One of my little ones is getting extra tuition. Whilst sitting in the lesson today I picked up a few very interesting and beneficial point. Move slow to go fast was one of the phrases used. Isn’t that great? It meant that although she was significantly behind in some concepts taught in school, she needed to slow down, needed to understand what was happening and how it all worked. Once she did get it, she understood the material like the best of them as she understood the topic at a deep level, not only did she know what, she understood how it worked and through the tuition she had more practise than anyone else.

Why we need to slow down to go fast

This concept - move slow to go fast, can be applied to organising as well and I think it should. The TV shows that show a transformation in two days aren’t what organising is about. In order to become organised our thoughts have to slow down, we need to understand what we are doing, why we are doing it and what is the best way forward.

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Is it the easy way to slow down to go fast?

Nope, the slow way can be full of frustration and questions asking yourself why you don’t just ‘get it’. However, the slow way is also full of reward. Time for example spend on setting up an organised paperwork system means you think about folders, subfolders, about how you store your information and about how you use it. One of the most important features in organising is also retrieval. When do I need this piece of information how will I go about finding it?

Looking organised or being organised

If I wanted to move fast with the above example, I would get folders, files, a labeller and start creating this image of organisation. If I truly wanted to organise I would think about where does this fit? Who needs access to this information? When? Is it easier to have a paper based or an electronic copy? When and how will I dispose of it? Over time the filling and retrieval will go faster and easier it will be like learning to anything that is at first very difficult.

If you spend time practising, understanding organising - in time, organising transforms into a skill for life without you realising it.

Note: part of this article was originally an Illawarra mercury article updated and refreshed in 2023