Many
creative or “right-brained” people who have always worked in chaos both crave
and are frightened of getting organized. On the one hand, you crave it because
you feel the disorganization has kept you from achieving your full potential.
On the other hand, you are afraid a more structured system might squelch your
creativity, as you’ve usually produced high-quality work in spite of the chaos.
A
client, Jennifer was a freelance writer who was making a living at her crafter,
although she felt severely held back by her chaotic work methods. Her home
office was a wreck. She spent an inordinate amount of time searching for
misplaced research materials and other documents. She has millions of ideas for
articles—even a book—but could never take action on them because...
