The "Organized Life" can seem like a myth to many, even though they know that some people have it. But did you know that our real quest for being an organized person is for the feelings we get from being organized? Feeling organized is a GREAT feeling and you can get it in 15 minutes or less!

First, help your feelings a little with music. Music tends to take up on a spiritual journey whether we want to go or not :) But along the way, we're glad to be on that journey. We will never get organized if we feel overwhelmed all the time.

So during your first minute, put on a little cello music or contemporary gospel. Try Yo-Yo Ma Songs of Joy And Peace or if you'd rather dance a little rock and roll first, try Robbie Seay Band's Songs of Hope.

OK - now let's get started!

Feeling Organized

One of the worst feelings I used to experience on a daily, hourly, almost moment by moment basis was feeling disorganized. You might know what I mean. It's a subliminal message of not ever having it together, of never getting out from under something, of being less than with it, and many more all-or-nothing thoughts, full of NEVER EVER.

If you have these thoughts, they are probably not conscious thoughts, just subliminal messages you allow to be sent to your heart. It's pretty normal and very harmful.

Here's what I want you to do. Take 5 minutes, not 15. Baby steps are important at first. Take 5 minutes and clean out a drawer, a small drawer like your desk drawer at work, a utensil drawer in the kitchen, a makeup drawer -- no, don't do the makeup drawer or a tool box. Those are 15 minute jobs. Baby steps first - 5 minutes - Go!

Feel the feeling? If we learn how to control our emotional state, our feelings, we can accomplish so much more. The feelings that go with procrastination are absolutely crippling. But the feelings that go with accomplishment are empowering.

Plus, there's a bonus too. Before this 5 minute exercise, the subliminal message of that drawer each and every time you opened it, was "You are disorganized." Now, the feelings of accomplishment will hit you when you open it. And it's not a myth. You are more organized, in just 5 minutes.

Being disorganized is the result of procrastination in most cases. Is there something right now making you FEEL bad, rather than good? Some nagging thought that you "should" be doing something else?

I'm a 15 minute girl now. Whether it is business or pleasure, personal life or professional life, I am a 15 minute girl.

It is a mindset that I have adopted, not original with me. But it is a very simple yet powerful conscious thought that will break the chains of procrastination for anyone. And that my friends, will give you the feelings of an organized person, because you will be.

Here's how it works. Let's start with the professional life.

I'm "retired" now and have an Internet MLM business. Before that, I was a nursing director in a large healthcare system. But no matter what the job is, the business side of life has a To Do List. Procrastination sets in if we stop there in managing our emotional state. As a 15 minute girl, I do not stop there at the"To Do List" thought. Don't let your mind stop there. For example, my To Do List for this morning includes:

• Call yesterday's 4 new prospects from Renegade University
• Write 2 new hub pages on "Getting Organized"
• Clear desk and file the "File Pile"
• etc. (several more items but you get the idea)

If I stopped there, NO enthusiasm. None. My emotional state would be blah, bored, and a tempting procrastination thought would be hovering around trying to take hold.

Which, by the way, is all perfectly natural. But I choose to be SUPER-natural. It takes 15 minutes or less to supernaturally change my natural emotional state.

Wait. Don't leave. I promise, this is not wierd. It's a powerful discovery. It's simply taking the first 2 minutes of 15 and praying over my To Do List, like...

"OK, Lord. Here it is. I just captured everything hanging over me that I think I should do today. What do You think? You promise in Your Word that we have the mind of Christ so what does Your mind think of my list here?"

1 Corinthians 2:16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."

Well, I can promise you, the Creator of the Universe does NOT think like us. He can take any "To Do List" and give you supernatural insight into the purpose of your life and He can do that in much less the 15 minutes. That less than 2 minute prayer will energize your To Do List - it will streamline it. Sometimes more powerful "things to do" will come to mind causing several less powerful items to become unnecessary.

For example, when I called my Renegade U contacts, I was energized after my prayer and in less than 15 minutes, I called two, not 4 prospects. I had a clear focus and wanted to talk to Eric and Ron. I just had a feeling that the other two could wait.

When we talked, in both cases, we spoke about Christ "driving" our success. It was exciting to hear how both Ron and Eric are experiencing what Dani Johnson calls "Spirit Driven Success."

God will take our To Do List in our professional life to a whole new level of success because our path changes. It is truly supernatural...

Proverbs 16:9 "The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps."

If you listened to the Spirit Driven Success message above by Dani Johnson, you now understand that getting our priorities right has a lot to do with being organized and being trusted by others and by God with your walk on this earth.

Establish your priorities with Dani Johnson's help.

Invest in LIFE - not work. Take a quantum leap - make a breakthrough in your personal life as well as in your work.

The first time I ever heard "You can do anything for 15 minutes" was during my quest for organizing my home - all the paper, too many closets and drawers screaming at me that I was O.O.C. (out of control)

It is a terrible feeling - not being in control. But as we discussed earlier, that feeling can change instantly. What a breakthrough it was for me.

I knew that I really could do just about anything if I only had to do it for 15 minutes.

• I should walk the dog - well I can certainly do that for just 15 minutes.
• I should pay bills - I can certainly work on that for 15
• I should clean house - for only 15 minutes, sure, I can do that
• etc.

The "shouldy" feeling goes completely away in less than one minute of my 15 minute walk with the dog, or my super-productive 15 minutes in the kitchen, etc. It's amazing and empowering to see what we can accomplish in just 15 minutes.

Of course, sometimes that 15 is just the jump start of a large project and we might find ourselves working on something longer because of the energy that comes with empowering thoughts.

Picture the dying battery of your car when it won't provide enough energy to start the engine. It's trying so hard to get started but it just can't, not without a jump start. Well, your battery isn't dying. Your thoughts are just "shouldy." Replace those thoughts with "I can do anything for 15 minutes" and get started!

Let's look at the practical side, the every day side, of becoming more organized in my next hub page. But please remember the initial concept - the feelings that accompany being organized is the true quest. And feelings are the caboose of the train of life or at least they absolutely can be.

Picture the train of life like this - the powerful engine is God, the box car connected to God is faith in Christ, and the caboose, the ending byproduct, is feelings.

If we try to pull the train of life depending on our feelings, it's like trying to power up the train with the caboose. We get no where fast.

The power of life is faith in God - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. That's "Spirit Driven Success," and it is the key to a rich and fulfilling life.