The importance of keeping things organized is a time consuming act. I like knowing exactly where my belongings are. I get great joy from being able to tell someone with complete certainty if I have the item they want and exactly where it can be found.

This type of organization and categorization doesn’t happen overnight. I spend a lot of time making sure that everything belongs somewhere. If something doesn’t belong somewhere then I invent where it should be belong. Sometimes I pick the wrong place and have to revise my categorizations. Usually I kick myself for lacking the proper foresight to predict with absolute certainty where something belongs, but as the old saying goes, “Hindsight is 20-20.” So I try and leave my behind as kick-free as possible.

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