Organizational expert Vicki Norris from HGTV (www.HGTV.com) believes that there are five underlying causes that might explain why people are diorganized:
Situational Disorganization: A precipitating life event that causes disruption and disorganization in your life.
Habitual Disorganization: Bad habits that have developed over time.
Historical Disorganization: When your upbringing (either orderly or disorderly) impacts your state of order.
Social Disorganization: When you are influenced by your social world to create and exist with disorder as a way of life.
Chronic Disorganization: When we live in a chronic, debilitating state of disorder even though we have tried and failed to help ourselves.