No matter how organized you THINK you are...
@CRK109 (14556)
United States
September 11, 2016 1:48am CST
Since I moved into my apartment 5 months ago, I prided myself on being the best organized person I could be. Or so I thought! I have boxes with labels of all sorts of things, so I thought I was in good shape. However...
About a month ago, I went and grabbed my hand vac to suck up cat fur that was swirling around the living room floor. Quick job. I went into the closet to a box labeled "cords" to get the charger. However, the charger was not there. Drat! Where could it be? I searched the closet, figuring it had to be in another box.
Last week I went on amazon.com to order a new charger. This particular hand vac, for some bizarre reason, has different chargers for vacs made in different years. So I couldn't order one because I can't remember what year I bought it and I don't seem to have the manual. But I guess that was a good thing.
Tonight, I was in the bedroom playing with my cat on the bed. I spotted a black tote bag on the floor and when I went to pick it up, I noticed two white chargers in the bag! One was for my Kindle (I've known that was missing but I haven't needed the Kindle so I wasn't worried...yet) and the other was, of course, for the hand vac! Not sure how long that bag has been sitting there, but at some point I grabbed some things that needed to be put away and I threw them in the bag for the time being. Well, the hand vac is now charging. The Kindle will charge tomorrow. And those cords will go into the appropriate box and then I'm going back into that bag to see what else needs to be put in a proper place!
Organization is never perfect, is it? Somehow, something always manages to escape the system! lol
-Claudia-
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
11 Sep 16
Thanks but that's only because I recently moved! lol Before the move, everything in my life was so disorganized and it drove me crazy! lol So I made sure that I got most everything organized as I was packing and now I just have to keep making sure that things get put away properly. It takes some time and thought but you can do it, too!
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
16 Sep 16
It does take some time and a lot of commitment, but I've learned the importance of keeping things organized as well as I can. There are times when I need to put my hands on an important document and it's not good if it's just floating around the place! So I'm working very hard on this again and will make sure that I get papers filed at least once a week.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
11 Sep 16
I have had that happen before. Once it was the remote for the TV. I picked it up on my way out and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what box I had put it in. I ended up buying one of those universal remotes. About six months later I was setting stuff up for Christmas and low and behold there was my remote in the box with the Christmas decorations. Who would have thought of looking there? lol
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
11 Sep 16
Indeed .. it is such a pressure to organise things that I am resting from it ..lol..
@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
The important is that you are organized, I am not so organized right these days.
@JudyEv (342093)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 16
That's so true. From time to time I have thought myself very organised but then I find I'm not as smart - or as organised - as I thought I was.
