Are You Organized?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (166976)
Boise, Idaho
May 27, 2016 12:14pm CST
My daughter was scouring the house for her bus pass yesterday when getting ready to go to the doctor.. I don't know how many times, maybe close to one million, I have suggested that my daughter put all important items like library cards, debit cards, ID's, bus passes, birth certificates, SS cards, rings, and miscellaneous other important things she has spent hours searching for down through the years now in one designated place. Geesh!! This is just one small thing that goes on here. I am a very organized person and my daughter is just the opposite. Drives me nuts! You can bet she keeps track of her cigarettes(most of the time) and lighter.
Are you an organized person?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
27 May 16
My father was super organized and I inherited it from him. An example, when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given a year to live he got all his financial records up to date, he wrote his obit, he did everything he could to make it easier on us. By the way, he only lived 6 weeks after the diagnosis.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May 16
My mom was the same way. She taught me to do math in my head and all that good stuff that helps in the world. Your dad sounds like quite a person.
@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May 16
@AbbyGreenhill ...So did I thanks to my mother. She fed four people, and well, for $15 a week back in the 60's. She taught me pretty well. Parents can be great can't they?
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
27 May 16
@celticeagle Yes he was, he was the oldest son of a poor strawberry farmer who went on to college then the army as an officer and worked his way up, plus was associate dean of a college. I never did have that much ambition, but I did learn the value of money.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50257)
• United States
27 May 16
I think that I am pretty organized.
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@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
27 May 16
@celticeagle it sure is. I need to find them if I need them.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May 16
@dodo19 ...That doesn't seem to enter my daughter's head.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May 16
That is good though. Trying with the important stuff is important.
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@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
29 May 16
I'm very unorganized no matter how hard I try. I was never taught nor given the chance to be responsible for picking up after myself or keeping things neat growing up. Rather than having the patience to let me clean up after myself, my mom would just shove me out of the way and do it herself. I try to work on it today but I always seem to fail.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
29 May 16
Impatience huh? I was messy when young but have learned to be tidier and organized over the years.
@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
29 May 16
@celticeagle Extremely impatient. I am staying with her now until my fiance and I get a place and she would still rather do it than let me.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May 16
Yes, she did. I remember. You got that room organized didn't you? I think you are just a bit of a procrastinator like me.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
28 May 16
@just4him ...Good for you. Turning over a whole new leaf.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 May 16
@celticeagle It's still organized. I intend to keep the next place organized and clean when I move. I know I'm a procrastinator, but I'm working on changing that as well.
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@Ianist (278)
• Indonesia
28 May 16
@celticeagle I think it's always e opposite for the next generation. My dad's tidy, me and my sister are not. I think whem I have kids they probably will become tidy
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
28 May 16
Somewhat is better than not at all. LOL Paperwork is a hard one.
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
27 May 16
I can be terribly untidy and disorganized
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 May 16
I am and I am not, But I tend to know where things are most of the time.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
28 May 16
That's good. Knowing where they are is certainly a big part of the battle.
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@antonbunot (11093)
• Calgary, Alberta
30 May 16
Hmmm, is your husband like you? I mean organized. If not, then your daughter got his genes . . . Just kidding.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
30 May 16
What husband? He wasn't and I left. LOL Not really.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 May 16
Yes! I learned the hard way many many years ago looking for things. I too try to keep important papers together.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
27 May 16
When it comes to important documents I keep them safe but other stuff not so much.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 May 16
I try to be @celticeagle . Wallet, keys, etc is in a bowl right next to the front door.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May 16
That's how a lot of people do it. I keep it all in my purse.
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@meowch (2220)
• United States
27 May 16
I'm somewhat organized. My important files, anything to do with ID's I have them in folders and I keep them in drawers. Actually I learned to be organized because of my friend. My family is quite opposite they seem to misplace things. I'm glad that I wouldn't have to worry about finding my important documents or whichever in that case.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May 16
But what if you lived with someone who wasn't organized at all? Drives me crazy.
