497 - Housework: The Hot Mess Theory Part 1 with Jacqui Ioli

<p>Jacqui Ioli is my guest today on the podcast. If you're not familiar with Jacqui's story, be sure to go back and <a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/wednesday-jacqui-i">listen to her Wednesday Transformation episode</a>.</p> <p><strong>I asked Jacqui to join me to talk in-depth about why the <a href="https://organize365.com/the-sunday-basket">Sunday Basket®</a> works and how the concepts spill over into your work with the <a href="https://organize365.com/workboxes">Friday Workbox®</a>.</strong></p> <p>Jacqui has been a registered nurse for 40 years and a nurse practitioner for 25 years. She went back to school in her 50s to get her Ph.D. in nursing education and research. She's brilliant! (And talking with her makes me want to get a Ph.D. even more!) I know you're going to love hearing how she explains these concepts.</p> <p>Jacqui got into research because she wanted to figure out why work was such a mess for the outpatient nurses she was supervising. She found grounded theory research, which is simply the basic way people solve day-to-day problems in a particular setting. She applies her knowledge of grounded theory to my theory of organizing: Declutter, organize, and increase productivity.</p> <p>After some insight into how a medical practice operates, we dive into types of work as well as the concept of invisible work. Invisible work is everywhere at home and at work! <strong>Making the invisible work visible allows you to reduce it, systematize it, and talk about it.</strong> Next, we dig into Jacqui's <em>Hot Mess Theory</em> of work.</p> <p><strong>The <em>Hot Mess Theory</em> consists of four different types of work that are happening simultaneously.</strong> These are:</p> <ul> <li>Overwork</li> <li>Underwork</li> <li>Rework</li> <li>Workarounds</li> </ul> <p>In this episode, Jacqui fabulously explains these four types of work in detail and how they relate to the Sunday Basket® and your work life. </p> <p><strong>Overwork is too much work or too many steps.</strong> Jacqui explains this in terms