Look Into My Drawers

I cleaned out my house, or at least, I’ve begun to clean out my house in preparation for a yard sale.

I’ve never sold my yard, so this is a process.

I found this drawer. We all have this drawer. Most of us can not open said drawer.

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This is after I removed 5 old phone chargers for which the matching phone hasn’t been in my possession for nearly 5 years.

But as I started cleaning it out, I realized that no matter what I did, this drawer would still remain a cluster screw of cords and crap and I’d STILL be digging in angst through it looking for a requested charger or plug or whatever the hell else is in that mess.

So, I present to you, another OCD Moment by Amanda.

Step 1:

Have a messy drawer

Step 2:

Begin cleaning it out. Throw away crap you don’t need, or yard sale it? Seriously, no one is going to buy anything at my junk sale.

Step 3:

Grab a sharpie, plastic bags, blank note cards/small pieces of paper, twist ties, and the ability to write. 

Step 4: 

Place one charger/item in the plastic bag. Attempt to decipher the hieroglyphics on the charger to determine what it may charge. Accuracy isn’t important here people. Just take a good guess.

Take your orange Sharpie and write down what the item MAY be. Shove it in the bag, facing outward. So you can read it. Le duh.

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Step What Number Am I On?:

Repeat until all items are in bags. If you have items that don’t need bags, like cords and shit, just use garbage ties to wrangle.

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Step 6(?):

Arrange all your purdy items in your drawers (hehe).

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See the large gallon-sized bag on the right? That’s something new I started this Christmas. Once the toy is away but all the extra parts and junk (additional screws, charger, operational manual, degree in Nano Physics) need homes, I throw them all into one gallon sized plastic bag and label it. That way, I appear organized.

Also note: I got racist during my re-org. I put my (white) Mac-related products on the right. The Other Stuff is on the left. I don’t let my Mac products hang with inferior product.