Have you reached the point where you find yourself deliberately not opening the mail for days at a time? (After all, you haven't taken care of yesterday's mail, how on earth can you face today's)?

Does the top of your desk look like the national archives? Is it so cluttered with piles of paper that you don't have any space to do your work?

Do you tell everyone around you not to touch a thing on your desk, because in spite of the apparent mess, you know exactly where everything is?

Has your telephone, electricity, or other utilities been turned off, or have your credit cards been stopped simply because you forgot to pay the bill, and not because you didn't have the money?

Are some of your friends or relatives annoyed because you never have the time to return their phone calls or answer their letters?

Do you keep piles of newspapers and magazines you haven't read because there's something very important you must read in each paper or magazine? You simply have to read it all, but so far you haven't had the time to do so?

Does your hall closet remind you of Fibber McGee? Did the pots and pans stage an outright revolt last time you opened your kitchen cupboards?

Do you have piles of things stuffed under the bed, stacked in boxes, or packed in bags, all waiting for the day when you have the time to go through everything and then figure out where to put it? (You keep telling yourself...If I only had time...If I only had more closet space...If I only had two more filing cabinets...If I only had a bigger office. Do you have the "If Only's")?

Is your garage so full of stuff there's no room for the car?

Do you find yourself avoiding phone calls and socializing because you just don't have the time to deal with people, or just don't feel like dealing with them?

Do you often have a problem figuring out what clothes to wear even though your closet is full of clothes?

Does your day usually start with a crisis (can't find your keys, nothing to wear, late for work, etc) and gets worse from there?

Do you have a difficult time making decisions, and because of that, often put off making the decision until the situation becomes an emergency?

Are you very particular about how things are done and how they look? For example, does it concern you if a postage stamp is crooked on your outgoing correspondence, and do you take pains to see that your handwriting is perfect?

Do you have so many "To Do" lists that you don't know where to begin?

Do you feel uncomfortable hiring others to do things for you, since you are certain (based on experience, no doubt) that they will not be able to do the job properly, and because of that, you might as well do it yourself?

Do you have trouble finding enough time for all areas in your life---work, play, family, and spiritual needs plus some private time to yourself?

Do you forget important dates, such as anniversaries and birthdays?

Do you think that perfectionism is the same as excellence?

Are you constantly plagued by interruptions from others and as a result never seem to get anything done?

Have you given up trying to balance your checkbook but at the same time have not given it to a professional so it can be balanced for you?

Do you have some kind of legal or accounting problem pending that could have been avoided (be honest!) if you had been more organized? (You didn't pay a parking ticket, your taxes are overdue, someone is taking you to small-claims court).

Do you often want to stay in bed instead of getting up to face yet another chaotic day?

Have you missed out on a promotion, a sale or an opportunity of some kind because you didn't have the time to get organized so that you could make a proper presentation?

Do you often find yourself agreeing to do something just because you didn't know how to say no, and as a result you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to get out of the obligation?

Is the clutter in your life so overwhelming that you don't know where to begin to sort it all out?