Wed, July 26, 2006
Order—9:52 AM
I just took this organization quiz, which asks you whether or not you could immediately locate a list of common (and some not-so-common) household items. I did pretty well, except for a few items I don't have, like stamps (steal them from work) and mittens (yeah, right). I had to correct myself on the tape measurer because as it happens I just moved it to a new location this weekend, after I realized that it gets more frequent use than everything else in the Hardware/Tools category, where it used to go.
The quiz was posted by Gretchen Rubin, who's writing a book about self-help tips, called The Happiness Project. She's got a list of her own tips in the sidebar of her blog, and one of them is "My Areas of Focus for the Happiness Project." An excerpt:
Order
Marriage and Family
One hopes these are not in order of importance, although a glimpse at the site creates the impression that few things in Gretchen's life are not in order. I agree with her that organization improves efficiency, and I'm happier the less time I waste. But you don't want to get carried away. The last person I saw who put order ahead of marriage and family was that psycho on Wife Swap who cleaned five hours a day and then started cleaning again as soon as she was finished.
Brandon — Wed, 7/26/06 2:16pm
What the hell does owning these (let alone knowing where to find them) have to do with being organized??
Bee Boy — Wed, 7/26/06 2:56pm
Well, yeah. What I put for those was: "bookstore."