Identifying students “Organizing Quotient” and reflecting on next steps to free up time!

Excerpts and images obtained from Where’s My Stuff? The ultimate teen

organizing guide, (2007) by Samatha Moss.

FREE YOURSELF FROM DISORDER

While easy to blame

outside factors, like a lack of time or space, it is often our mindset (way of thinking) that keeps us in a state of disorder.

Disorganization negatively

impacts our quality of life.

By identifying why we are in disorder we can find solutions.

BENEFITS OF ORGANIZATION• Score bonus time

• If you found an extra hour every day to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Reduce the amount of time you spend simply looking for stuff and you are on your way!

• Cash in

• Save money and protect your things by getting organized instead of losing your favorite possessions.

• Chill out

• Reduce your stress, be on time and reduce excuses to make up for disorganization.

• Stay connected

• Stress negatively impacts self-esteem/confidence and takes away brain energy to spend time with friends. If you’re more relaxed; your friends will be more relaxed too!

• Be independent

• The more consistently organized you are, the more your parents and others will trust you. Earning more trust can result in greater independence for decision-making.

Next steps:

• Take the Organizing Quotient quiz

• Identify which letter you picked the most

throughout the quiz to discover your

organizing profile

WHAT’S YOUR O.Q.?

Complete the following quiz (survey) to find out your organizing quotient and to reflect on the behaviors that hold you back!

All of us have personality quirks that shape the way we deal with life. But if you’re disorganized, odds are that your quirks are working against you.

Circle the description that best fits you for questions 1 through 5.

Only 3 questions to go to find out

your organizing quotient!

Review your

organizing profile and identify strategies to start organizing your life!

REFLECT & TAKE ACTIONTo begin this process, reflect on our time together and what organizing tools or methods may be best given your profile.

CLASS DISCUSSION• What purpose did this activity serve? • Was the O.Q. quiz helpful? • Do the findings reflect your organizing profile?

Why or why not?

STUDENT POST and REFLECTION (choose one)• How did your organization systems work or not

work for you last year?• What did you do well? What would you like to

improve given your organization style?• Based on your Q.O. profile, what are 2 things

that you plan to do to get more organized?

In the future, we will review strategies to organize various aspects of your life, from lockers to backpacks, study spaces and electronic files.