- Stressed by accumulation
- Chaotic household
- Inbox always full
- Creative, burst-style worker
- Need visible "in-progress" cues
Ready to try OHIO for 7 days?
Pick one domain — email or physical objects. Apply the rule for one week. Track daily in the OneHabit app.
Since I read about OHIO a few weeks ago, i tried to do it from time to time. And i thought: Wow! This is crazy, this might change my chaotic life forever. But obviously I did not use it EVERY time in EVERY moment. This will change now. Starting on Monday I will give it the effort it deserves. Let's see how this week goes. Will I love it or hate it?!
Tommorow i start. It's my day off and i want to make some order in the house. In the childrens room and so on. I hope somebody else will do this with me, this might make it easier.
So I started. I am not a natural OHIO person, this I am sure of. Maybe OHIO was invented by OHIO people. I struggled a lot. In the morning I thought that if I touch something, I have to handle it. So the solution was: Don't touch anything. I kept trying and obviously it's a solid way of living your life. I might get used to it. Also it's a lot of interpretation: what does "handled" mean (is putting the dirty clothes in the laundry handled? I think so, but is it handled if I put them on the floor next to the laundry basket? I am not sure). I need to write something positive, although I felt more stressed than relieved during the day. Maybe tomorrow! I did have some wins too. Can't remember them exactly but I do remember that I wanted to remember them for the blog.
Day 2 and I'm starting to get the hang of it. I spent time in the garden — which is basically a museum of everything my children have ever picked up. Normally that's a stressful experience for me. Marie Kondo says everything needs a home, and when something doesn't have one, I immediately feel anxious about where to put it. My usual solution? Move it somewhere else and call it done. Today I tried something different: if I couldn't properly handle it, I simply didn't touch it. I decided it would wait until I actually knew what to do with it. That small shift was surprisingly freeing — I could focus on the things I did know where they belonged, and for once I actually put them there. That's my takeaway from day 2. Looking forward to day 3 — hopefully more wins like this.