363 - Understanding Inventory at Home

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode, Understanding Inventory at Home, is directly related to Episodes <a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/kinds-of-work-1">361</a> and <a href="https://organize365.com/podcast/kinds-of-work-2">362</a> on the different kinds of work. I am sharing some of my thoughts about analyzing how we use the principles we use to run a business and relate them to how we run our households. I think this is super useful because it allows us to take the emotion out of our thinking, and to realize that there is work to be done. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our work will never be done - at work or at home. Once we recognize that, it reduces our stress. We can then conscientiously pace ourselves to prioritize what is truly important and urgent. Because of the COVID pandemic, we are home more and we are using our homes differently than before. This means that the nature of our work and our homes is changing. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are now keeping a larger stockpile of many home goods (toilet paper anyone?). My previous productivity advice to outsource, hire help, or automate things is not always available or economically feasible anymore.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s start over and look at the home through a different lens. I want us to think about our household inventory in terms of time, money, and physical items inside our homes. In the podcast, I share with you some business terms, and then apply them to our homes and lives. Bottom line: The goal of living an organized and productive life is to achieve as many goals as possible using the least amount of time and energy. Then, you can use the remaining time, energy, and money to do what you are uniquely created to do. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right now, I am looking at the inventory we keep in our house. Is it the right amount? Is it in the right location? And, I think the key question is: how many of those to do list items and goals are even