The Importance of Organization

Look around you now. You’re surrounded by words. Some of them are easy to process. You can most likely identify the brand names on your computer or your shirt. That’s because the words are set in a specific context and have a very narrow meaning. The sign on the hallway door that says “ ID badges must be displayed” is a message that is easy to understand. But suppose you were to see the same sign on the front door of a friend’s house. You would immediately be confronted with a problem: how do I make sense of this information?

When presented with information, and specifically information in the form of words, our minds naturally try to reduce the complexity and understand the context. Organizing, in its simplest form, helps a reader to remember information by providing useful categories and contexts.