her followers to discard the nonessentials that are cluttering their homes, taking up space and not bringing them joy. Imagine coming into work every morning knowing that your desk is clear and clutter free-the thought alone makes me feel more relaxed. Once you have neatly filed your papers into these three categories, you are free to shred the rest. This may mean simply organizing your file drawer into three areas: what you need now, what is pending, and what you need to keep forever. Next, make space for all necessary paperwork and files that is easily accessible and visible. Start with the top of your desk and remove anything that is not essential to the task at hand. While Marie Kondo would likely suggest taking everything from your workspace, dumping it all on top of your desk, holding each item and determining if it sparks joy or not, there is a way to streamline this process (sorry Marie). One area that can be a source of stress, and take away from your joy at work, is having a cluttered workspace. Rather than letting this lack of joy make you jaded in you career, you can use Marie Kondo’s methods as inspiration to declutter and create space for what will result in true job satisfaction.
Chances are that even if you like your job, somewhere along your career path you lost some of the joy and excitement that you started with. Take a moment to sit down, close your eyes and ask yourself if your career truly sparks joy. This may seem like a silly exercise, but bear with me. Even if you haven’t read her book or succumbed to binge-watching her minimalistic magic in action, chances are that you have heard talk of her and her famous question-“Does this spark joy?” Minimalism is the newest organizational trend to pop up, and leading the way is Marie Kondo, author of the New York Time’s #1 Best Seller “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” and inspiration behind the Netflix original show “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”.
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