Monday, June 28, 2010

what's your organizational personality?

Last week I spent a great deal of time organizing; organizing cupboards, closets, drawers, files.  I wouldn't say I'm necessarily nesting.  I'm always like this.  I find that organizing leaves me with a huge sense of accomplishment and a challenge to keep things as neat and tidy as I leave them after I'm through. 

Last Friday I was reading some of my back issues of Real Simple magazine.  As I was reading the June issue, I came upon an article titled Organizing for Your Personality.  Since I had just finished with my organizational spree, I was quite interested in the article which included a quiz to determine what my organizational personality is...do I have left-brain or right-brain organizational habits?  Not surprisingly, I fell into the left-brain category. 

Left-brainers are those who think in words (attention, list makers!), do a lot of advance planning, and approach challenges in a rational, linear way.

Yeah, list maker - that is definitely me.

To take the quiz yourself, click here.  And here are some pictures via Real Simple that make my organizational left-brain smile:





If you take the quiz, let me know how you come out!

5 comments:

Jenny said...

I took the quiz in the magazine too. Shocker... I'm also a leftbrainer! Many organizational projects are occurring in our household this summer as well. And no nesting here either. :)

EKN said...

I read that article and went out and purchased some "Real Simple" items from Target! My computer desk at work and at home are much more organized!

thepainterfamily said...

left brain for me too!

although i wish i could answer yes to #1 about putting eveything away immediately after I use it! :)

Anonymous said...

Being a list maker myself, I was surprised to learn that the quiz puts me in the right brained camp. Perhaps we have different approaches for different areas of our lives. Good food for thought.

Amy said...

I'm a lefty as well. Hmmmm...wonder how many of us who blog on organizing are left-brainers? haha

I did have some righty things circled though, so I may check out some of the right-brained ideas for organizing as well to see if I can tweek my weak spots in organization.

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Amy
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