Statistics: Why should you get organized?

  Below are a few interesting statistics related to being disorganized.

  HOME
     We wear 20% of the clothes we own 80% of the time (and save the rest just in case).
     (Calgary Herald, 1/04)

     Getting rid of excess clutter would eliminate 40% of housework in the average home.
     (National Soap and Detergent Association)

     80% of the clutter in your home is a result of disorganization, not lack of space.
     (Ann McKinney, NAPO)

     25% of people with 2 car garages don't park a car in the garage and 32% park only 1.
     (US Department of Energy)

     28% of adults say they pay bills late (thus incur fees) because they lose them.
     (Harris Interactive)

     The average American burns 55 minutes a day, roughly 12 weeks a year,
     looking for things they know they own but cant find.
     (Newsweek, 6/7/04)

     80% of what we file never gets looked at again.
     (The Leader-Post, 3/13/04)

  BUSINESS
     Executives waste six weeks per year searching for lost documents.
     (FastCompany Magazine, 8/04)

     The average employee spends 400 hours per year searching for paper documents.
     (Datapro/Gartner Group)

     25% of workers save things in piles instead of files.
     (Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch)