Dear Son, do not give up because perfection seems (and most likely is) impossible. Be as organized as you can be. Build on your successes. Keep things simple. Keep things lean.
It may take decades, but at least you will aways be getting better.
PS. The bigger the home, the more there is to organize.
Being organized also applies to important leadership conversations with teen children.
We must set aside time to think strategically on timing, content, and next steps.
A message so powerful and paradoxical that says:
“Punishment is never the goal when you exercise poor judgement. The goal is to maximize the opportunity to learn from what happened so it never happens again.”
Being decently organized and focused makes this one of life’s greatest investments.
No being decently organized means less effective investing.
You know this.
We also know that teens don’t exercise poor judgement, they exercise under-developed judgement. It’s our job to train and develop them.