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Getting organized - day 7

Blog Posted by kitt at 22:43 on 14 January 2008

Today's suggestion is actually a pretty good one:

Day 7: Divide, then conquer You neaten a drawer or the top shelf of your closet, only to see it revert to its unruly set point. Meet your new favorite thing: the insertable storage divider. Use it to divvy up space so [that] you can access what you need (thights, a corkscrew) wihtout disturbing the larger order. Scan for spots that backslide to see if cubbifying could do them (and you) good.

It's basically reducing overwhelming tasks into smaller, managable tasks, but for physical objects instead of non-physical things like to-do lists.

I wonder if I can compartmentalize my index cards...

Probably not. So, I tried my desk drawer. I really should have taken a before picture, because 10000 words would not describe the disaster of that drawer. It was basically full to the top with stuff: office supplies, paper, keys, stamps, return address labels, more office supplies, and crap.

I had one little dish in the drawer that was overloaded. The dish was from Max and Rosa's wedding, one of the guest gifts. I asked if I could have a set of the extras they had, after snagging Kris', Ben's and Lisa's dishes. They're adorable little fishes.

They're also perfect in my desk drawer:

I give this desk drawer one month before reverting to disaster state. It'll be a pleasant month.

#30-days-organized