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How do you organise your stuff?

CORe version is in bold

The reason why I'm posting this thread should be obvious: My organisation skills suck more than an Ethiopian kid, inside a black hole created by the Large Hadron Collider, trying to get the last slurp of choc chip milkshake through a clogged straw. Unless my English failed on me, it should be quite easy to understand the power of its suction. It's a gargantuan colossus, capable of sucking into oblivion most of my time, my computer files and even my socks (if only Google could be used in real life, heh). Thus, I decided to humbly turn to the CORe for halp!

How do you organise your stuff? Do you have any hints and tips to share?

I throw away as much as possible so I can justify not organising it and still finding the stuff I need.

I stuff everything I probably won't need very often into drawers, and leave the few things that I need regularly out in the open.

I don't really organize stuff. If you don't let people bother you about it, then it's not that bad

by category.

by color and scent.

What stuff are we organizing? Personal, work, or both?

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Originally posted by l�cid by color and scent.

Alright, red stickers go on things I've already had up my ass and green stickers go on things I'm gonna stick up my ass

There's a place for everything, and everything in it's place.

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Originally posted by euphoria There's a place for everything, and everything in it's place.

everythiiiiiiing... in it's riiiiiight place...

It's common sense really. Books on the bookshelf, shoes on the shoe rack, clothes in the closet, etc., etc.

I clean out my wardrobe every season and get rid of anything I haven't worn in a year, and store out of season clothes away. I repeat this process every spring/winter.

Pretty much all my bills are electronic, but I always deal with mail/bills as soon as I get it/them.

I hate clutter and don't keep anything I don't need. I deal with messes as soon as they're made.


I dunno...I don't really understand what's to hard about being organized.

I don't organize my stuff. It's auto-organized. When I need something it is almost always at the top of the heap.

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Originally posted by jennypie It's common sense really. Books on the bookshelf, shoes on the shoe rack, clothes in the closet, etc., etc.

You just blew my mind

Yeah, who'd a thunk it?

In all seriousness tho. I am very anal about this kind of stuff. Everything in my apartment, car and office is very organized except for the infamous "junk drawer". I am almost certain everyone has one of those lol

I never have a problem finding anything because I group things with like items of it's kind. I don't leave stuff around. Bathroom stuff stays in the bathroom, kitchen stuff stays in the kitchen etc. Then it gets divided by drawers and cabinets. Sock drawer, underwear drawer, dish cabinet, silverware drawer.....

As for computer files it's pretty much like this:

Music -> then by genre
Docs -> then by file types (ie: reports, forms, work)
Pics -> in subfolder's by the event or occassion
Videos -> type of video (ie: porn, concert, etc)
Programs -> (no subfolders)

I do not have a junk drawer.

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Originally posted by jennypie Yeah, who'd a thunk it?

Mine goes like this:

Muddy shoes on the living room carpet, books scattered on random flat surfaces around the house, clothes on the floor.

But if you actually put my books in the bookshelf, I'd be like 'WTF BITCH WHERE DID YOU PUT MY BOOKS'.

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Originally posted by jennypie I do not have a junk drawer.

Thats why I put the "almost" in there haha

The junk drawer is the place we put stuff that just doesnt fit anywhere else but it still might come in handy some day. Eventually at least half of it get's thrown away. Guy's tend do keep stuff for the "just in case" so I limit it to one drawer instead of allowing the hubby to junk up the entire apartment lol

lol @ Project-k

Oh, I live by myself, so no one really bothers me about it, JP, it's just that I feel I need to use my time better, and my flat always looks like it was hit by a tornado.

And maybe I was too vague, so I'll make myself more clear, Jenny. I know what bookshelves and closets are for, but I feel I waste too much time when I sort things. Specially because, as both Brian and Project-K said, the stuff I don't use often is inside drawers and wardrobes, where it belongs. But, I feel that I may be doing something wrong with the stuff I use more regularly, and thought I could learn one thing or another from you guys. The same for computer files - I wonder if any of you has a smarter way of sorting them.

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Originally posted by Project-K Mine goes like this: Muddy shoes on the living room carpet, books scattered on random flat surfaces around the house, clothes on the floor. But if you actually put my books in the bookshelf, I'd be like 'WTF BITCH WHERE DID YOU PUT MY BOOKS'.

Happened with me all the time, back when I lived with my folks

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Originally posted by Lira And maybe I was too vague, so I'll make myself more clear, Jenny. I know what bookshelves and closets are for, but I feel I waste too much time when I sort things. Specially because, as both Brian and Project-K said, the stuff I don't use often is inside drawers and wardrobes, where it belongs. But, I feel that I may be doing something wrong with the stuff I use more regularly, and thought I could learn one thing or another from you guys. The same for computer files - I wonder if any of you has a smarter way of sorting them.

Sounds like you just have too much stuff then. Time to pare back your shit, son.

I think most people's problem when it comes to being tidy/organized is keeping shit they don't actually need or use.

If you haven't picked it up in a year, get rid of it.

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Originally posted by jennypie Sounds like you just have too much stuff then. Time to pare back your shit, son. I think most people's problem when it comes to being tidy/organized is keeping shit they don't actually need or use. If you haven't picked it up in a year, get rid of it.

Yeah, Lira needs TO GO BACK TO LIVE WITH HIS PARENTS BECAUSE LINGUISTICS MADE HIM GAY!!!!1111

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Originally posted by d-miurge Yeah, Lira needs TO GO BACK TO LIVE WITH HIS PARENTS BECAUSE LINGUISTICS MADE HIM GAY!!!!1111

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