🔥Why you NEED to organize your mind. (and how)

If you have ADHD, I don't need to tell you how unorganized your mind can be. Not only that, but even people without ADHD suffer from mental disorganization.

Million thoughts per minute.

Decision-making fatigue.

A messy room.

And then there are computers and Apple Notes….

Most people jot down notes, only to never find them again.

Drown in the infinite ocean of Apple Notes.

If you organize your mind:

1. You become more productive by limiting the time spent on execution.
2. You learn 10x faster because your mind isn't preoccupied with storing and hoarding information.
3. You become happier as you gain clarity, achieving a higher level of clarity that is reflected in all aspects of your life, particularly in your relationships and goal achievement.

If you can clearly determine where to organize and prioritize, you become unstoppable.

Focus and execution become automatic and autotelic.

1) The Physical Space

We need to start with the outside world and surroundings.

If your outside world is messy, your inner world will be messy.

Think about watching TikToks or reels. Your mind is entirely overwhelmed by 30-second videos that change the scene every 2 seconds and have more sound effects than you do in an entire year when talking to people.

And this is how your mind feels when it sees a dirty space, like your kitchen, living room, or office.

It is too much "stimulation," with too many points for your mind to focus on, creating entropy and chaos.

Your mind needs and searches for singular focus; if it doesn't get it, it becomes entropic (chaotic).

The results are overwhelm, anxiety, decision-making fatigue and no focus.

You might remember this: "Focus on the red dot".

The one point in the center, where you focus, and how everything around went away.

I created a tool to help you regain focus after spending time on social media and return to a focused state.

​Here it is.​

(Let me know if it really helps)

Think about your kitchen.

Chaos: Everything is dirty, and including more "dirt" doesn't bother you, because it doesn't stand out.

Clarity: Everything is so clean that you can't bear to leave anything behind.

And honestly, cleaning usually doesn't take that long. The procrastination before cleaning mostly does. Or the accumulation that occurs after several days or times of not cleaning.

It's like watering a plant. You don't want to drown it. You want to provide it with water, just a small amount regularly.

Similarly, keeping your physical space organized is essential. If you invest 2-5 minutes right after eating or cooking, your space stays clean, which in turn protects your mental peace and clarity.

2) The Digital Space

For me, this was the hardest.

I was the guy with a super clean room, backpack and kitchen. But my file organization was horrible.

It's easy to hide files, but keeping your messy room out of sight is more challenging.

The digital space is more like your brain than the physical space. People can have a clean physical space, yet still experience chaos in their minds.

It's interesting to observe as well. When I talk to people, I can pretty fast point out how their rooms look and how chaotic their minds are. As someone who was once part of it, I've noticed this pattern in my family, which has had a significant impact on me. (except for my Dad, he was super organized before he became sick…)

Many of these things also connect to productivity, clarity and happiness.

It is essential to maintain an organized digital space, knowing where your key ideas, unique frameworks, philosophies, images, documents, and other valuable assets are stored.

Think about a librarian who doesn't know where his books are.

And you are the CEO of your life, and you don't know where your best ideas are stored?

I have an entire free 7-day challenge to help you organize your digital life and create clarity from chaos.

• I discuss the P.A.R.A. Method, as introduced by Tiago Forte.
• The Chaos to Clarity Method and its connection to various software tools, including Kortex, Notion, and other productivity applications.
• Mastery Notes is a modified version of the KoreNotes and the Zettelkasten system, designed for additional organization.
• I talk about mental models, especially for people struggling with ADHD, like myself in the past.

​You can get the free 7 day email challenge here.​

3) The Mental Space

If you have managed to organize both your physical and digital spaces, you are really close to achieving an organized mind.

Now, with the last part, the mental space, this is where the digital space helps us accomplish tasks, and vice versa.

It's like Yin and Yang.

The digital space can be interpreted as your diary or your second brain.

Your second brain or diary helps you to expand your mind universe (explained in the 7-day challenge).

Every human in this world is the universe itself. If you are into spirituality/religion, you know what I am talking about.

Most people are unhappy because they are distanced from the source. (pure love)

Consider the majority of entrepreneurs or people who are addicted to the pursuit of money; they often lack meaning in life.

They are bound to materialism.

You can expand your mental space by combining the mastery of daily writing (as discussed in Wednesday's newsletter) with organizing your notes in a second brain, making all your knowledge stored and searchable.

Writing is the single skill that organizes your brain and creates clarity. It is also a meditative state. A flowy state.

But most people, including myself in the past, have been like that. I often found writing to be annoying and painful, mainly because we "learned" academic writing in school.

And later in adulthood, we are drowned in emails and "fake" politeness. (Be polite, but don't fake it)

Like writing a cover letter to be hired in a company.

(I read many of these when hiring people for my startup.)

When you start creative writing or brain-dumbing your thoughts on "paper", you are going to see and feel the magic.

All my newsletters are creative writing; they are my public diary.

This enables me to enter a deep state of flow in the morning and keeps my mind clear.

If I don't write in the morning, my mind feels heavier, and the work afterwards is often less effective; I also tend to do things that don't really drive me forward in business.

See writing as brushing your teeth every morning.

Practicing daily writing is the best thing you can do for yourself.

It is self-love.

Writing was the only thing I learned after desperately trying to organize my ADHD brain without medication. (Not a big fan of drugs in general.)

I hope this helps!

Jeff

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